[IC] GMK Violet Alert | GB TBD until further notice

[Zetina]

Interest check form

Groupbuy has been moved to a TBD date due to recent tariffs

Kits

Same colors as the Keykobo version, the only real change is that this time the set will use regular GMK Icon mods instead of centered icon mods.

Base kit




False alarm (non alert kit)



Spacebars



NordeUK



Pricing

Base kit: $130  Extension: $25 False alarm/Non alert: $35 Hibi: $45

This pricing is only for the US region and during the GB period, other regions can vary


Vendors
US: Divinikey
CA: Minokeys
KR: Geon
EU: CandyKeys
SEA: iLumkb
CN: KBDFans
UK: Prototypist
ES: EloquentClicks
AUS: Switchkeys


Renders


F2-60 by Geon


Ocho Cuatro by Daji


Pegasus by Melon Bred


Phidias60 by Brunosan

Hibi


Anodized Aluminium with enamel infill



Keykobo R1 Photos


Photo by Kal-El on the QQ Keykobo group chat


Photo by Matthew马修


Photo by KeyboardKapture


Photo by LogolicusZ

Links

If you are interested in being a vendor or doing a collab for the set you can reach out to me on discord as zetina.kb

You can also follow me on Instagram for more updates or join the Room 181 discord

:pollo:

[mr_foggy]

be a chad and put both numrows in base.

[mul7i]

glwic i already have the kkb one 

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Ayyyy decent vendors on board

[twitchytheinsideman]

glwic

consider purse caps lock

[Rassles]

very nice!

[lampmk]

2024 the year of the alert set

[LXVRGS]

glwic

consider purse caps lock

[xjack312]

maybe windowed keys

[kkai]

How many colorways in the Alert series?

[dvorcol]

How many colorways in the Alert series?

If by "Alert" you mean including an accent number row, counting past GBs and ICs there are more than a dozen. Keep in mind that some sets with an accent number row don't have "Alert" in their name, and some with "Alert" in their name don't offer an accent number row.

Although not complete, https://keycaplendar.firebaseapp.com/ is a good source of info.

[Faraday]

in for a set of spacebars since I forgot to order them for my KKB set 

[kkai]

How many colorways in the Alert series?

If by "Alert" you mean including an accent number row, counting past GBs and ICs there are more than a dozen. Keep in mind that some sets with an accent number row don't have "Alert" in their name, and some with "Alert" in their name don't offer an accent number row.

Although not complete, https://keycaplendar.firebaseapp.com/ is a good source of info.

Thanks for the info, I thought the "Alert" sets were designed by the same designer or studio.

[Zetina]

Hi! some updates:

-A hibi for the set is in the works so stay tuned for that 
-The NordeUK kit has been reworked to better fit the set (before it didn't include the colored row which after some thought I realized didn't make sense)
-We have vendors for most regions except one or two which are in the works atm

[CandyKeys]

If anyone has feedback for the NORDEUK Kit regarding the top row color, let us know, I made the decision to make it in the more interesting colored top row, keeping the price to normal, we would like to in-stock this a bit more and providing 100 EUR INT kits is not a vibe.

[WoobEC]

Super excited to be running this with GMK!

Would you guys like to see an ESFR kit done for this? Would be interesting to put one together

[Adelscott]

Would you guys like to see an ESFR kit done for this? Would be interesting to put one together

Yes !

[Zetina]

Hello! it's been around a month since the last update for the set.

First of all, the design for the hibi has been finilized, you can find it above.

Second, we have the final vendors list for the set!

And last but not least, pricing has been requested to GMK and we should be getting quotes back soon so expect the set to run in the next couple of monts  , in the meantime all feedback is greatly appreciated as always

[Spring.]

One thing that really pisses me off is when a key set has no basic alice support. You already put an extra B in the base kit, is there a reason why you couldn't include a 2.25U and 2.75U spacebar into the base kit? What you can do is have accented 2.25U and 2.75U in the "Spacebars" kit instead which I don't see included. You put accented 6.25U and 7U in there however. Please give alice/ergo users some love.

[Zetina]

Hi everyone, just added the GB date, see you in a month 

[incrediblejr]

Looking forward to the GB.

Same colors as the Keykobo version...

Which was CP legends, U9 mods and custom violet ?

[Zetina]

Yeah

Looking forward to the GB.

Same colors as the Keykobo version...

Which was CP legends, U9 mods and custom violet ?

