GMK Electric Bluegaloo Modifier Set, Escape Pack Group Buy

billnye · 10 Apr 2015, 19:53

scottc wrote: ↑Don't forget that it'd be more like $8.5 + the $10 that EK charge to ship to Europe!

I was gonna order the sets and have them mailed to me and ship them out to you Euro guys with your orders to save on shipping.

scottc · 10 Apr 2015, 19:54

Ignore me then, that sounds much saner

pyrelink · 10 Apr 2015, 19:54

Correct me if I am wrong, but I imagine that if they would come from EK, bill would order from EK and ship the arrows with the rest of your order? So only 1 shipping charge to Europe.

Ninja'd

Madhias · 10 Apr 2015, 19:55

Yep, it will be like that! I also added an arrow pack to my order.

billnye · 10 Apr 2015, 19:56

Forget the extra orders, just going to add arrow keys to main set to save you guys some money and make the sorting easier

Madhias · 10 Apr 2015, 19:59

Oh yes!

pyrelink · 10 Apr 2015, 20:01

Very nice!

Halvar · 10 Apr 2015, 20:05

Wow, cool!

Sev · 10 Apr 2015, 20:09

This is very nice. Any ideas what keycaps whould fit for the rest of the keyboard?

Madhias · 10 Apr 2015, 20:14

I'd pair it with beige caps!

scottc · 10 Apr 2015, 20:16

These additions have made this GB a LOT more appealing to me... This is really cool. You could easily cover two keyboards (one ANSI, one ISO) with a reasonable number of keys for $50.

It'd look great with WoB caps. Beige caps maybe, but WoB would be very nice!

Sev · 10 Apr 2015, 20:25

Ok I joined. Sadly I messed up the PP email but I sent you a message billnye.

Maybe with GMK Classic Beige from photekq? Only thing I am not sure if it looks good to have white and black font. ^^

billnye · 14 Apr 2015, 14:04

Set will now include arrow keys (full TKL support), however the cost of the set is now $47.

Khers · 14 Apr 2015, 14:35

Full TKL-support sold it for me, I'm in for one of each!

billnye · 27 Apr 2015, 13:49

OP updated with new mockup

facetsesame · 17 May 2015, 14:33

Thanks billnye!

Have you thought about follow-up alphas?

Stabilized · 17 May 2015, 20:35

facetsesame wrote: ↑Thanks billnye!

Have you thought about follow-up alphas?

What were thinking for the follow up alphas? A white on blue like the olivetti set or just having the alphas all in the same colourway?

I am big fan of blue and white on keycaps so I would be up for either.

facetsesame · 17 May 2015, 22:32

Stabilized wrote: ↑
facetsesame wrote: ↑Thanks billnye!

Have you thought about follow-up alphas?
What were thinking for the follow up alphas? A white on blue like the olivetti set or just having the alphas all in the same colourway?

I am big fan of blue and white on keycaps so I would be up for either.

My thoughts are much the same as yours, though I'd add that white on a darker blue would also work (of course).

I considered the Olivetti set, though I'd really prefer to have UK ISO support, even if it does seem to be laughably impossible when the letters GMK are involved.

wlhlm · 17 May 2015, 22:54

I think the Electric Blue fits well with the darker alphas of the Olivetti set. Picture from Duck (sorry for the size):

Stabilized · 18 May 2015, 11:31

wlhlm wrote: ↑I think the Electric Blue fits well with the darker alphas of the Olivetti set. Picture from Duck (sorry for the size):
Spoiler:

That's the exact reason I ordered this set, it is going on my board with a Hammer Olivetti set (which is slightly darker then the one in the picture?)

facetsesame wrote: ↑ My thoughts are much the same as yours, though I'd add that white on a darker blue would also work (of course).

I considered the Olivetti set, though I'd really prefer to have UK ISO support, even if it does seem to be laughably impossible when the letters GMK are involved.

In theory I think it would look great to have alphas in a lighter blue (maybe like this GB; N5) and mods in a darker blue (like the blue used in the recent Hammer olivetti; V4), but either way I would be interested in another blue/white key set!

billnye · 18 May 2015, 16:05

I have considered an alphas group buy, but those don't ever seem to gather much interest. IE: Ivan's full TKL support for purple mods.

I would really like to see someone run a proper Olivetti group buy with proper legends and not costing $200.

facetsesame · 19 May 2015, 00:28

Interesting, thanks. Olivetti seems like a safe bet, but I don't know the GMK world. I don't even remember Ivan's purple TKL buy (though I was hopelessly lost in Round 5 for a while...), that could have been up my street.

Though the way I seem to be going, I could end up looking for enough different colours to make arbitrary Handarbeit-a-likes. Tip: don't spend too long with a colour ring!

billnye · 09 Jun 2015, 14:46

I haven't updated this thread in a while.

All invoices have been sent out and are due by 00:00 GMT June 11. After this date I will begin to transfer the money to GMK and get this group buy going!

Let me know if you will need a little extra time to pay and we can work something out

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Prelim · 22 Jun 2015, 19:02

Stabilized wrote: ↑In theory I think it would look great to have alphas in a lighter blue (maybe like this GB; N5) and mods in a darker blue (like the blue used in the recent Hammer olivetti; V4), but either way I would be interested in another blue/white key set!

I would also prefer blue V4, as it's way more similar to the old vintage olivetti caps

beltet · 25 Jun 2015, 18:48

I wonder... Is it possible to join this late? Couldn't decide if I wanted it or not....

billnye · 25 Jun 2015, 19:15

beltet wrote: ↑I wonder... Is it possible to join this late? Couldn't decide if I wanted it or not....

Unfortunately it is too late to join. You can, however, preorder the set from kappakapps.com if you would like.

billnye · 27 Jun 2015, 20:48

Since geekhack is down, I'll be updating the thread here for the time being.

I'm waiting for GMK to send me the initial invoice so that I can pay for the caps. I'll let everyone know once the invoice has been paid and production is beginning

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Hanni · 30 Jun 2015, 00:26

You're the best billnye !

CommonCurt · 30 Jun 2015, 04:12

billnye wrote: ↑Since geekhack is down, I'll be updating the thread here for the time being.

I'm waiting for GMK to send me the initial invoice so that I can pay for the caps. I'll let everyone know once the invoice has been paid and production is beginning .

I can't wait to get my hands on these. Thanks for the update.

billnye · 27 Aug 2015, 02:15

Just wanted to stop by and update this thread for all the DT people.

I received an email from GMK last week saying that the shipment to me has been delayed until late September/early October. I'll update everyone as I get more information.