Hi guys,

Once again a new opportunity from the VorTex folks. We have been offered to order the following items directly from them. The offer is for full sets of 104 keys (US ANSI) PBT keycaps. The following variants are available:

1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "Pink on Black" (Black keycap, laser etched with a pinkish color font) - EUR 25,00
1x "Black on White" (White keycap, laser etched with a black/grey color font) - EUR 24,00
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "Otaku" (Black keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank) - EUR 25,00
1x "Otaku Pure" (White keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank) - EUR 25,00

The pricing for each set would be as listed above plus shipping costs (estimated around EUR 3,90 in Germany, EUR 8,00 or less in Europe).

The sets have a slight error in package production, so you will find rests of glue underneath the keycap. This can be peeled off with your fingernails or washed off with cleaning alcohol and/or tape. The keycaps are 100% in perfect order, aside from this error in the packaging. Please keep that in mind when leaving an order, if you are super lazy, these are not for you. See the pictures in the post below for reference:






Example pictures


Demonstration of the glue rubbing off from the packaging. Please peel this off.

As usual you pay no additional costs or taxes since items will be shipped from me in Europe.

Sounds good? Please leave your order and country below. I am only able to ship to Europe and closeby. Please refer to iMav and the Geekhack orders for according orders in the CONUS. Invoices will be sent out once we have enough orders.

Well.. Seems like I need some more keycaps.

I'll take:
1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill)
1x "Pink on Black" (Black keycap, laser etched with a pinkish color font)
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill)
1x "Otaku Pure" (White keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank)

Any idea when these would actually be available? I'm in no hurry whatsoever but would like to know some estimates.

They are in stock, so it would be just the shipping from Taiwan to here & the customs declaration. Which should be much faster than with the Pokers, since I know how to do this stuff now

I take

1x "Black on White" (White keycap, laser etched with a black/grey color font)

From Belgium

EDIT: Add 1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill)

I'll then gladly confirm my order.

Why does otaku cost more than engraved? That doesn't make sense.

is iMav planning on posting a group buy for these on geekhack?

and also, what are these? they look like KBC sets but I have never heard of VorTex,

webwit wrote:Why does otaku cost more than engraved? That doesn't make sense.

I agree.

Specially because I'm interested in them

They are probably identical to those marketed as KBC. Afterall most stuff comes from the exact same factory. The prices are based on popularity, no doubt. You can see that the most boring set is the cheapest

VorTex is the company who makes the Poker, and more. iMav also does business with them, so he should be able to get these as well.

WoW Sixty, another great groupbuy!

I'll take the following set:

1xPink on black

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Hi Sixty,

Any idea on tentative date for executing this?

We'll go when I have 30~50 orders

Correction: When we have 30~50 sets, not orders.

What is the difference between otaku and otaku pure?

fossala wrote:What is the difference between otaku and otaku pure?

Otaku is black, otaku pure is white. I made up the names because I was feeling fancy today.

Thanks.

I'm in for the Otaku (black).

sixty wrote:They are probably identical to those marketed as KBC. Afterall most stuff comes from the exact same factory. The prices are based on popularity, no doubt. You can see that the most boring set is the cheapest

Would have been interested, but I can't give them more money for not engraving/lasering them

1x "Pink on Black" (Black keycap, laser etched with a pinkish color font)

I don't know why, but I find this combo to be totally awesome.

I think I can adjust the price and skip the Euro if it makes most people happy. In the end it all comes out almost the same after importing + taxes.

intealls wrote:1x "Pink on Black" (Black keycap, laser etched with a pinkish color font)

I don't know why, but I find this combo to be totally awesome.

Nothing weird about that. Pink is a macho mans color.

Pink on black keycaps, meanwhile on deskthority

Any change of geting side printed keycaps sixty?

lol on the both of you. For me, it's the amount of pink that's the limiting factor. The VorTex caps seem to posses a perfect amount of pink, the example below does not.

Another awesome group buy !
Is it possible to send it to Canada ? I'm gonna move from France soon ..

Yup, can do in that case.

No chance of otaku with side printed command functions for KBC Poker?

I take:
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00

Any pics of them maybe? How white are they? As white as imsto's?

I was surprised to see that those really were pink and not the camera.

Not my girly hand.

However keycaps on this photo have printed front sides like original Poker keycaps. Remplacement keycaps do not.

I think the guy with the harry arm is a deatheater.

Are white caps white as in cherry cream white or filco white? Would be interested in cream blanks or black blanks.

I suspect that the legend will not be level with the surface?