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7bit is such a hype master.

He knows if he posted an image it would appease the frothing nerds, but he doesn't want that, no.

pp_mecha wrote: I can't wait for my new keycaps... My filco caps are totally blank

... ... yes it's getting urgent! Three of my Mechas still with flimsy Standard Caps wait for R5-Invasion.

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dat doubleshot candy

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNG - I need it.

So gutted I missed Round 5, if ANYONE doesn't want their sets I will buy them so fast.

You still can order a Round 5a kit!

There'll be trades aplenty, I'm sure. People just need to lay their hands on these first.

Kits of the day:

HONEY/SPACE150
price: $5


HONEY/FUNCTION7E
price: $12


HONEY/SPACE450/BLACK
price: $9


HONEY/POS/PACK4
price: $7


HONEY/SPACE450/GREY
price: $9


HONEY/UK
price: $6

Kits of the day:

HONEY/ERGOKEYS
price: $4


HONEY/CAPS175S/BLACK
price: $4


HONEY/CURSORS/BLACK
price: $19


HONEY/GTLT/RED
price: $2


HONEY/MODEXTRA150/OVR
price: $9


HONEY/LOTUSESC/BLACK
price: $1

7bit-san,
Now that Round 5 is getting sorted, does this mean Round 5a is coming up next production wise? Any sort of ETA on that end?

HOLY SHIF T!

Thanks 7bit! They look purdy.

MrWildBunnycat wrote: 7bit-san,
Now that Round 5 is getting sorted, does this mean Round 5a is coming up next production wise? Any sort of ETA on that end?

Production of Round 5a will start right after matt3o's Retro and will only be interrupted by PMK-groupbuys.

7bit wrote:

MrWildBunnycat wrote: 7bit-san,
Now that Round 5 is getting sorted, does this mean Round 5a is coming up next production wise? Any sort of ETA on that end?

Production of Round 5a will start right after matt3o's Retro and will only be interrupted by PMK-groupbuys.

I wonder how much Granite will throw them off... I've heard they already had trouble with round 2 and this time it's 8 times as big

I was thinking this morning that I might like to organize a group buy at some point. Not sure what yet, though. But I was thinking that if I do so, I would like to take a trip to the factory (in northern Washington state - a couple of miles/kilometers south of the Canadian border) to put some names to faces. Sometimes that helps.

XMIT wrote:I was thinking this morning that I might like to organize a group buy at some point. Not sure what yet, though. But I was thinking that if I do so, I would like to take a trip to the factory (in northern Washington state - a couple of miles/kilometers south of the Canadian border) to put some names to faces. Sometimes that helps.

Dasher in shades of blue, SA glossy.

I assume you mean http://www.ebay.com/itm/111646218546 . Who won it? I would need to work with them to get the color calibration right!

Yes and had I known it was on eBay it would be me! But alas, I missed it. It's just a very nice color way and a long time favorite of mine.

Well, if someone has a Signature Plastics color ring to lend me, please send me a PM.

I wonder if the actual colors are online in some meaningful way? As in, does someone here have access to a fully color calibrated workflow? I have a color calibration puck for my monitor but that's about it. To digitize the color ring meaningfully I think a good tool would be a color calibrated flatbed scanner. I guess if nothing else I could scan it with some known quantities (a couple of Pantone swatches) to get the color just right.

Though, Mrs. XMIT says no more new projects until the shelves of keyboards are empty!

There must be a color sample ring floating around.


Muirium, did you throw it into the surprise box?


BTW:
I'm sorting the HONEY/ALPHAUK kit in a few minutes!

7bit should be sorting live on a twitch stream, could be raising ad revenue to pay for new R6 legends or something

HONEY/SPACE150 is *two* 1.5u keys for $5,
HONEY/MODEXTRA150 is *twelve* 1.5u keys for $9.

wtf?

bearcat wrote:HONEY/SPACE150 is *two* 1.5u keys for $5,
HONEY/MODEXTRA150 is *twelve* 1.5u keys for $9.

wtf?

It's a prime example of 7bit Economics!

It depends on how popular the keys are. Also, I'm pretty sure that the SPACE keys are all convex, so therefore a totally different mold.

XMIT wrote: I assume you mean http://www.ebay.com/itm/111646218546 . Who won it? I would need to work with them to get the color calibration right!

That looks great. I love how deep the keys are. Are deep dish keys specific to the letters they're commonly offered as or can any letter be deep dish?

7bit wrote: You still can order a Round 5a kit!

I thought the grey/white and red/white colourways didn't have enough orders to reach MOQ?

I'm hoping for a mostly grey/white with the red escape key but I was under the impression I wouldn't be able to get it in Round 5a.

Little question, i hope it hasn't been already asked.

The USD / euro rate is really not attractive for europeans at the moment.

I guess that you paid SP a long time ago when it was more profitable. (i may be wrong)

Shouldn't we enjoy a little discount when we pay in euros for leftovers ( best way to add more leftovers...)?

dotdrew wrote:

7bit wrote: You still can order a Round 5a kit!

I thought the grey/white and red/white colourways didn't have enough orders to reach MOQ?

I'm hoping for a mostly grey/white with the red escape key but I was under the impression I wouldn't be able to get it in Round 5a.

It doesn't look too bad.

Ichigo87 wrote: Little question, i hope it hasn't been already asked.

The USD / euro rate is really not attractive for europeans at the moment.

I guess that you paid SP a long time ago when it was more profitable. (i may be wrong)

Shouldn't we enjoy a little discount when we pay in euros for leftovers ( best way to add more leftovers...)?

The payment for shipping and customs fees had been done from the US collector, to avoid the bad exchange rate.

7bit wrote: BTW:
I'm sorting the HONEY/ALPHAUK kit in a few minutes!

(shouted in juvenile way not fitting to my years)

Woohooo! Go UK!

7bit wrote:

dotdrew wrote:

7bit wrote: You still can order a Round 5a kit!

I thought the grey/white and red/white colourways didn't have enough orders to reach MOQ?

I'm hoping for a mostly grey/white with the red escape key but I was under the impression I wouldn't be able to get it in Round 5a.

It doesn't look too bad.

7bit you sly devil you. The kits I'm after would be (with the current amount of orders in brackets):

HONEYB/TKL (4 orders)
HONEYB/NUMNUM/WHITE (2 orders, and 2 NUMPAD - same keys)
HONEYB/ESCAPE/RED (41 orders)
HONEYB/ISO/BLUE (18 orders)

I'm guessing there'd be nothing to worry about with the red escape key and blue iso, but what about the TKL kit and numberpad keys, would they definitely be made?

With enough time and enough rolling deadlines they will all be made!