Designing the next Topre keycap set

[rsadek]

i am kind of hoping they don't release an actual edition with these caps
this hobby(obsession) is killing my bank account..

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Errrrm....I like to agree with Elrick because he is the best; on this point we differ.

I have been only to one strip club which was not operational, closed repairs and preparation for peak pheasant hunting season. Its the big business part of the year. I went at mid day to photograph it. The scene was empty, dark, and filthy. I left feeling the same way. Perhaps things are different where Elrick is, half a world away from that dump; I think we're all better off here at Geekhack.

Now, suddenly I don't feel so bad about my keyboard spending....Elrick, you sly dog, you've done it again! Well played sir, well played.
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[Charizard]

I am super excited for this. The skull squadron sets look awesome, excited to see what the final version will be

[Matt3o]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

[tofgerl]

Well, I'm waiting for it!

[raymogi]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

WOW.

Finally a reason to buy a 660C.

[Matt3o]

... DARY!

[nathanrosspowell]

You are a miracle worker, sir! 

[Chedda7]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

This is most unexpected...

I guess I should start saving now.

[romevi]

This is great news! All I need is a 00 for the external numpad, but I could always use a blank.

[ideus]

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These colors look cool.

[iamtootallforthis]

Now I am in!

[dutC4]

 

[a_ak57]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

Though just to clarify, do you mean they'll have full support i.e. the HHKB keys will have the appropriate legends (i.e. the HHKB backspace will have the BS symbol rather than just be the |\ key from the regular set, letter keys with the arrows on the front, etc)?  Or is it still the RF set and its legends but with a short shift and whatever to be physically compatible?

[Flyersfan1]

Matt3o Geekhack MVP

[Repoman]

Fantastic news!

Hopefully this is the start of Topre doing some cooler stuff. Seems crazy how hard it is to get replacement caps for these boards

Which makes me wonder... @Matt3o how is this going to work with your design? Will topre be moulding an ABS spacebar for the set with a seperate massdrop for a PBT version?

Just picked up my order of the PBT replacement spacebars from Massdrop and I'm impressed with the quality. Thockiness of the HHKB just went up dramatically

[btctopre]

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyboards:
- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

fam... thank you for all of your hard work i'm definitely in now when this goes down.

also thank you to Topre/Realforce for supporting your secondary users. despite the differences in what branding may be on our keyboards, we're all Topre underneath

[Belfong]

HHKB!! Fabulous!!! I'm in!!!

[do_Og@n]

And there goes my wallet.

[rowdy]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

I'm gonna need a bigger wallet

[romevi]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

I'm gonna need a bigger wallet

[Bomble]

I'm so in for this, great work as always matt3o!

[rowdy]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

I'm gonna need a bigger wallet

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Yep

[ideus]

Are these sets made with thick or thin key cap wall?

[chiefgrillz]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

wow i have no idea how you managed this but well done !! 

do you know if they are planning to just release 1 option for people to buy with everything included? or will there be different variations to purchase?

[Matt3o]

do you know if they are planning to just release 1 option for people to buy with everything included? or will there be different variations to purchase?

the idea is to have just 1 big set, but it's not clear yet.

Are these sets made with thick or thin key cap wall?

these are standard topre key caps.

@Matt3o how is this going to work with your design? Will topre be moulding an ABS spacebar for the set with a seperate massdrop for a PBT version?

On MD you'll get the set with 2 spacebars bundled (1 ABS and 1 PBT). I don't know if topre will sell them elsewhere, in that case you'd get ABS only.

[jamster]

I've read through this entire thread and might have missed it, but has one of the colourways been finalised on yet?

[a_ak57]

Hmm, you quoted my name but that wasn't my line.  Did you have a response to my question about the legends and accidentally deleted it?  I do have another question though:  is the red going to be the shade of the existing red ESC or ctrl keys?  It'd be nice if you could convince them of the latter so we can match it with the spacebar.

[yomammary]

I've read through this entire thread and might have missed it, but has one of the colourways been finalised on yet?

Skull squadron (page 6). One of those variants.

[Matt3o]

Hmm, you quoted my name but that wasn't my line.  Did you have a response to my question about the legends and accidentally deleted it?  I do have another question though:  is the red going to be the shade of the existing red ESC or ctrl keys?  It'd be nice if you could convince them of the latter so we can match it with the spacebar.

sorry, yes, the legends will be as close as possible to the original. The red should be "Topre red".

[livingspeedbump]

So will it definitely be that skull squadron set then?

Thats probably the one choice that won't tempt me at all. Not that it isnt a great design, just not for me. I was hoping for a more standard color layout with the set, allowing me to mix and match it with all the existing topre sets if i wanted as well. A standard set seems to just give you a lot more bang for your buck in this sense, as well as be more consistent looking for whatever board you end up buying it for.

Still, wishing the best of luck on this. I know it will be huge 

[dante]

I would love to buy this set preinstalled on a 104 55g.  Matt do you think you can ask them if they will ever consider selling a 55g fullsize again?  It's been around 5 years since they sold one.

[cooldiscretion]

I would love to buy this set preinstalled on a 104 55g.  Matt do you think you can ask them if they will ever consider selling a 55g fullsize again?  It's been around 5 years since they sold one.

Wow, they had those for sale at once?  That's pretty cool.

[dante]

I would love to buy this set preinstalled on a 104 55g.  Matt do you think you can ask them if they will ever consider selling a 55g fullsize again?  It's been around 5 years since they sold one.

Wow, they had those for sale at once?  That's pretty cool.