[Natetypesfast]

I am most likely being a blind idiot here but for the life of me I cannot discern the difference between this and the KKB version. 

[dvorcol]

I am most likely being a blind idiot here but for the life of me I cannot discern the difference between this and the KKB version. 

Very subtle difference. From the OP:

Same colors as the Keykobo version, the only real change is that this time the set will use regular GMK Icon mods instead of centered icon mods.

[mr_foggy]

I am most likely being a blind idiot here but for the life of me I cannot discern the difference between this and the KKB version.

(mod icons and) kitting
replicating the KKB kitting might have helped the basekit owners pick up the kits they missed

[tuxkey]

i'm in .. i think this set would look nice on my Burgundy F1-8X v2..Thankfully there is a EU vendor..

[Zetina]

Hi! this will probably be the final update for the set 

Pricing has been added!, the pricing above is the pricing for the set in the US (sold via divinikey) as always pricing can change from vendor to vendor, also I did not include this on the main update but for my EU people the NordeUK kit pricing (at least from Candykeys) will be 56€.

As always thanks for the support. 

[dvorcol]

Sad to hear GB is postponed due to tariffs, but completely understandable. These are unsettling times for the global economy.

[tuxkey]

Sad to hear GB is postponed due to tariffs, but completely understandable. These are unsettling times for the global economy.

The Economy is always in sum sort of crises. Ever since 2007-2008 we have not fixed the underlying issues so don't expect to get out of the feeling things might crash all around us.
Having said that, Tariffs coming from an economic illiterate isn't helping things.
i wish that blabbering baboon in the US did not have such a big impact on the whole world..From proclaiming himself the world police to now even getting in to my hobby and i live next to Germany.
So their would be no tariffs for me but i understand that a GB is Word Wide so. And I'm happy to have and be part of such a wounder full keyboard community that has GB all over the world..
Ahh well let's hope someone can get true to him and convince him tariffs won't help. I think he rolled back the EU.. So technically that would fix the problem as they are produced in Germany....
Will see.... Good luck my brothers of the Keyboard community..   

[Kiririn]

The Economy is always in sum sort of crises. Ever since 2007-2008 we have not fixed the underlying issues so don't expect to get out of the feeling things might crash all around us.
Having said that, Tariffs coming from an economic illiterate isn't helping things.
i wish that blabbering baboon in the US did not have such a big impact on the whole world..From proclaiming himself the world police to now even getting in to my hobby and i live next to Germany.
So their would be no tariffs for me but i understand that a GB is Word Wide so. And I'm happy to have and be part of such a wounder full keyboard community that has GB all over the world..
Ahh well let's hope someone can get true to him and convince him tariffs won't help. I think he rolled back the EU.. So technically that would fix the problem as they are produced in Germany....
Will see.... Good luck my brothers of the Keyboard community..

EU goods are still being tariffed 10% and add on the 10% drop in value of the USD... People in the US are pretty much screwed into paying extra just like what happened to GMK CYL Prussian Blue.

[Guuuf]

Violet Alert looks absolutely amazing – fantastic color choices and a really unique vibe. I’d love to add this to my collection!

That said, I did notice that False Alert support is missing from the NordeUK kit. It would be amazing if that could still be added – I know it might be too late at this point, but that addition would absolutely seal the deal for me.

Fingers crossed – this is such a great set, and with that one tweak it’d be a perfect fit for my setup!

[dvorcol]

That said, I did notice that False Alert support is missing from the NordeUK kit. It would be amazing if that could still be added – I know it might be too late at this point, but that addition would absolutely seal the deal for me.

The current NorDeUK is 51 keycaps. You'd need an additional 25 for full False Alarm support. A 76-key NorDeUK kit would be prohibitively expensive.

[tuxkey]

EU goods are still being tariffed 10% and add on the 10% drop in value of the USD... People in the US are pretty much screwed into paying extra just like what happened to GMK CYL Prussian Blue.

Welcome to our world buddy. For years and years , and years i have paid true the noise to get stuff from the US. Standard is 21% on the total price including shipping part that really hits hard.
And then add 11% of the total as customs fees. So in total i always pay 32% more for stuff i buy from US vendors. These days i limit that to the bare minimum if i have no other option and i feel i must have that thing.. But Yah that really sucks mate.. The drop in value of the USD that's something else entirely also something i had to deal with for over a decade being in this hobby.. That red fearless leader is sure making a mess of things haha