Holy crap, May is over already and 2023 keeps rolling on, like a infinite river of sadness, forever, rolling. Imagine keyboards, but imagine keyboards fulfilling the large, gaping hole in your desk and soul. We’ve all been there, I’m still there to be honest. If you’re not, there’s a special board out there for you, you probably just hasn’t found it yet.
May has been so damn huge. Honestly, we’ve got so many things dropping and coming in from everywhere it’s hard to keep up. Best thing to do is lock into our IG and Discord, we post there reasonably frequently and when we get new stuff in.
May, the month of Keycap Sets
DMK Jade, DMK Red Velvet, PBTFans Shubarashi and KAM Blanks all dropped this month or will finish this month. There’s so much on offer this month I can’t even.
I do though and they’re updated below.
Re 6.5 V2 - could be the best 65% board ever?
Opening June 10th, this 65% board is probably our most anticipated board of the year. Lovely colour options, even better typing experience. Did we mention that it’s priced excellently and will be your favourite board forever? CAUSE IT WILL. Here’s Kent’s typing test with Bettys. I’ll post one on IG next week or something, probably with MX Blacks (IYKYK).
EOFY Sale
15% off everything in stock from June 1st through 31st. If it’s in stock, it’s discounted.
PBTFans Pyga Raffle! EOFY Giveaway!!!1
WE FOUND A SPARE KIT IN THE SHOP! We cleaned up recently and would you believe it, there was a a single base kit (as well as a Greek and 40s kit) sitting alone, sad and ready for a new owner. We’ve spent LITERAL MINUTES trying to find the fairest and best way for the kit to find a new home.
The best and fairest (footy jokes) approach we could take is: a raffle.
How do I enter JC? Easy, buy stuff and maybe you get a fresh, unopened, sealed Pyga set in the mail.
What’s a keyboard hobby raffle without an insanely complex and unnecessary raffle system? Here’s how you can score tickets/entries/access:
- Standard tickets:
- Order ≥ $30: 1 ticket
- Order ≥ $50: 3 tickets
- Order ≥ $200: 15 tickets
- Order ≥ $400: 40 tickets
- Extra tickets:
- Good joke inserted in the note section: 1 ticket
- Order with desk mats: 2 tickets
- Order with 70x Wisteria switches: 3 tickets
- Order with 90x Wisteria switches: 5 tickets
- Order with 70x Viola Tricolour L switches: 7 tickets
- Order with 90x Viola Tricolour L switches: 10 tickets
- Order with GB/Pre-order items: 20 tickets
We’ll either email you your total entries on Saturdays OR we’ll do it at the end of the month depending on how many orders we have (and how much lube Prince needs to part out).
Prizes
1st Prize: PBTFans Pyga + Greek kit + 40s
2nd Prize: Coiled or Straight Cable of your colour choice
3rd Prize: Lube tub of your choice, we’ll even toss in a vial of PFTE Oil
4th Prize: Box of bio beans and a couple of ALLCAPS stickers
Opens June 1st and closes 31st June. All prizes can be accepted or passed (if you pass on Pyga I might pass out), we will email successful winners via their account or order email address within a week of the Raffle draw (around the first week of July).
CLOSED GROUP BUYS
Group buys are in order of run date, please scroll to find your GB of choice. Shipped GBs have dropped off the list, extras are available in their respective product pages if there are any left. UPDATED FOR 2023, new year same old awful me.
