Author Topic: [IC] MW Alhambra R2 (Kitting changes) (Read 10528 times)

keepoto · « **on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 07:09:16 »

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It’s been a while since Alhambra happened, very excited to bring everyone R2!

Specifications

Profile: Cherry
Material: PBT doubleshot + dyesub (sublegends and RGB component of novelties)
Manufacturer: Milkyway Keys
ETA: in-stock drop, March 2025

Why not KKB?

In short, parties completely lost trust in each other. A lot of **** happened during the GB and production stages of Outer Bounds, among others:

one week after Outer Bounds groupbuy started, KKB kindly suggested me to go run the set with another manufacturer
when the set was delivered, we discovered that the iso enter was changed from tripleshot to doubleshot + UV print without informing us at all

All in all I do not feel safe re-running the set with KKB. So here we are.

On the other hand, Milkyway’s new doubleshot offering is pretty solid - good colour matching and good legends. Employing PBT doubleshot + dyesub tech also means subs and novelties now won’t fall off - although R1’s UV print quality was good, we still heard cases of UV print chipping off or fading after extended use.

To demonstrate its goodwill, Milkyways agreed to produce new text + icon mod moulds for Alhambra (there was previously only icon mods), which will no doubt benefit future designers who wish to work with Milkyways.

Colour samples - well-matched to R1.

Pricing

Vendors

TBA.

Kitting

Base Kit

Changelog:

More

added R4 keys
added 1u backspace and various shifts
removed Ñ
40s support moved to standalone 40s kit. Please kindly fill in the IC form if you are interested in buying the 40s kit, as we will need to meet MOQ in order for the kit to be made.

Base Kit (Latin)

Novelties

Changelog:

More

added new R1 and R4 novelties
revamped iso-enter novelty

Latin Alphas

Numpad

Spacebars

Light Mods

included keys for numpad

Deskmat - "Granada" is back

Collabs

Metal Artisans by Bohemia Lab

Renders

Haven 103

Vento

Haven 65 XT

Sonoma

Apsis

If you are interested in collaborating or becoming a vendor, please kindly contact me on discord at keepo87 or through email at keepo.and.meepo@gmail.com

Until next time!

keepoto · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 07:10:34 »

reserved

xLeHoy · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 07:14:58 »

A banger returning, let's go!

GLWIC

NihonCK · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 11:34:39 »

PBT instead of ABS

dead on arrival, would have been better with keyreative so it could remain ABS

JSaintS · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 12:24:37 »

Glad it will be PBT! I’m in for sure!

swag · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 16:32:58 »

Love this!

ClingyMonkee · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 12 February 2025, 16:56:10 »

Damn. Was looking forward for an R2 but gonna have to pass because PBT.

richardliu1124 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 13 February 2025, 02:46:51 »

I'm really looking forward to seeing the detailed manifestations of the changes in R2 compared with R1 in the physical product.Keepo has amazing talent. Just take a look at Nov Kit and you'll know!

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 13 February 2025, 13:03:04 »

Light mods really 28$?

AerosolFNTM · « **Reply #9 on:** Fri, 14 February 2025, 05:53:21 »

100% in! So glad I'm getting a second chance to catch this awesome set.

Ammonite · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 15 February 2025, 01:00:40 »

Honestly I am here for all of it, I was annoyed with myself for not getting it in R1, and this looks even better! Even the “Sample McSampleface deskmat”

Artisans look sooooooo good!

DivinaPapaya · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 15 February 2025, 09:06:40 »

Was hoping that this was going to be a KKB rerun or even better, a gmk run, but I will not be uying a pbt dyesub run unfortunately. Thankfully I see a lot of people happy about a pbt run so I do hope that you sell a lot still!.

Wonderful design regardless of manufacturing method.

Aquilus · « **Reply #12 on:** Sat, 15 February 2025, 11:11:29 »

Was waiting for R2 what a bummer it's pbt, gonna skip this one

örange_stone · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 19 February 2025, 21:24:34 »

Love it, first place on my MUST BUY LIST.

Ceyx · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 06 March 2025, 07:50:12 »

"removed R2 1.5u novelty"

Wait, why? You're not really suggesting me to use a "Back" instead, not even a "Backspace".
Can we have 2x R2 1.5u novelties? One for backspace and one for tab. Would allow to go full novelty from R1 to R4 on both sides on 60s, TKLs, 100s.

keepoto · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 09 March 2025, 06:13:58 »

Changelog:

Base Kit:

R2 1.5u changed to text "backspace"
R4 1u alt added

Base Kit (Latin): we now have a Latin Base Kit (nice) - same price as Arabic Base.

Novelties: reinstated R2 1.5u novelty.

Latin Alphas: included additional pipe.

Light mods: R2 1.5u backspace changed to text, following base kit

Ammonite · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 10 March 2025, 03:24:09 »

Looks good, I’m excited! Already bought a board for it to go on 😂

keepoto · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 17 March 2025, 07:17:36 »

Update: very minor changes to novelty

Ceyx · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 20 March 2025, 09:48:16 »

Am I right in assuming a silver or gold colored keeb would fit best for this set?

Ammonite · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 20 March 2025, 13:45:48 »

I’m going with beige. It’s not quite right but I wanted to keep the Moor aesthetic and match the old architecture of Granada. The set would probably look nice on a pine green board too.

Tolds1943 · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 21 March 2025, 02:51:46 »

Quote from: Ceyx on Thu, 20 March 2025, 09:48:16

Am I right in assuming a silver or gold colored keeb would fit best for this set?

That's not bad.

vhaarr · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 16 April 2025, 01:59:00 »

It's not mentioned here but this time around it actually has a NorDe set!

https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-key-kobo-alhambra-cherry-profile-keycaps-r2?variant=42228584284196

vhaarr · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 16 April 2025, 02:01:11 »

Apparently the list of vendors has been posted on the discord, but not here ...

US: Clickclack
CA: Unikeys
EU: Candykeys
UK：Prototypist
SG: Ktech
MY: Mecha
VN：MOKB keys

vhaarr · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 16 April 2025, 02:08:51 »

I'd really like it if you consider Maxgaming as a Nordic vendor, please.

dvorcol · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 16 April 2025, 15:32:01 »

Quote from: vhaarr on Wed, 16 April 2025, 02:01:11

Apparently the list of vendors has been posted on the discord, but not here ...

US: Clickclack
CA: Unikeys
EU: Candykeys
UK: Prototypist
SG: Ktech
MY: Mecha
VN: MOKB keys

Great to know, thanks.
There is one more vendor listed in KeycapLendar:

CN: zFrontier

vhaarr · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 17 April 2025, 04:50:04 »

Thank you dvorcol.

Also I spoke with Maxgaming support (because they tend to get MW sets in stock) and here's what they said:

Quote

Unfortunately, we do not have a confirmed date from our supplier for when we can get this item in stock right now.

We are waiting for information and as soon as we receive an update, we will post the same information on the preliminary date on the website.

> So you will eventually stock it at maxgaming?

We hope so! But unfortunately, nothing has been confirmed regarding any date right now.

SumJoy · « **Reply #26 on:** Tue, 22 April 2025, 01:34:55 »

Nice, R2!

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Author Topic: [IC] MW Alhambra R2 (Kitting changes) (Read 10528 times)