@Auk, I appreciate you taking your time to express your ideas that's truly fantastic! You made a great presentation with limited resources, great job. However, what you have presented so far does not represent what I have envisioned for the project, therefore I'll be avoiding that.
There won't be big centered legends as they look inconsistent and out of place when combined with Cherry profile keycaps in my opinion. Here's an example of somebody that applied big centered legends on a cubic profile. I won't compromise the keycap set with this look. I understand why some may like it, but I don't and every project needs somebody to call the shots, I hope you understand.
http://imgur.com/a/CrMjNAlso, I will not be modifying the number row Gaijin legends as you suggested, because the result is a weird mono(double) legend row, like a hybrid of some sort. I will keep the accents, symbols and punctuation as they are, because people who don't touch type need those. If somebody wants to achieve the look you suggested, with a less cluttered number row, they can somewhat do it by combining the Base Kit with Gaijin.
@Geekhack, compatibility revisions are pending but I designed the Gaijin and the Hiragana kits the way they are designed for a reason. The Hiragana is supposed to be a minimal kit, to be combined with modifiers for a simpler look. On the other hand, the Gaijin kit is supposed to be loud, like the streets of Neo Tokyo, cluttered with neon signs everywhere. I don't know why pad printing was mentioned but you should read OP more closely, specifically the Technical Specs section.
Every keycap present on Laser GMK is doubleshot.
Another point I'd like to address is the purpose of a second poll, which is merely to provide me with data so I can work on it. When I first presented the interest check I thought people would polarize into a 90/10. Instead, what we have, after I excluded Hybrid from the pool, is a solid 50/50 or 60/40 and you'll understand why that's great later.
I ask you guys to keep being supportive and engaged like this, bringing new ideas to the discussion and spreading the word. We are going to turn this project into something very special, we are in fact doing that already! I'm currently traveling but I will return to address to more concerns, suggestions and ideas later.