Interesting Finds & Heads-Ups

The duck switch is available for pre-order 'till June 30th.

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Sadly no relation to the guy who made my Orion. I guess just because the switch has yellow stem (beak?)

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Only in (animal) spirit.

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Is it 70g or 63g lol

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Don’t see why a switch would be a zeal-level price if it has some bits for film, even though you could buy switch films yourself. Over 1 dollar for a switch… I’ll pass.

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It’s also look like Gateron Yellow KS-9, weird design choice.

i just want one to add to my collection but one of my friends might order a decent amount to sell singles to other switch collectors. But yea theres no reason they need to be that expensive per switch (like 1.11 usd per switch)

Theres no mention of the manufacture so tbh it wouldnt surprise me if it was gateron. Also this kills me lol “The polycarbonate top housing allows for seamless light distribution throughout the top of the switch. Perfect for keyboards with RGB backlighting and shine through legends.” But the bottom isnt transparent at all lol

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Maybe that single hole acts as a pinhole magnifying glass :joy:

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inb4 somehow it magnifies the light and starts melting a point under your keycaps XD

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Looks like they just copy and paste the generic decription as it’s nowhere near RAMA’s target audience.

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I guess we weren’t the only ones with reservations. Only 4 days left in the buy and they’ve sold 7.

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Oof, although I know with the Tecsee Blue Sky switches didnt have that many sold until the last day or two where it met MOQ. Although with switches I think its much easier to make moq or have the vendor buy extras to make it. With a keyboard who knows

I think the MOQ was five, though. Before, it said +X number of buyers needed.

Matrix Lab is doing another run of their self-titled keyset - TIL they already did one and it’s super rare - and this time around they’re going with Shurikey instead of GMK so that it can happen sooner than a year from now.

This set has the same colors as the Matrix-01 switches that NovelKeys_ was selling not too long ago. (I’m a big fan of those, btw - especially the tactiles.)

@Backspace I remember you mentioning wanting a navy set - this isn’t all navy but it’s pretty close. Sort of a faded dark denim with navy mods, cream legends, and brighter blue accents. All the blues have a warm tint.

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If they do Wild to i might jump aboard :thinking:

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GMK WOB is $80 right now

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I was looking at that too, but not a fan of shurikeys legends. Super picky, I know, but if I want navy, it’s deep navy.

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Believe me, I get it - I collected lots of purple sets chasing GMK Phantom, but none of them were Phantom.

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