Ok you can call me cheap, non social or whatever you want to call me but this is my point of view about this GB. even though I'm not too crazy about some colors matching these are still original Cherry's!!!!! and that's whats awesome about this GB.
Here are my thoughts along with pics from Lysol so you guys wont understand me wrong:
1. " Esc pack"
This one is awesome option, good cost @ $8 and after shipping and paypal fees might be around $15 total. That's $15 for 3 genuine Esc keys in different color keycaps and legends. Not too crazy about the red legend on white keycap but I do like the other 2
2. "Purple modifiers" Color wise I'm not too crazy about it honestly ( opinion: might look good on TKL board when mixed up with CMYK, or look good with DS cherry's black caps with white legends.... Here is what gets me about this GB (not speaking of the Esc pack but the Purple and CMYK pack), what gets me is the way the Purple and CMYK pack comes BUFFED with all the key sizing and layout options that most of wont use because most of us own ANSI boards.
For example the Purple kit I will only use the left side which is the ANSI (13 keys in total) and wont use the the last/bottom row that's under the ANSI which would be usefull for people with Cherry 1800 and 7000 boards total 7 keys. Right side of the Purple set is all ISO with winkeyless modifiers with and without legends total of 12 keys.
Why do us who don't have Korean Keyboards or any 1800/ 7000 or any keyboard with ISO which is not popular in US have to pay the premium price of 32 keycaps but only ever use 13 of them.... So after all is send and done I should hope to try and sell the unusable keycaps later on, and good luck trying to sell those keys.....
3. CMYK, I share the same opinion as the for the purple set, will only use the 6 keys of the set of total of 16 keys..... Again why do I pay premium price for 16 keys when I really will ever use 6 keys?
Lysol I understand you said for set to happen you will need 300 orders for each set. But in my head Im thinking hold on, I'll pay around 50 for the purple but use only 40% of the keycaps = price for only ANSI would of been in total 30 ish after shipping and paypal charges......
Isnt the point of having a GB to get more options for less??? How is this the case with this GB? If this GB was organized with the buyer in mind, I would of jump on all 3 sets Lysol, but prices would be cheaper than they are now. I know this is good start to to show GMK that GB are a good thing, but HELP me HELP you!!!
How many of the people that are in this GB will ever use modifiers they are any other than the ANSI?
Please don't get me wrong, GB like this is good to show GMK that this is a good thing for them, but GB should also make the buyer feel like a winner too, go ahead hate on me all you want, but I have spoken.
I so much wanted to jump on this GB, since I bought new CM TKL reds and new G-81 7000 with DS.... and instead of buying all the packs from here I end up buying moogle and RGBY from SP.... it is what it is.... this GB is not in favor of the byer/spender.
Edit: If this GB happens, after that you will see the classifieds swarm with everybody trying to get rid of the modifiers that they don't need.
Was there any vote at all what layouts we want? I'm very curious about this one. I'm curious if you would of split the modifiers separate how much would you get on the ones that are not ANSI, maeby 10% at the most?