deskthority

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/gmk-carbon-add-on-kit

What do you guys think of this international kit?

Absolute dream kit, absolute nightmare coordination/timing.

I'm doingmy best to support this kit and recommend anyone to join it but I am afraid this will fail and be used as an argument ...

Hey hey,

just a small update for you guys. This set will drop first in cherry profile and will be manufactured by GMK. Since i cant predict the success of this set i'll limit it first to just one base set.
Base Set

Too lazy to read the whole thread but NORDE kit plskthx!
Thats gonna be hard since it will get new alphas. I am actually thinking about to left out iso :(

Errrr maaaah gerrrrrrd.
Did you get a quote for that yet? GMK will probably suggest printed secondard legends. They didn't even make molds ...

thread is dead?
i want to buy this one on massdrop

Its sleeping not dead :lol:
Anyway first run will be done in cherry profile. Say GMK. Three custom colors adn doubleshot cyrillics with latins. Almost complete alphas overhaul.
Some 2D mockups (note some legends are not correct since i was ...

Ok here is the updated Carbon orange. To see the difference the key with new orange has MX label and key with V2 color has Q label.
To see the difference i made the pictures under different light conditions. Also keep in mind the fotos were done with my mobile phone, thus they dont have great ...

I see, it would be very nice to have a first GMK set with large fonts =D, back to your question, the V2 orange is fine for me. I think they only have the Q in that large font. It's part of the QMX and Uniquey logo.

Hah! Just wrote about it in GH. But you was faster :) Anyway first time i saw it i ...

Aww, I thought the ISO-DE kit idea for carbon was off the table... If I knew that you were going to try getting the set made I would have ordered another base-kit on Massdrop.

Anyway, hope it hits MOQ, looking forward to it.
Well i am in the same boat with you. I didn't knew we will do that. And ...

I was wondering, are they gonna be with this font of the legends for the end product? Or these are just some samples? Because it looks absolutely sexy.

Nope, the font will be the same as usual. I took these as samples because of that unique sign, thus i can point out better.
Here are all the ...

Got dem samples for "custom" color plastic.
Keys with GMK are Skidata+. Keys with Q label are the new samples. SA profile keys are Carbon SA colors.
Beige:
http://i.imgur.com/82Pa170.jpg
Grey:
http://i.imgur.com/19rbZeT.jpg
Orange:
http://i.imgur.com/ykzCPeM.jpg

Grey and beige are good and ...

Update for iso kit.
Two keys for ISO-DE has been removed since those are already available in the base set. Added missing ISO-UK key (|\).
http://i.imgur.com/DLiP54N.png

Add an R2 Å and the kit would work pretty decent with Swedish too.
Maybe we can work together on a small international kit ...

VERGiL wrote: No need for the <>| key. It's included in the Carbon base kit.

Good catch thx! I got one too. ('#)row 3 key is also available in the base set.

Guten Abend meine Damen und Herren!

If i missed something please reply!


By the way i should get Carbon plastic samples for approval soon. I'll post pictures here as soon as i get them.

mhm ... Okay let's do this.

Most of the work will be packaging and labelling stuff :) I wouldn't do this if GMK didn't pre-sort the kits!

So we need the kit, then we need a quote and then we need input fast. I don't have a merchant Paypal account either but the last GB worked flawlessly. They ...

Do you have the time and motivation to put together all required keys for a DE-UK kit ?

Once we've got that up we can ring up some other europeans and let them check if additional locales can be addes with just a few keys.

Really want this to happen, willing to help with funding, organisation ...

Maybe we can work together on a small international kit?
Just get the bare essentials of the very common locales together ... DE-UK ?
Anything that benefits from the DE keys already to add to that ?

Should be able to put something together for 25-30€ with a 150 MOQ since there will be 0 new molds ...

Are there any plans of putting together a NORDE/International kit for the GMK Carbon sets?

I feel with the amount of sold sets we could reach 150 NORDE/International kit ...

I got no plans for it. But i would love to do it, if there is enough interest. Actually we have tryed to make an ISO-DE ...

Lowest price for Novelties has been unlocked :)
Much like Wodan, I fail to see what the custom colors of Carbon bring to the table as I fail to see the difference between the colors, particularly the grey, used in Skidata and Carbon. Imo the difference between Carbon an a mix of skidata and classic ...

Oh meh I didn't want to turn this into a discussion ... let's just say that Skidata+ hasn't hurt the sales of GMK Carbon.

Didn't mean to steal any credit from you for the great success your set is having so far but if you believe such sales/drops happen in complete isolation and aren't affected by ...

There were some worries that the similairity of the coloring scheme with Skidata+ might hurt sales of this set.
I was worried about that, too :)

But I've been a fan from the start (scroll up) but completely misjudged the dynamic here. My impression is that while Skidata+ did quite good for itself ...

Epic sales...
Thanks! :D

Actually i expected around 250 sold keysets but i am very happy how it goes. I am glad people can buy such set with so many features and custom colors for a price which is below typical GMK prices. Thats something.

Unlocking the Novelties would be the most epic thing ...

I'd like to remind you that the GB is already up and hit its MOQ already.
You will find it under folowing links:
Base set
Novelties

OP has been updated properly.

I'll keep an eye out for these caps, but I must admit I'm slightly less optimistic that it will be held on massdrop. I have nothing against MD except the high European delivery fees.

It's alright for high cost items, but when delivery costs 25% of the item or thereabouts - that's just too high ...

Is it possible to get a comparison between classic beige alphanumeric colors and these alphanumerics ?

I don't have classic beige but i do have recent enjoypbt keyset, which has offwhite alphas. Keep in mind photos will never display correct colros because of light, camera, monitor etc. But i ...

Just one very little thing I noticed.. How come you've gone with "Sys Req" instead of "Sys Rq". Was that intentional? It looks a little funny to me.

Otherwise looking great. I'm still sad about no R5, but I think I will order anyway.

Oh my bad. Probably from other gb render. I think GMK will do ...

Just add international shipping, customs, and if you're in Britain: downright daylight robbery to calculate your final price! It's the fun game for everyone in Europe: see whose guess is closest to what it costs to reach your door! And whether MassDrop even remembers to file an export form. Whoopee ...

XPOST from GH

As i said GB starts somewhere in July on Massdrop.

Here is the final verion of the base kit:
http://i.imgur.com/jinJX5w.jpg
- Approximate price range is 130-150$
- 3 custom colors (all 3 Carbon colors)
- Layouts: 60%, 75%, tkl, 100%, wkl, 1800 look a like and cluebord (leopold ...

Do you intend to do a Round 2 of SA Carbon any time in the next 12 months?

Nope i got no ETA right now for SA Carbon R2. After GMK Carbon i have to make as next Yuri and after that i'll need atleast 3 months prepare SA Carbon for round 2. You know i got some visions i'd like to make a reality ...

That is a shame, I am undecided now. I might still pick up the set, but I wish full UK coverage was an option. Oh well maybe Round 2 will have more options!

Don't know if round 2 will ever happen and if that will be the case, i dont think there will be uk iso keys. That's gmk and minimal moq ...

I would definitely pick this up, thank you very much for considering those of us who uses ISO-UK keyboards. Will this be on Massdrop if it goes ahead or another site?

P/S I just went through the layout and spotted that the kit will not cover a full UK-ISO keyboard, there are a couple of keys ...

XPOST from GH
An Update and i hope this will be the last one.
I let it so for one week. If you find something missing (very important keys only) just call it here and i'll be thankful. It's in human nature to oversee or forget things. If someone can get a catch i would appreciate it.

Now the ...