[IC] PBTfans Pelican ---IN STOCK SALE--- 09/21/2023 Updates

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[IC] PBTfans Pelican
"I got a beak that would fill everything"


09/21/2023 Updates:

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Pelican will be launched globally on Sep 22, 2023

Shots by @ JunW

Manufacturer

PBTfans

Vendor

EU: Keygem
South Korea: Geonworks
Nordics/EU: MaxGaming
Worldwide: KBDfans

Specs

Material: ABS material
Profile: Cherry profile
Production Method: Doubleshot
Packaging: ABS keycaps tray with designed tray cover

Price

Base $99


Numpad $19


Spacebar $18


40s $29


International $29


Alu Artisan $29


Resin Artisan $55 （Pre-sale）


Pelican Deskmat $15



Running Pelican Deskmat $15

Real Shots

Shots by @ ZJay




Shots by @ JunW





More Details:
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It's my pleasure if I got your attention with this project, thank you in advance if there are any suggestions or comments you would like to share.
The email address won't be collected for other purposes, please feel satisfied to share your opinions.

08/10/2023 Updates:

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1. Final round color matching confirmed.

       
The Final material of this design is set to ABS to capture the color match better.

(Pictures in real life)

2. The metal artisan is changed from R3 to R1 profile.



3.  New deskmat added.




4. New render pictures are added.

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5. Packaging design completed

6. Project progress

MOQ 500 reached.
Scheduled the In stock sale in September 2023 at KBDfans

7. A few layout changes based on the actual prototype I got.

Waiting for update

1. Awaiting on some pictures from DELLY KEY and upcoming Artisan prototype.
2. Awaiting on the actual base kit for photos.

03/30/2023 Updates:

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1. Received the color card
Pictures were taken outdoors and indoors.

The beige of the third one is inconsistent with the ideal effect and will be replaced with a lighter and whiter color.

2. project progress
Currently making the molds of the novelties.

3. Kits renders updated and adjusted

Hello again, this is Oay

I'm glad to bring my brand new keycap design with a Pelican theme this time.

Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae.

They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for
catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing.

(Source from Wikipedia )

The colorway inspiration was captured from the Pelican standing on the lake at sunset.
I pick yellow to represent its significant beak, black and beige for the feather, and pink for unnoticeable details.
The Pelican looks so good under the sunset, providing a remain aloof-from-the-world vibe without opening its beak.

Let us admire the birds.

Kits Renders

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I have changed the novelties design back and force for a few times to provide more pelican details in this final version.

During the design phase, I suddenly snapped an idea based on how similar the alpha area looks to a Pelican throat pouch.
So I decided to switch the R1 number roll to full of yellow with an eye and  pelican webs to make your keyboard seems like a Pelican staring at you lol

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1u metal keycap

Deskmats

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PBTfans will produce this set, and I will pick the final material from either PBT or ABS,
depending on which one will display the colorway better.

At last, a special thanks to KBDfans Holmes, who provided this funny meme idea.
I hope you are all going to enjoy it!

Manufacturer

KBDfans

Vendor

Worldwide: KBDfans
Other: TBD

GB Schedule

TBD

Pricing

TBD

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The keycap pictures above are rendered.
Due to the difference in different monitors, the color may be slightly different from the final product.
 I have tried my best to stay close to the color chart when rendering.

Thanks for seeing the end, I will update here if there is any progress in the follow-up.
If you have any feedback or advice, please fill in the IC form to tell me.

[yiuidfr]

It's really beautiful. I will try to choose my own model!

cookie clicker

[Mr Chrome]

Eye + yellow numrow kinda hot, nice work

[TyPo.mk]

When swallow is forbidden 

[infinitum]

sheesh hot colors

[yiyuder]

Kind of hot

slope io

[landshark]

Love this set and its color. Is there a discord we could join to get updates?

[oay]

Love this set and its color. Is there a discord we could join to get updates?

Thank you so much, I do not have a personal discord channel yet, if you want to follow the upcoming news of this project, you can join the KBDfans discord for future info.

[monkeybread44]

The capybara should get a novelty key as well 

[BoyU]

love this set

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The capybara should get a novelty key as well  ;)

Sounds good!

[Walkis]

I love pelicans and this set, especially the whole keyboard pelican eye-beak combo. I would probably buy this and I like most of the novelties except for the ANSI enter (would rather have a flying pelican or something similar but that's just my opinion) and would prefer to have text modifers for shift, alt, etc... instead of the current icon ones or offered in another kit. Also filled out the IC form. Good luck, I hope you're able to run it!

[arr1]

I love pelicans and this set, especially the whole keyboard pelican eye-beak combo. I would probably buy this and I like most of the novelties except for the ANSI enter (would rather have a flying pelican or something similar but that's just my opinion) and would prefer to have text modifers for shift, alt, etc... instead of the current icon ones or offered in another kit. Also filled out the IC form. Good luck, I hope you're able to run it!

