English Leopold (87U and 104U)

002 · 26 Apr 2011, 07:23

For those of you who were wondering what the purpose of the English Leopold site is, I went ahead and e-mailed them to see what they had to say.

As it turns out, this site will soon have the facility to purchase Realforce 87U and 104U boards directly (without the need for an expensive Korean buying agent).
It also looks like they will have the FC series which includes the 200R Tenkeyless, 400R 108 JIS and 500R 104 ANSI boards.

Keep your eyes on http://www.leopold.co.jp/
I'll post here if I hear any more info on when it will be possible to order.

igro · 26 Apr 2011, 12:27

Hey, thanks for info! I was hoping they would do something like that eventually.

guilleguillaume · 26 Apr 2011, 21:53

Those are good news.

calavera · 26 Apr 2011, 22:03

I've been wondering why they decided the address to be Japan though. Leopolds are or will be available through elitekeyboards; it will be interesting to see if ek and leopold have a price difference.

002 · 26 Apr 2011, 22:57

I think you'll find that the 104 and 87 will still carry a premium.
They are listed for 330,000 KRW (~$305 USD) and 360,000 KRW (~$330 USD) on Leopold Korea - the more expensive one being the 87U. I can't imagine Leopold Japan selling them any cheaper that that.

*edit* - Sorry you weren't talking about the Realforce boards.

ripster · 26 Apr 2011, 23:07

It's just a branch office of Leopold Korea.

Think McDonalds.

America's gift to the world.

crowstar · 26 Apr 2011, 23:48

ripster wrote:It's just a branch office of Leopold Korea.

Think McDonalds.

America's gift to the world.

I have seen that pic before, isn't it something to do with the metric system?

ripster · 27 Apr 2011, 00:08

Webwit taught me it's 30g, not 30gms.

Shows how little Americans know about that funny french metric stuff.

bitcrusher · 01 May 2011, 02:49

http://www.leopold.co.jp/en/product/fc400r/

Damn can't wait to get that

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Nova · 04 May 2011, 08:26

http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=1010

I believe buying from Korea is cheaper than Japan but not sure they ship international. ;D

sixty · 05 May 2011, 15:26

Nova wrote:http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=1010

I believe buying from Korea is cheaper than Japan but not sure they ship international. ;D

Its a funny story. They do ship international, but they do not accept international payments. So... payment has to come from Korea, even on international orders. Quite stupid.

ripster · 05 May 2011, 18:04

I just noticed the specs say no OSX support????

And btw the Leopold tenkeyless appears to be 17+8KRO over USB.

Nova · 10 May 2011, 14:42

sixty wrote:
Nova wrote:http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/list.php&ca_id=1010

I believe buying from Korea is cheaper than Japan but not sure they ship international. ;D
Its a funny story. They do ship international, but they do not accept international payments. So... payment has to come from Korea, even on international orders. Quite stupid.

Dang, I didn't know they do not accept international payments.
I will tell the owner of leopold get a paypal account. LOL.