They sold a 103UB 55g that EK carried around 2009, then they sold a very limited 104 55g for South Korea - which I haven't seen anywhere except a couple youtube videos.  Haven't seen anything since.

[SpAmRaY]

I would love to buy this set preinstalled on a 104 55g.  Matt do you think you can ask them if they will ever consider selling a 55g fullsize again?  It's been around 5 years since they sold one.

Wow, they had those for sale at once?  That's pretty cool.

They sold a 103UB 55g that EK carried around 2009, then they sold a very limited 104 55g for South Korea - which I haven't seen anywhere except a couple youtube videos.  Haven't seen anything since.

The royal kludge not doing it for you?

I could have pieced together a 104 55g board but sold my 87U 55g the other day.

[geniekid]

I hope the yellow stripe ends up on the number row for the HHKB users...but even if it doesn't this is already a great accomplishment.

 

[dante]

I would love to buy this set preinstalled on a 104 55g.  Matt do you think you can ask them if they will ever consider selling a 55g fullsize again?  It's been around 5 years since they sold one.

Wow, they had those for sale at once?  That's pretty cool.

They sold a 103UB 55g that EK carried around 2009, then they sold a very limited 104 55g for South Korea - which I haven't seen anywhere except a couple youtube videos.  Haven't seen anything since.

The royal kludge not doing it for you?

I could have pieced together a 104 55g board but sold my 87U 55g the other day.

The RK is just fine - and there are things I like about it better than the RF; however now that you can get PBT spacebars and such I would love a fullsize 55g Realforce if they ever offer it.

[Bucake]

wow, apparently my notification thingy doesn't work with this thread.
really awesome news about extended compatibility, grats matt : )

can't wait to see the set!

[Wildcard]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- Full and TKL RealForce, both ANSI and ISO
- HHKB
- Leopold 660C

PS: ISO compatibility will be just ISO enter and a couple of blanks

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN...

Just wow...

[Michael]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- HHKB

[a_ak57]

I hope the yellow stripe ends up on the number row for the HHKB users...but even if it doesn't this is already a great accomplishment.

 

Oh, I didn't even think about that.  I know the first set of squadrons had the yellow number row but indeed the latest iteration he showed off had the yellow on the F row.  Would be kind of a shame to miss out on that, but the 104 set looking nice obviously comes first.


Though to be ungrateful and ask for more yet again matt3o, is there any chance you can get them to include 23U compatibility?  I'm guessing that's too niche even compared to HHKB but figure it'd be worth asking about.

[Matt3o]

I hope the yellow stripe ends up on the number row for the HHKB users...but even if it doesn't this is already a great accomplishment.

 

Oh, I didn't even think about that.  I know the first set of squadrons had the yellow number row but indeed the latest iteration he showed off had the yellow on the F row.  Would be kind of a shame to miss out on that, but the 104 set looking nice obviously comes first.


Though to be ungrateful and ask for more yet again matt3o, is there any chance you can get them to include 23U compatibility?  I'm guessing that's too niche even compared to HHKB but figure it'd be worth asking about.

that depends on pricing, we are still waiting for the final street price and then will see

[ccc24]

all aboard the topre hype train

[dario]

I wonder if there is a chance to make another massdrop round of black/red/blue PBT spacebars in the same time when this new keyset will be ready for distribution.

I guess it wouldn't be much of a problem since the Topre itself stated they would not be molding any PBT spacebars, so there has to be a separate production for those anyway. Making few hundreds samples more than needed for the keyset won't make much of a difference in a logistical sense I guess. And it would sure make happy all of us who missed the first opportunity to get one. 

I mean, c'mon, more than 550 people on massdrop requested this product again, this is maybe the most wanted rerun of any product ever. 

[Porkins]

I wonder if there is a chance to make another massdrop round of black/red/blue PBT spacebars in the same time when this new keyset will be ready for distribution.

I guess it wouldn't be much of a problem since the Topre itself stated they would not be molding any PBT spacebars, so there has to be a separate production for those anyway. Making few hundreds samples more than needed for the keyset won't make much of a difference in a logistical sense I guess. And it would sure make happy all of us who missed the first opportunity to get one. 

I mean, c'mon, more than 550 people on massdrop requested this product again, this is maybe the most wanted rerun of any product ever. 

I second this. I would absolutely love one of those blue spacebars. Last time I checked massdrop was over 500 requested for another drop on this.

[ika]

...this is maybe the most wanted rerun of any product ever. 

Granite and Ergodox Infinity would like to have a word with you.

Anyway it would be nice to have an updated OP so people don't have to dig through the thread to see what the planned design is going to look like. Should be this:

[pesky brat]

So the one confirmed set is skull squadron? Or are there going to multiple sets (ie. the red alert one mentioned a couple pages back)?

[Porkins]

I believe it is confirmed to be Skulk Squadron, just not sure which variant.

[ccc24]

I believe it is confirmed to be Skulk Squadron, just not sure which variant.

Where was the color scheme confirmed?

Ah nevermind saw couple pages back he was working on skull squadron

[ApocalypseMaow]

I have great news guys!

Topre finally agreed at adding compatibility for all the following keyaboards:

- HHKB

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This guy get its :-*

Will someone slap me when this is up for sale... I'm working 6 days a week and feel like I'll miss it...

[jerue]

Awwww yeah. Congrats Matt3o, very excited to see this.

imagine this on a graphite colored case, 55g uniform and silenced.

 that would be damn near an end-game board.

Hmm...if it means making a fellow user's dream come true I kinda have to purchase a set now (already have the graphite digilog, 55g 87u and hypersphere rings)