Author Topic: FILCO Majestouch 2 Mechanical Limited Edition Year of the Dragon (Read 13371 times)

squarebox · « **on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 03:21:49 »

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FinancialWar · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 04:10:00 »

so it's just a filco with red blank...

kaiserreich · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 04:10:56 »

I thought the yellow version was half-assed,
Looks like they aren't even trying anymore.

vortex · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 04:20:12 »

YES !! As I know ,

This Filco Dragon limit version ,

only change color , without new function !!

Quote from: FinancialWar;493923

so it's just a filco with red blank...

Deverica Wolf · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 04:43:39 »

Quote from: kaiserreich;493924

I thought the yellow version was half-assed,
Looks like they aren't even trying anymore.

Except, it isn't. I thought that too, but I own it and it is quite nice and classy looking in-person. Better than in the photos.

A new Filco ain't a bad thing but I don't know what to think of this.

Culinia · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 05:29:56 »

They should have had the case in red rather than the keys, that would have been more interesting and a better proposition.

Xibal · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 05:41:09 »

man that's an eye sore.

squarebox · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 05:43:52 »

FinancialWar · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 06:17:06 »

I think the whole keyboard should have been in red, not just the keycaps, this look ****.

cmh · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 06:42:41 »

I don't like the color scheme of this at all and I really like many of the Filco Limited Edition keyboards.

Quote from: kaiserreich;493924

I thought the yellow version was half-assed,
Looks like they aren't even trying anymore.

What! the yellow one is awesome!

squarebox · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 06:43:09 »

I would have prefer it in red casing + white keycaps.

cmh · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 06:44:21 »

Quote from: squarebox;493965

I would have prefer it in red casing + white keycaps.

Yea I agree that would look very nice.

BadBadtz-Maru · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 09:19:54 »

I like the esc button "龍", it means dragon in chinese.

captain · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 09:20:51 »

But does it PING?!

captain · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 09:29:49 »

You could get one of these, and one of those: http://forums.vr-zone.com/photopost/data/500/medium/italianred_iso.png and swap all the keys! :-D

tukkez · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:37:30 »

new filco with reds should come out...

dreamingftw · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:40:10 »

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com > order blank red keycaps > put them on my Filco > Year of the Dragon Filco > Win!

captain · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:43:54 »

Quote from: harrison;494036

they're trying way to hard if you ask me. it's time for some innovation. swapping out key caps does NOT make a new product.

New is not always better. Filco has a great product. It's been years since my beloved Focus FK-9000 died, so it's hard to compare, but I'm really enjoying my Filco. Really, the only thing that detracts are the keys, so changing out the keys would make it a better product, IMHO. I'll agree though, that changing the color of the keys isn't much improvement. Changing them to something a bit more tactile (PBT?) and less slippery would kick it up another notch. Maybe removing the arrow/home/pgup bits too... but on that note, I've been thinking that maybe a full-size keyboard would be better, and I just need to mount my mouse *above* the keyboard, or get a trackpad and mount it below the spacebar.... hrmmm

captain · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:45:14 »

Quote from: dreamingftw;494065

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com > order blank red keycaps > put them on my Filco > Year of the Dragon Filco > Win!

But wasdkeyboards doesn't have a red keycap with "DRAGON" written on it... Oh, but they can do custom lasering, can't they? :-)

byFd · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:45:56 »

Quote from: captain;494076

But wasdkeyboards doesn't have a red keycap with "DRAGON" written on it... Oh, but they can do custom lasering, can't they? :-)

not in white

captain · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:50:18 »

That's why God made enamel and fine point brushes! ;-)

nokcha · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:56:03 »

I have a feeling this isn't an official model. Looks like a normal mj2 with cheap keycaps just applied onto it. Other than the keycaps there doesn't seem to be any distinct detail that differentiates it from any other normal mj2

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 10:57:27 »

Filco limited edition is lazy. Change keycap color only, why bother. Could have made the Filco logo in red at least to set it apart. Should have done something like an emerald green case, you know dragon color.

laffindude · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 12:12:33 »

At least it is very limited edition. 2 per store.

Roguemaster8 · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 12:29:52 »

Hmm, I wonder how much they'll charge for it.

laffindude · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 12:33:46 »

Same as regular Majestouch2.

kaiserreich · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 14:53:59 »

Just in case you all did not notice, the Esc key has a 'Dragon' printed on it, in Traditional Chinese

itlnstln · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 15:35:08 »

Did Diatec just hire a bunch of Topre engineers?

Fail.

wongster · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 15:54:48 »

Real question is, will reaper add it to his collection?

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Crowat · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 16:07:47 »

Fail special edition is fail...

It seems that all the people that work for these hardware companies have been robbed of their imagination/creativity. I don't get it. You have some of the coolest jobs out there yet you have no imagination/creativity. It has to be that finance/engineering out rules the creative folks.

godofdeath · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 22:17:22 »

i want the dragon cap

reaper · « **Reply #31 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 22:40:47 »

Quote from: wongster;494293

Real question is, will reaper add it to his collection?

