[IC] GMK sets interest check and planning

[esoomenona]

YOLCHLO

[inlikeflynn]

YOLCHLO

^^^ your name is better moose

[Sai]

Would love to see some Yellow on Charcoal keys........ please  .

Unique because I've never seen any Cherry's with Yellow coloured Letters/Numbers.

that is a good idea Elrick. basically dolch with yellow text, so i'll call it yolch

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Yes please! I'll take that 1800 too!

yes. for anything related to dolch,i'll be in

[Elrick]

Would love to see some Yellow on Charcoal keys........ please  .

Unique because I've never seen any Cherry's with Yellow coloured Letters/Numbers.

that is a good idea Elrick. basically dolch with yellow text, so i'll call it yolch

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Ohh Flynn, Just LOVE IT.

This is the the NEXT keyset to get.  No one else is making it or is going to make it (I checked with Sherryton) and you won't be stepping on any toes.

Plus having all the familiar Cherry Goodness ( for the 1800's as well) will be the absolute BOMB  8) .

As usual Flynn you are just superb....... because you make it all happen regardless, please convince Ivan to go this way.

[aggiejy]

I'd actually be in for something like that.  It's unique and would go pretty good with a black/grey/white/cream keyboard.

[rowdy]

And yellow backlighting!!1

[Lastpilot]

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This would be delightful and would CERTAINLY meet the MOQ especially w/ Cherry legends.  And it would look decent with purple mods.

Yes. +1

[nubbinator]

Do it:

[Moosecraft]

Dat yolch..

[tauburn]

Do it:

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this should happen

[Jmneuv]

Yolch = Dol(ch)Ski?

[bazemk1979]

Yolch looks nice, but don't forget that Sherry will have stash of Dolch sets, he had early preorders for really descent price. We should have something different but yet appealing to broader group of people, otherwise we wont hit moq of 300

[Binge]

guys, SNES colors -- GO!

[Moosecraft]

Classic two-tone with purple legends?
I think I like it, mockup anyone with mad skills?

[SpAmRaY]

guys, SNES colors -- GO!

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Classic two-tone with purple legends?
I think I like it, mockup anyone with mad skills?

like this?

[Binge]

Slightly lighter gray on the alphas

::EDIT:: oh I don't know... it's still attractive

Although purple needs to be a bit more blue

[domoaligato]

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This would be delightful and would CERTAINLY meet the MOQ especially w/ Cherry legends.  And it would look decent with purple mods.

I really like this set.
I would buy a full set of both color schemes

[Dubsgalore]

would be pretty cool *Binge*

(LOL)

[Lastpilot]

Triumph adler and Skidata would be dope.

Triumph adler #1

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Edit: I would acctually dont mind buying a few different sets.

If you make a GB with dolch, triumph adler, skidata, olivetti and something else, I would probably buy all of them.

Wasn't triumph adler a big possibility? What happened to this?

[LechnerDE]

Triumph adler and Skidata would be dope.

Triumph adler #1

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Edit: I would acctually dont mind buying a few different sets.

If you make a GB with dolch, triumph adler, skidata, olivetti and something else, I would probably buy all of them.

Wasn't triumph adler a big possibility? What happened to this?

Damn! Those modifiers fit perfectly to the Triumph Adler keys!

I'd buy those in a second :)

[Binge]

if you guys read through this you'd know those are faded TA mods.  The new looking ones are an annoying blue.

[CPTBadAss]

if you guys read through this you'd know those are faded TA mods.  The new looking ones are an annoying blue.

I thought the Blue on White/Grey were from when the Royal company bought TA. Previously I thought the scheme was Green on Grey when they were Triumph Adler. I remember seeing pictures in the IC for the Purple mod GMK buy.

[KuhnTang]

Any idea on when this GB will start?

[bazemk1979]

Any idea on when this GB will start?

probably couple of weeks after PBT dyesub closes, but we need final sets mockups so people can vote on them before we even start anything, and then we need to know the final price of the full set with all the extra keys.

I have a feeling that set like this will be around $120-$140.... Kinda glad I jumped and preordered Dolch set from Sherry for $85

[tauburn]

The SNES set would be great. I'd let mine sit in front of a window so the sun can yellow it for even more authenticity.

[Elrick]

I have a feeling that set like this will be around $120-$140.... Kinda glad I jumped and preordered Dolch set from Sherry for $85

Yep, same here.  Although The Sherryton Dolch set is purely ABS but these are all PBT's.

I suppose that those that love PBT will still be here buying these.  I love Dolch but if you get colours resembling Sherryton's, then go his way.

Greys and White are Dolch colours hence any differences to them would be welcomed in my eyes (but ONLY mine)  .

[bazemk1979]

I have a feeling that set like this will be around $120-$140.... Kinda glad I jumped and preordered Dolch set from Sherry for $85

Yep, same here.  Although The Sherryton Dolch set is purely ABS but these are all PBT's.

I suppose that those that love PBT will still be here buying these.  I love Dolch but if you get colours resembling Sherryton's, then go his way.

Greys and White are Dolch colours hence any differences to them would be welcomed in my eyes (but ONLY mine)  .

lol this is the GMK DS thread not the Imsto GB thread, these are DS ABS, not PBT.... GMK only makes ABS DS keys.

[Acanthophis]

GMK only makes ABS DS keys.

They also do padprinted and lasered ABS

[stoic-lemon]

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I quite like this one.

I also support this one.

[bazemk1979]

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I quite like this one.

I also support this one.

I freaking love that one

[Photekq]

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I quite like this one.

I also support this one.

I freaking love that one

Would be in for that one but with black legends. I don't think white legends give enough contrast.

[bazemk1979]

I think you are wrong, whites looks better, can someone make one of this 2 tone color with black legends?

