Author Topic: Limited Edition Cherry Keyboard - Possibly for GB/Sale? (Read 3423 times)

CPTBadAss · « **on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:06:01 »

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/opinions-pre-orders-new-limited-edition-cherry-keyboard-t6036.html

So Halverson linked me this earlier. Looks like Cherry might potentially make this keyboard if there's enough interest for it.

- G80-3494LYCUS-2 variant
- Doubleshot Cherry ABS
- Comes in black body or light grey
- ANSI 104 layout
- MX Reds
- Some cute logos
- Price is around $214.35 to $229.66

Not quite sure how to gauge interest or anything. Seems to be a couple pages on DT and that's it. Thought it was interesting though. Anyone else think so?

Turbo Slaab · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:07:05 »

It's so long! In for tenkeyless.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:08:55 »

Don't think that's an option. 104 ANSI only according to the article.

Halverson · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:16:43 »

I want one so much!

Dubsgalore · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:21:01 »

>mx reds

mx blacks, and i would be interested haha

if only i had the money

looks really cool though! new cherry board with doubleshots!

Halverson · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:22:49 »

I prefer blacks myself....but if they are cherry doubleshots....oh my. Rag in cherry form?? Or red alert cherry on a grey body? That hotness! Who cares what switch, or size, or layout! Just get involved!

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:27:33 »

Who keeps their board stock anyways? I don't like Reds and I'd get this ^__^

Lu_e · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:28:34 »

g80-1800 and maybe

Hades · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:40:51 »

LE sounds cool; does anyone have experience with a G80-3494LYCUS?

Dubsgalore · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:42:44 »

those caps....would be insane...ugh

$250 mx reds board though...

i can see threads in the future...'wts 2013 limited cherry 60th anniversery board...without caps..'

LOL

Halverson · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:45:50 »

Quote from: Dubsgalore on Wed, 26 June 2013, 22:42:44

those caps....would be insane...ugh

$250 mx reds board though...

i can see threads in the future...'wts 2013 limited cherry 60th anniversery board...without caps..'

LOL

Ignore shipping, 150€ is more like $200

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 26 June 2013, 23:41:20 »

Definitely not interested with red switches. Bleh.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:22:29 »

I have a 3494. It's a nice keyboard if you like G80. One of very few post 90's model you can find easily that has better than 2KRO, the other most easy to get being the 1865.

tricheboars · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:31:25 »

this board is just meh at best. i dislike the MX Inside logo. plastic case for 250 price tag. 104 ANSI for a red board? wtf.

i think it is cool that Cherry can still make doubleshots though. they should start making and selling caps.

xiaodian317 · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:39:02 »

Asia no problem will be on sale.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:40:56 »

Cherry dosen't make doubleshots anymore. They will have to buy them from GMK since they have all the tooling now. I agree about the MX inside for sure. It looks tacky at best. I think most people feel the same about that aspect, hopefully they will listen and not put it on there.

insilica · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 09:49:36 »

I don't like it at all. Have to see the gray one before making my mind up. If it's red on gray forget it.

They would have more success with their standard cherry font doubleshot in white on black caps, removing the tacky ... oh so tacky "cute logos", oh and make it tenkeyless, that way it can go cheaper.. right

ImperfectLink · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 10:09:22 »

Looks like it was deisgned in conjunction with Asus. Someone check so see that there aren't vents on the back.

eyesmiles · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:10:17 »

The MOQ of 4000 seems high. If you were to run a groupbuy with GMK for RoB doubleshots (since people would probably harvest the key caps off it), you'd probably reach their MOQ quicker. It would even include keys for those who want ISO layout. This supposed limited edition board is stricly ANSI.

A 3494 with stickers doesn't make it limited edition to me. If Cherry were to do something unique like ... purple stems to indicate ergo-clears, like Ivan mentioned in DT another version of the 5000, or something along those lines to show some effort in making it limited, then I might bite. 3494 looks so bland ... I'd rather get a 1800.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:12:34 »

Quote from: eyesmiles on Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:10:17

If Cherry were to do something unique like ... purple stems to indicate ergo-clears, like Ivan mentioned in DT another version of the 5000, or something along those lines to show some effort in making it limited, then I might bite.

Can you link me to this article? I've never heard of this before.

eyesmiles · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:14:02 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:12:34

Quote from: eyesmiles on Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:10:17
If Cherry were to do something unique like ... purple stems to indicate ergo-clears, like Ivan mentioned in DT another version of the 5000, or something along those lines to show some effort in making it limited, then I might bite.

Can you link me to this article? I've never heard of this before.

With regards to the purple stems?

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:15:10 »

Yes please, in regards to the purple stems!

eyesmiles · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:16:20 »

It was just some idea that was shot around in DT, where a member asked what it would take to produce the ergo-clear at Cherry.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/definitive-answer-mx-clear-t4012.html

The MOQ to make them is quite high, in the hundreds of thousands iirc

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 12:26:24 »

Gotcha, thanks for the info ^__^

rootwyrm · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 27 June 2013, 17:05:22 »

If they offer it in blues, I will probably find some way to buy a 5 pack.
Yeah, yeah, Cherry started with linears. Don't care. To my ears, the click of the MX Blue is the definitive sound of Cherry and always will be.

berserkfan · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 28 June 2013, 07:54:04 »

did I miss something? What colour will their cherry mx stems be? I hate the idea of spending so much to get a cherry red or black.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 28 June 2013, 07:57:02 »

Stems will be the red or black stem color. The link eyesmiles posted was just an idea on how to make a board limited edition.

berserkfan · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 28 June 2013, 09:46:40 »

for the kind of money they want for it, the least Cherry Corp could do would be to give us some nice rare stems.

greens on the numeric keypad
whites on the modifiers
clears on the alphas
greys on the function row
super black on escape (Since we don't need to press escape a lot anyway)

Now that's more like it.

Halverson · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 28 June 2013, 09:54:36 »

You guys. Odds are it's pcb mounted. Cherry knows we love modding keyboards. So they give us lame reds, so we can tweak the board to hell!
MX inside? How to remove that logo without damaging the case! This is not a keyboard, it's an expensive adventure!

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Author Topic: Limited Edition Cherry Keyboard - Possibly for GB/Sale? (Read 3423 times)