Icon modifiers are a must if working with PBTFans due to the inconsistency of their legends.

[ankit]

Missing yellow R1 1u pipe and tilde from novelties

[Araset]

Hyped for this set, aiming for the 40s, base and novelty kit.
Also please add an R3 1.25u TAB for the 40s kit, it's fairly common in many layouts, maybe even more common than the R2 one. I think it's an important change for the 40s kit.

[vhaarr]

Excellent work! Great job on the preview images. I love it! Here's my comments, in addition to the things already mentioned by ankit and Araset;
1. The tilde symbol seems slightly too big on all the keys that feature it
2. R1 _- key alignment seems a bit weird but I might be drunk
3. The Ctrl "hat" symbol matches the top of the Shift symbol perfectly, but the cmd/winkey symbol is smaller
4. Pause key symbol is perhaps slightly too small
5. \ symbol on all keys is perhaps slightly too big. Same with /
6. 6^ keys ^ legend might be raised just a tad more? I know that's not customary but I think it looks better
7. Alt key and Fn key symbols do not match neither in height nor width

I don't know if I'm correct about any of those, this set is really off to a great start. I'm not comparing it to any other kbdfans sets using the same legends, I'm just looking at it from a blank slate.

I've not looked for missing keys because I want to see the international set first.

Anyway what I really do want is:
- NorDeUK set (at least Nor )
- Yellow mods set!

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Hyped for this set, aiming for the 40s, base and novelty kit.
Also please add an R3 1.25u TAB for the 40s kit, it's fairly common in many layouts, maybe even more common than the R2 one. I think it's an important change for the 40s kit.

Renderings have been updated.

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Excellent work! Great job on the preview images. I love it! Here's my comments, in addition to the things already mentioned by ankit and Araset;
1. The tilde symbol seems slightly too big on all the keys that feature it
2. R1 _- key alignment seems a bit weird but I might be drunk
3. The Ctrl "hat" symbol matches the top of the Shift symbol perfectly, but the cmd/winkey symbol is smaller
4. Pause key symbol is perhaps slightly too small
5. \ symbol on all keys is perhaps slightly too big. Same with /
6. 6^ keys ^ legend might be raised just a tad more? I know that's not customary but I think it looks better
7. Alt key and Fn key symbols do not match neither in height nor width

I don't know if I'm correct about any of those, this set is really off to a great start. I'm not comparing it to any other kbdfans sets using the same legends, I'm just looking at it from a blank slate.

I've not looked for missing keys because I want to see the international set first.

Anyway what I really do want is:
- NorDeUK set (at least Nor )
- Yellow mods set!

Thanks for your suggestion,  Advice on legends and icons, I will try to give feedback to KBDfans, but most of their molds have been confirmed, and it may require higher costs to re-change. Also hope to see more sets like NorDeUK in the future. 

[petega]

How likely is it that we will have an international kit? 

[Wise Donkey]

Since the beige will be replaced with a lighter and whiter color, can we see some updated renders of the set?

[oay]

How likely is it that we will have an international kit? 

The international kit is already in the last picture of the kits renders

[oay]

Since the beige will be replaced with a lighter and whiter color, can we see some updated renders of the set?

The color in the renders now is the ideal effect I want to achieve, so before the keycaps are officially produced, I will try to choose a color card that is closer to the beige color in the renders.
Of course, I will continue to update some new renders and the latest progress of the project. 

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08/10/2023 Updates:
1. Final round color matching confirmed.
2. The metal artisan is changed from R3 to R1 profile.
3. New deskmat added.
4. New render pictures are added.
5. Packaging design completed.

Updated details can be viewed on the post!!!
Scheduled the In stock sale in September 2023 at KBDfans

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Hello everyone！
PBTfans Pelican will be launched globally on Sep 22, 2023

Vendor
EU: Keygem
South Korea: Geonworks
Nordics/EU: MaxGaming
Worldwide: KBDfans

[Rob27shred]

Reminds me of Mudbeam a little, awesome color combos! Might have to grab a set of this, haven't given PBTfans a shot yet this might be the set that gets me too.

[Wise Donkey]

It's unfortunate that it was now ABS. I was hoping to pick it up as PBT since I'm shine averse.

[vhaarr]

amagad kbdfans is almost out of stock already :-D are you sure maxgaming will go live today?

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ShaNiao Pelican is coming.

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amagad kbdfans is almost out of stock already :-D are you sure maxgaming will go live today?

The two are separate and do not affect, you can ask the vendor for details : )

[oay]

Reminds me of Mudbeam a little, awesome color combos! Might have to grab a set of this, haven't given PBTfans a shot yet this might be the set that gets me too.

Nice!