[Dianoda]

I think you are wrong, whites looks better, can someone make one of this 2 tone color with black legends?

With black legends:


And with white:


And my favorite (the original style with white and deep navy legends):

[pasph]

Yes the last is the best

[bazemk1979]

there is no doubt that orange and blue for the color keys look really good,

I think you are wrong, whites looks better, can someone make one of this 2 tone color with black legends?

With black legends:

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And with white:

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And my favorite (the original style with white and deep navy legends):

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Dianoda can you make 1 more with white legends on the modifiers and black legends on the alpha? much appreciated.

[Dianoda]

there is no doubt that orange and blue for the color keys look really good,

I think you are wrong, whites looks better, can someone make one of this 2 tone color with black legends?

With black legends:

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And with white:

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And my favorite (the original style with white and deep navy legends):

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Dianoda can you make 1 more with white legends on the modifiers and black legends on the alpha? much appreciated.

[Halvar]

I like the one with the navy blue legends best, too. All white legends looks good too.

BTW, how would the white on light blue alphas look together with the purple modifiers? Dianoda, can you make a mockup of that?

If the light blue alphas go together with the purple as well as the orange/navy or orange/white mods, this idea would be a 100% winner for me.

[bazemk1979]

I still think all white legends looks the best, but either way it the orange blue combo will look good no matter what the color of the legends is

[Dianoda]

I like the one with the navy blue legends best, too. All white legends looks good too.

BTW, how would the white on light blue alphas look together with the purple modifiers? Dianoda, can you make a mockup of that?

If the light blue alphas go together with the purple as well as the orange/navy or orange/white mods, this idea would be a 100% winner for me.

[bazemk1979]

I like the one with the navy blue legends best, too. All white legends looks good too.

BTW, how would the white on light blue alphas look together with the purple modifiers? Dianoda, can you make a mockup of that?

If the light blue alphas go together with the purple as well as the orange/navy or orange/white mods, this idea would be a 100% winner for me.

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looks awesome but don't forget we end all buying the same modifiers all over again, I would be out if I have to buy them all over again.

[LechnerDE]

Wow!

That set looks really good. I wonder what Lysol has planed to combine the purple modifiers from his last GMK group buy with the new one. I really want to complete the purple set with the arrow, nav and function keys.

[bazemk1979]

that's the problem, if we go with the purple modifiers it has to be without all over again the same ones, but MOQ wont be reached cause there is not enough people that want the purple full set even with the blue alphanumerics.

if a whole new set it started from scratch like this one purple with blue, then I don't see my self paying for the same things all over again, already paid $50 not gonna happen again. That combo looks nice, but it will never reach MOQ due to 2 reasons, people from 1st GB wont be buying the same this all over again just to get full set, if only done as partial set so we combine the 1st gb with it in order to have full set wont happen either because not enough people like the purple + wont be new comers due to not being a full set in first place...

Either way you look at it, purple is screwed, that's why I wish we had full set from the get go.

[Jmneuv]

And my favorite (the original style with white and deep navy legends):

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I like that combination the best (was hard to decide) too - with one reservation: the dark legends shouldn't be blue but charcoal or black.

[Halvar]

Thanks Dianoda!

My understanding of the next phase so far is (see second post in this thread from Ivan):

1) Ivan will propose a purple addon set that contains only the rest of the modifiers (function keys, Numpad, Navigation keys ...) as part of the next GB and we'll just see if MOQ is met on these or not.
2) There will be a new pure alpha base set WITHOUT modifiers and there will be two accompanying language sets for US + Europe respectively. Color isn't clear as of yet; but it should fit both the purple and a newer modifier set. Could be [white on  grey] or [grey on white] or this [white on light blue] or something else altogether. Should appeal to the masses though... 
3) A new modifier set in an new color, like [white on orange].
4) A conversion pack in classic Cherry colors for vintage boards, probably white on black.

Is that the plan?

[IvanIvanovich]

Yes, more or less this is the plan.
I think we will have a vote on the colorway for the alpha set. I think narrowed the choices white on grey, clear on grey or black, white on light blue, white on red as those that I feel probably have the highest chance of making moq.
Then depend on winner of colorway alpha, we then vote on colorway modifier to have something that is also complimentary in some way.
Also have classic modifier pack white on black 'lite' since many of the keys really are not necessary to replace, and one big 'Euro' keys pack in white on black.
I think this should be a good amount of things.

[Lastpilot]

Looking forward to voting for the white on orange!

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[Jocelyn]

Looking forward to voting for the white on orange!

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lol I wish we were getting this entire set from GMK  :p

[Lastpilot]

yeah i know right. in the meantime though i feel like the mods will go well with some white blanks

[KuhnTang]

Yes, more or less this is the plan.
I think we will have a vote on the colorway for the alpha set. I think narrowed the choices white on grey, clear on grey or black, white on light blue, white on red as those that I feel probably have the highest chance of making moq.
Then depend on winner of colorway alpha, we then vote on colorway modifier to have something that is also complimentary in some way.
Also have classic modifier pack white on black 'lite' since many of the keys really are not necessary to replace, and one big 'Euro' keys pack in white on black.
I think this should be a good amount of things.

Although they have the highest chance of making moq, those colors are kind of boring.  I don't need another boring set.  What's the point of doing a GB is you're just going to get bland colors that have been done a thousand times?

[IvanIvanovich]

Yeah, but it is what it is with the MOQ situation. I would like nothing better than making wild stuff but we have to reach certain number for them to be produced and I know that is not possible with certain colorways. I want to try our best to reach some balance of exciting colors that have broader appeal. I will keep trying to negotiate lower moq with GMK but only time will tell if they will ever be willing to do that.