The reason why it took so long to began with is because the KBDMania leader thought we found a different manufacturer. That manufacturer's keycaps (I'm not sure if they were double shotted key caps) weren't, but it took us awhile because we were doing many samples to make sure if they would improve. So we decided to take on SP afterwards, and after a few chats for a 104 set + 6 extra keys (for winkeyless boards), the price was pretty good. It's still quite expensive. Think of near the $50,000+...