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Offline Namkung

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« on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 12:30:37 »
when you go to EK's site right now you can see some blank colored keycaps for topre switches.
it says at the bottom "realforce colored keycap set" although that disappears after a few seconds.
they are no where to be found .. YET on their site. maybe they will go on sale sometime soon? o.O
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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 12:44:06 »
Ohhhh such pretty colours :)

Blanks too!

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 12:52:18 »
What a nasty marketing trick!
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Offline Kisakuku

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 19:44:04 »
Better get on it.

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 19:49:42 »
It appears that these are up now; Orange, red, blue, white, and green are in stock now.
I like my Browns more than my Blues.

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 20:23:19 »
damn was hoping it would just be individual keys for sale .
so tempted to get lime green... hrm....

edit:
bah..
who am i kidding.
lime green ordered!! =D along with a roof for my 87u
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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 20:42:44 »
If someone wants to trade there blank green modifiers for blank yellow modifiers plz let me know
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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 20:53:45 »
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If someone wants to trade there blank green modifiers for blank yellow modifiers plz let me know

Incorrect. If someone wants to sell me their blank red modifiers, please let me know. 11/12 sets hurts my brain. Why didn't I buy them when EK had them?!

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:00:45 »
I got this in the mail.
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I have been trying to get white keys for a long time but now I think green would look cool with the grey keys on my 87u. What to get :confused:
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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:02:18 »
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I got this in the mail.

I have been trying to get white keys for a long time but now I think green would look cool with the grey keys on my 87u. What to get :confused:

As usual, the answer is 'everything'. Is your 104Pro a 30g one? Can't wait for mine to get here.

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:11:59 »
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As usual, the answer is 'everything'. Is your 104Pro a 30g one? Can't wait for mine to get here.

lol you really do get EVERYTHING!

and yes it is a 30g one. Gonna be for work :-)
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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:15:19 »
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lol you really do get EVERYTHING!

and yes it is a 30g one. Gonna be for work :-)

Where can I get one? And how much?

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:25:04 »
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lol you really do get EVERYTHING!

and yes it is a 30g one. Gonna be for work :-)

Hey, I don't have half the things in your signature. Your accusations are baseless!


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Where can I get one? And how much?

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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 00:05:22 »
Blank yellow and lime green will complete my set.

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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 00:07:09 »
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Blank yellow and lime green will complete my set.

Good call, now you just need more HHKB's. Hopefully, I'll be 12/12 in a month or so too.

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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 00:45:24 »
so nice

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« Reply #16 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 00:48:45 »
So expensive. :Cry:
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« Reply #17 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 00:51:16 »
If anyone wants to sell any of the fn row or esc row blank keys (any colour except black (that does include the original white hhkb) I will buy them for a fair price.

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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 02:19:03 »
WT....!!! I'm sick about Topre key caps especially the blank ones, and now, they are in stock! I really don't wanna waste my money, but I have to. :Cry:

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« Reply #19 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 02:22:22 »
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WT....!!! I'm sick about Topre key caps especially the blank ones, and now, they are in stock! I really don't wanna waste my money, but I have to. :Cry:

Does this mean all your GB prices are going up?

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« Reply #20 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 02:24:26 »
Just glad yesterday was fat tuesday, time to hold off on the keyboards for a bit

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« Reply #21 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 07:14:17 »
The blank blue caps are going to look sooo nice on the 87U I have on the way.  I'm just glad that Friday is payday.
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« Reply #22 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 09:15:03 »
I didn't even check my accounts. I just know I would regret not getting them.

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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 14:16:07 »
LOL at 110 dollars for some blank keycaps. Guess anything topre based is overpriced as hell though.

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« Reply #24 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 14:22:22 »
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LOL at 110 dollars for some blank keycaps. Guess anything topre based is overpriced as hell though.


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« Reply #25 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 14:34:26 »
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LOL at 110 dollars for some blank keycaps. Guess anything topre based is overpriced as hell though.

LOL at over $200 for a piece of wood/fiber with a logo on it.

Is that any different?

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« Reply #26 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 14:51:06 »
Oh **** me. Will lettered lime green stay in stock until the next wednesday? no monies.

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« Reply #27 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 15:08:08 »
I see 24 sets left. You should be okay. You can check the number by attempting checkout with a large number.

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« Reply #28 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 20:33:08 »
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Does this mean all your GB prices are going up?

:drum:

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« Reply #29 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 20:34:34 »
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I see 24 sets left. You should be okay. You can check the number by attempting checkout with a large number.

Smart! How could I never think of that way!

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« Reply #30 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 21:35:54 »
Sorry. I guess I spoke too soon. 18 left now.

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« Reply #31 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 21:47:50 »
You guys are worse than some women and their shoes ;)
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« Reply #32 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 06:16:10 »
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LOL at over $200 for a piece of wood/fiber with a logo on it.