...

lol I only collect tenkeyless. =P

But TBH, I kinda don't like the look of this one plus like everyone else stated, it seems like Filco is running out of ideas here. We shall see... O.o

Kamikaze K · « **Reply #32 on:** Thu, 19 January 2012, 23:44:39 »

Ummm... I'm normally a sucker for "Special/Limited" Editions... But this one seriously blows! Hmmm... Red casing with front printed back keycaps would've at least given the impression that they put some effort into the edition!!! Pfft.

devouringone3 · « **Reply #33 on:** Fri, 20 January 2012, 00:58:55 »

WhiteFireDragon · « **Reply #34 on:** Fri, 20 January 2012, 09:02:30 »

I think you guys also missed the red LEDs. Still looks fugly though.

squarebox · « **Reply #35 on:** Fri, 20 January 2012, 10:41:15 »

Quote from: dante;494805

Say what you will about Ducky; they will put more effort into theirs.

Say what you will, Ducky will never fix this

digitalleftovers · « **Reply #36 on:** Mon, 30 January 2012, 02:51:22 »

I have a set of 104 red blanks from Round 3. I also have a filco. Why didn't I put them on yet, I could have had this last year! Filco engineers have beet me to my own ideas. :-(

laffindude · « **Reply #37 on:** Mon, 30 January 2012, 03:37:47 »

I've heard this is an idea by King Keyboard (Gold keyboard if you directly translate the name). So it is a distributor special. Don't knock Filco for this.

cation234 · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 05:37:39 »

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Originally Posted by nokcha
I have a feeling this isn't an official model. Looks like a normal mj2 with cheap keycaps just applied onto it. Other than the keycaps there doesn't seem to be any distinct detail that differentiates it from any other normal mj2

Hello. You are correct about this, this Dragon Year limited edition is not an official model, and there's a long story about it.

This version was born in Taiwan (where I live), and was the idea of the owner of a small shop specialized in mechanical keyboard, who I just got acquainted a few months ago. This owner is the largest distributor of Filco's product in Taiwan. Let's just call him Mr. Sun. Of course, Mr. Sun has good relation with Filco's agent in Taiwan.

As you might have known, this year is the so called Dragon Year in traditional Chinese calendar. Just one week before the eve of the Chinese new year, Mr. Sun suddenly came with this idea: a limited edition keyboard for the Dragon Year! Then he gave Filco's agent in Taiwan a phone call, and told him about how he wants this keyboard to be, and the agent agreed to produce it, even in a very small quantity. This all happened in a rush. A week later this keyboard was born, as what you see it now: red key caps with black cover.

However, the agent also promised Mr. Sun another thing: since it was originally Mr. Sun's idea about this limited edition, Mr. Sun is allowed to sell another version of this keyboard, in a total quantity of 50 units. That's right, only 50 units, which is what I'm going to show you: http://imgur.com/a/BHGEI#0

By the way, I've switched the original ESC key with a yellow one, which I consider more fitted with this keyboard.

balanar · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 09:16:29 »

I'm sorry but I'll still pass on this one.

balanar · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 12:42:51 »

Oops my bad, where did my manners go...:boom:Welcome to GeekHack, where you'll spend hundreds on tiny pieces of plastic.

spdx · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 14:30:04 »

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The ESC key looks good, which combines the Chinese character "dragon" (龍) and the year "2012".

pitashen · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 17:13:46 »

I suspect it is just a special order from Armygroup.

Kamikaze K · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 23:05:09 »

Quote from: squarebox;494871

Say what you will, Ducky will never fix this
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And Filco will never fix this... What's your point squarebox??

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Matey, I think it's time to build a bridge don't you? hmmm?

laffindude · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 23:25:09 »

Quote from: pitashen;510490

I suspect it is just a special order from Armygroup.

Quote from: laffindude;503036

I've heard this is an idea by King Keyboard (Gold keyboard if you directly translate the name).

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cation234 · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 04:29:02 »

Indeed. The store you were talking about is called 金鍵盤 in Taiwan, "Golden Keyboard". It's quite famous among the keyboard enthusiasts here.

By the way, the pink limited edition is also their idea.

laffindude · « **Reply #46 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 05:40:30 »

^I figured that one since it wasn't mentioned on Diatec's site.

I wonder if he can get some red cased tenkeyless Filcos made...

pitashen · « **Reply #47 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 05:47:58 »

Quote from: cation234;510874

Indeed. The store you were talking about is called 金鍵盤 in Taiwan, "Golden Keyboard". It's quite famous among the keyboard enthusiasts here.

By the way, the pink limited edition is also their idea.

I remember some kid asked the owner at Golden Keyboard: "What is so good about Cherry Corp brand?"
The owner replied: "Because it is made in Germany." And the kid decided to swallow his words and bought a Cherry brand board that costs as much as a Filco (if not more) in Asia.

I wouldn't go to him for keyboard opinions lol.

laffindude · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 05:51:48 »

Taiwanese have a fatal weakness for stuff made in Germany.

pitashen · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 05:54:47 »

Quote from: laffindude;510896

Taiwanese have a fatal weakness for stuff made in Germany.

Whatever happened to the "MIT" pride !? lol..

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Author Topic: FILCO Majestouch 2 Mechanical Limited Edition Year of the Dragon (Read 13371 times)