Apparently NuPhy is working on low profile hall effect switches? Only available as part of a pre-order keyboard currently: https://nuphy.com/collections/he-keyboards/products/nuphy-air60-he-magnetic-switch-gaming-keyboard
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Yo… It’s a 4.0mm travel smoothie! Man, I wish they would make some of these POM switches in black.
Different spring. Slightly heavier (45g) 15mm spring vs the smoothie (40g) 22mm
Oh, and I just realized it’s a new mold, right? Unlike the smoothie or sea salt smoothie, there is no led diffuser. 
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Oh! It’s literally QK! I didn’t realize that from the phrasing on DK store page.
So what’s the difference…designer?… oh, so it’s like a QK/Neo prebuilt. Okay! Def would be interested in some impressions.
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CannonKeys is lowering MOQ for NicePBT to 100 so they can run more niche sets with different designers, albeit at a bit higher price. They plan to run some as group buys, which I think makes sense in that situation. Their existing offering will not be affected. It’s just another option.
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Forgot I took some screenshots of the new Classic TKL colors coming out for round 2
No WKL tops yet.
New colors in addition to the beige and black for this round
Clear, but with gray accents instead of yellow this time:
Blue. Based on Rivian blue:
Gray. Again automotive inspiration (I think he said Audi?)
And a terracotta red-orange.
Of note: the back rubber piece is a fun accent color. Bright teal on the blue and almost chartreuse on the gray. 
Badges have a new white text (instead of red) on silver (or black depending on case)
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Thanks very much for the screenshots pixel.
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The Audi color is probably Nardo Gray, which is apparently the first mainstream modern appearance of non-metallic gray in automobiles. (Thanks youtube algorithm trivia fairy)
I like all of those new colors - gonna be a tough choice between all of them! Probably blue because I have a handful of blue / blue-leaning sets that need a place to hang out, but I love the gray too, and that orange is fun; I bet any given version of Skiidata would look amazing on it.
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That orange is hot! Huh kind of reminds me of the old boards that TKC did with 1800 layout and automotive paint. I like it! Hopefully they keep up with the fun colors (and not make them one time rounds 
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Yep! They actually had Nardo gray as one of their first offerings for the TKC-1800. I sure miss the old TKC days
Oh shit. I typed that and then opened Instagram. TKC closing shop.
Bought a PC Molly for $75 
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Dang another one bites the dust, let alone a fairly OG player in the game.
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This one probably deserves it for better or worse.
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Yea didn’t want to say it, but definitely was a longggg fall in the waiting seeing the direction TKC was going in with their store and products.
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Well, so did I. Really hope this was a good decision. 
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Same - Tangies left a lasting mark, and Kiwis are still my favorite switch to look at. I actually sent them a stained-glass sun-catcher of the Tangerine switch a couple years ago.
I skipped the M0lly mostly because of my habit of resting my hands on cases; I hear that’s not the best for frosted polycarb. I did pick up another Portico68 BL, though. It’s been surpassed in terms of value, but I still see it as the 65% distilled into just about its purest form. Simple, no frills, good, nice to look at - I’d have probably gotten two if one of the colors hadn’t been sold out. 
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I’m not specifically trying to buy this colorway, gorgeous as it is - but I love the idea of running them in both CYL and MTNU at the same time - I’d be happy to see more of that.
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Yea running both CYL and MTNU simultaneously was a great idea, hopefully they do it more.
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Thinking about ordering TKC’s switch pack with Blackberries. Do you still think they’re worth it?
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Yeah these are pretty decent too! I grabbed some really soon after CK released them (think I posted about them here?). They’re not factory lubed so they don’t impress much out of the box (pretty much on par with regular Gat switches + the sound of an all POM switch. However after some lube they do become full travel smoothies for all intents & purposes. However they do use different molds & do not come with the LED diffusers. I had them in a HS board to try out real quick & was pretty happy with them. Just haven’t had a new build or rebuild to use them with proper yet. WIll report back when I do. Thinking of using them with my Neo Ergo when I get that. The batch I am in should be shipping any day now!
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While I actually agree with @djmantis since TKC has gotten pretty far away from the pulse of the hobby in the past few years, I also have to agree with @pixelpusher since TKC was among the first sites I ordered stuff from to get into the hobby. I also remember drooling over the TKC1800s even though they were just painted G80-1800s (the painting was pretty top notch & they used automotive paint AFAIK). Definitely sad to see them go nostalgia wise, but realistically I was part of their problem. The last things I ordered from them was IFK Sanctuary Rebirth & IFK x TKC x Alexotos Aether. Which are both awesome looking sets, but I think we all know IFK had a pretty shoddy product overall when it came their dye-sub PBT sets.
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