[GB] GMK Black & Gold (Feb 20 - Mar 20)

[Bobatype]

GMK Black & Gold

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• INSPIRATION •

Black and gold is a simple but classic combination evoking luxury and elegance. Thus this timeless colourway serves as the basis of this keycap set which utilises GMK’s new metallic ABS material. Golden accents are included for high-end flair; whilst for the high rollers, novelty keycaps themed around Art Deco and Casino Royale are included for extra style points.

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• LOGISTICS •

Groupbuy Date - 20th February 2025 to 20th March 2025

• VENDORS •

US - Divinikeys
CA - Deskhero.ca
CN - KBDFans
KR - Geon.works
EU - Keygem
UK - Prototypist.net
SG - Ktechs
OCE - Daily Clack

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• KITS •

Base

[Typical GMK Base Kit. Covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some Alice, and split space layouts. 3-key 40s physical layout support included]

Art Deco Novelty

[Inspired by the geometric character of the Art Deco aesthetic that flourished in the 1920s. In its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.]

Casino Royale Novelty

[Featuring classic card suit icons, for fans of card games, whilst also a nod to a great James Bold film.]

Add-Ons Kit

[Additional keys for further compatibility or variety, such as the classic Cherry icons, additional support for HHKB, Windowed Keys (legends are UV-print*), stepped Ctrl icon key, less utilised Shift keys (1.50u, 1u, 2u),  CR black spacebars (1.00u x 2, 1.25u x 1, 1.75u x 2, 2.00u x 1, 3.00u x 2, 6.00u x 1),  and R3 up arrows.]

Accent Spacebars Kit

[Besides the usual support for split space keyboard layouts, these gold bars include 2 x 1.75c and 2 x 2.00c bars for additional 40s/ortho support.

NorDEUK

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• DESKMATS •

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• RENDERS •

Katana 80 by boba.types

Diaphora by bowlkeyboards x deltakeyco

Werk One by werk.technica

Haus by Hand Engineering

Frog by Geon Works

IRON165 by Smith + Rune

M60-A by Rama Works

Disclaimer: Renders shown are for illustrative purposes and may not perfectly display the actual colours. Please refer to the actual samplephotos below to see the real colours and texture of existing GMK metallic ABS keycaps.  Do note that the process of creating metallic ABS involves special powders that are subject to the various injection flow patterns in each cap, creating a unique (and unpredictable) result. There will also be ultimately inherent limits in emulating the lustrous and shiny appearance of metal in plastic.

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• SPECIFICATIONS •

Samples

Quick photo of real-life samples of the metallic gold colourway

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Material: ABS Material
Profile: Cylindrical Cherry Profile
Manufacturing Method: Double shot injection molding
Manufacturer: GMK
Compatibility: MX switches
 

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• COLLABS •

- Artkey Universe 'Royal Flush' - 14th March

Store raffle link: https://artkeyuniverse.com/shop/detail/royal-flush

Raffle form is only live for less than 24 hours

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• LINKS •

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• SOCIALS •

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[HoffmanMyster]

Approved

[dvorcol]

Edit: revised scale

[Randomlosername]

Super Pumped to go in on this one for sure. Hopefully picking it up later this week! Glad to see the numbers are looking good!

[AMZ]

Who will be the main vendor? written in the banderole.

[konstantin]

GLWGB!

[dvorcol]

Edit: revised scale

[Bobatype]

Thanks Dvorcol for the graphs tracking the sales!
Just wanted to drop a quick reminder that we're nearing the final week of GB sales, and that Artkey Universe is also doing a limited raffle artisan keycap collaboration called 'Royal Flush':



Store raffle link: https://artkeyuniverse.com/shop/detail/royal-flush

Form is only live for less than 24 hours

GLWGB!

Thanks! That song is always a vibe. Reminds me of Rush Hour hahah. I would concede that this set feels like a spiritual successor of GMK Lux.

Who will be the main vendor? written in the banderole.

Lead vendor is Divinikeys. I'm amidst designing the banderole, however I've personally never considered the vendor logo/name a particular significant design element of the packaging for keycaps.

Super Pumped to go in on this one for sure. Hopefully picking it up later this week! Glad to see the numbers are looking good!

Thanks for the support

[dvorcol]

Edit: revised scale

[swag]

Any news on how this ended up?  Are any of the add-on or novelty sets being canceled for MOQ?  I really love this set and am hopeful that everything will be produced

[AMZ]

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Any updates on last numbers and extra?

[Bobatype]

Thank you to all who joined It was a successful groupbuy, so there won't be any cancelled kits!
There were over 500 base kits ordered during GB  which was our primary target.
There had been some reservations/doubts about offering 2 novelty kits in the current market climate, so I'm just glad we made it happen.
Most kits made MOQ (Add-ons and NORDEUK however required extras to reach it).

I'm still waiting for 2 more vendors to confirm their extras order quantities before Dvorcol will posting the graphs of the total qty (with extras).

[dvorcol]

Edit: additional Base extras 10 April

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[firimp]

Wow, astonishing numbers, didn't expect it would sell almost 900 sets of base kit, congrats

[konstantin]

Congrats on hitting 500 MOQ organically!

[Bobatype]

Wow, astonishing numbers, didn't expect it would sell almost 900 sets of base kit, congrats

Thanks. It primarily sold ~500 base kits during the GB, which is amazing given the current state of the market. This led to vendors being a lot more willing to purchase extras, which is why the numbers look even better.

Congrats on hitting 500 MOQ organically!

Thank you <3

GMK sent another round of keycap samples to double-check and these were re-confirmed.
They are awaiting delivery time of the material, with current estimate of production in June - supposedly they will have more accurate information regarding production timeframe estimate next week.
Box art packaging has been finalised, it will predictably be gold foil on black.