Is that any different?

Not really an accurate comparison IMO. I'm all for custom keycaps, but these are just crazy expensive since they are rare. I would consider these analogous to a snowboard that costs twice as much as the competition because it's the only board that fits a certain pair of bindings.

Quick question, why do you have 6 HHKBs? Are they on different computers or do you swap them on the same?

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« Reply #33 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 09:41:58 »
I do have a lot of computers, but I wanted to collect them regardless.

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« Reply #34 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 10:17:39 »
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LOL at 110 dollars for some blank keycaps. Guess anything topre based is overpriced as hell though.

The keycaps aren't priced at a functional level. They're $110 because they're rare, and collector's items.

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« Reply #35 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 19:36:26 »
There are left 10 sets of Lettered Keycaps(Lime Green)  7 sets of Non-Printed Keycaps(Lime Green).

I purchased last week an artist proof and some limited Alan Lee prints signed by him so I shouldn't get those sets even if I want to collect them all. Buy them so I don't have to :cool:

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« Reply #36 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 22:28:30 »
I have a green set from EK coming as well as 104pro from China. Now which color combo?





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« Reply #37 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 23:33:06 »
I need someone's opinion on this. What is more rare, the fact that EK is selling these lime green caps or the fact they're stocking 45g 87u boards now for $310?

I'm thinking of picking up a set of these caps, or buying a new board. But not both.

Thoughts?

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« Reply #38 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 00:57:45 »
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I need someone's opinion on this. What is more rare, the fact that EK is selling these lime green caps or the fact they're stocking 45g 87u boards now for $310?

I'm thinking of picking up a set of these caps, or buying a new board. But not both.

Thoughts?


Definitely caps.

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« Reply #39 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 11:04:21 »
The lettered Green keycaps are now sold out, but there's still still about 5 non-printed green sets left.  These things go fast.
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« Reply #40 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 11:56:21 »
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Definitely caps.

Thank you for the input, I ended up picking up two sets. I plan on buying another Realforce soon, but I need to hold off for a bit to appease the misses.

Edit:

I hope my order still goes through, I only placed it this morning.
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« Reply #41 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 12:00:43 »
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Thank you for the input, I ended up picking up two sets. I plan on buying another Realforce soon, but I need to hold off for a bit to appease the misses.

Edit:

I hope my order still goes through, I only placed it this morning.

How many misses have you got?..

If it let you check out through PayPal, you'll get it.

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« Reply #42 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 15:58:03 »
I ordered 4 sets of these on February 22 and checked out with paypal successfully (it shows the transaction is complete and the money has been charged from my paypal). But I don't receive any email to telling me that my order is confirmed. I used to order stuffes from EK and usually it would send me a confirmation email as soon as I make the payment. I don't know why this time there's no confirmation email, I only got an email from paypal saying that I've sent a payment to EK.

Does anyone else have this issue? Or just me? The printed green sets are sold out already. :( Hopefully they did receive my order.:smash:

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« Reply #43 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 16:07:40 »
Yeah, the confirmation email didn't come in until way later for me too.
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« Reply #44 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 16:11:32 »
I've received packages from EK before confirmation emails for them arrived. I wouldn't worry too much.

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« Reply #45 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 17:52:31 »
Quote from: feng;524605
I ordered 4 sets of these on February 22 and checked out with paypal successfully (it shows the transaction is complete and the money has been charged from my paypal). But I don't receive any email to telling me that my order is confirmed. I used to order stuffes from EK and usually it would send me a confirmation email as soon as I make the payment. I don't know why this time there's no confirmation email, I only got an email from paypal saying that I've sent a payment to EK.

Does anyone else have this issue? Or just me? The printed green sets are sold out already. :( Hopefully they did receive my order.:smash:

Yes i ordered on Wednesday and just got my email this afternoon. I could only imagine how busy they are when stuff like this comes in.
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« Reply #46 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 18:12:42 »
Ahhh, I can't bring myself to order a colored set :( They're as much as a cherry keyboard!

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« Reply #47 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 18:14:11 »
weird. i received my confirmation right away when i ordered few hours after they were available.
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« Reply #48 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 19:31:43 »
I just got my 87u 45g today and wanted to try it out before getting any extra key colors and am loving it so far but it seems most of the lettered ones are sold out now. For future reference in the event that I want to customize the look of it, how often do these keycap sets come up for sale?

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« Reply #49 on: Fri, 24 February 2012, 20:38:04 »
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I just got my 87u 45g today and wanted to try it out before getting any extra key colors and am loving it so far but it seems most of the lettered ones are sold out now. For future reference in the event that I want to customize the look of it, how often do these keycap sets come up for sale?

Very rarely. This is the third batch on EK, no guarantee they will restock. Grab whatever you can.