MW Alpenglow / Keycaps |
STATUS: Manu UNDERWAY! |
ETA: Q3, 2023 |
KBM Love Detective / Keycaps |
STATUS: Shipping to ALLCAPS |
ETA: Q4, 2022 |
DCS WoB / Keycaps |
STATUS: Manu completing in June |
ETA: Q3, 2023 |
KBM Fairy / Keycaps |
STATUS: Queued for production |
ETA: Q1, 2023 |
MW Pavilion / Keycaps |
STATUS: Queued for production |
ETA: Q3, 2023 |
Kitsune / Keyboard Kit |
STATUS: Manu completing soon due to PCB issues
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ETA: Q1, 2023 |
DMK HX-20 / Keycaps |
STATUS: Manufacturing |
ETA: Q2, 2023 |
DMK Rubber / Keycaps |
STATUS: Manufacturing concluding in May |
ETA: Q2, 2023 |
Klash of the Kaiju / Deskmats |
STATUS: Shipped to forwarder, due in June container |
ETA: Q2, 2023 |
Knight 313 / Keyboard Kit |
STATUS: Invoicing |
ETA: Q3, 2023 |
Deadline Studio Retro66 / Keyboard Kit |
STATUS: Collating orders with vendors, in stock units ready to ship |
ETA: Q2, 2023 for in-stock orders |
Display 15 Artisan Tray / Accessories |
STATUS: Invoicing |
ETA: Q2, 2023 |
MOCHI40 UPDATE
I’m leaving the Mochi Update here for those that may have missed it. We are still working with FedEx AU and Aidan to resolve the situation, progress is unfortunately slow.
Damaged Cases in transit
Of the units we have received, a significant number have been damaged by the carrier during shipment. The damage is significant enough for us to not be in a position to ship them. The damage is unfortunately in the form of large and obvious dings and scratches on the cases themselves, very clearly caused by negligent transit and delivery. Only a few cases passed our local QC due to this damage.
Carrier resolution
The cases were clearly damaged in transit at the fault of the carrier. At the moment, we are still working closely with them to obtain compensation based on their poor handling of the shipment.
A-Stock
We have completed shipping A-Stock models. B/C stock are pending resolution at the moment.
CONTAINER CONTENTS
Here is the next container’s contents. These are the boxes of things that are currently sitting inside a large metal box that is sitting on a ship somewhere between China and Melbourne.
STATUS: On a barge somewhere
ETA: 20th June
Contents:
- Klash Of the Kaiju Mats
- Deadline Studio Retro66 In Stock Orders
- DMK Rubber + Mats
CURRENT GROUP BUYS & PRE-ORDERS
Things that you could possibly buy later that will ship even later. Limited run, one time only releases.
PBTFans Shubarashi
You like purple? We all like purple. You like cute things? We do too. Shubarashi is on the way! Pre-order to avoid disappointment.
DMK Jade live through July 1st
The name of these keycaps comes from the two different ancient Chinese terms for jade. These beautiful, transparent keycaps feature the lovely pastel green colourway, white legend and steeze for days.
DMK Red Velvet live through June 20
Red Velvet cake, but in keycap form. Just look at those rich burgundy’s and soft creams. YOU KNOW it’s delicious and pretty.
KAM Blanks live through June 1st
Pre-order cause these glossy blanks will be coming in hot! We expect them to sail in late Q3 or early Q4. Featuring over 200 keys in the same colourway as KAM Soaring Skies, the glossy finish is undeniable. Live through June 1st, this super affordable blank set is not to be missed!
Bear Buu Artisan live though late June
These cuties are only $35 and bless their chubby cheeks. Available in pretty much every colour you can think of, ready to match your board. I’m in for pink and purple, just saying.
RESTOCKS & RE-RESTOCKS
Not much has restocked this month as we are preparing for a massive influx of pre-order and group buy stuffs to arrive from our forwarders.
Krytox Lubricants
THIS WEEK FRENS.
PFTE Oil
IN STOCK
Moyu.Studio Hades
Pre-order open, however will be shipped to us shortly.
Keyboard Parts
O-rings (60/65), Daughterboards and plates.
NEW PRODUCTS, EXTRAS IN-STOCK
Everything coming in is from a pre-order or Group Buy, which is incredible. Can’t wait to get these things into your hands. But, all these things coming in has been mega distracting on stocking up on in-stock bangers.
Deadline Studio AIR-R Keycaps
Few base kits left after the flurry of orders in the last week!
Lykko Studio Deskmats
We sourced you guys the BEST deskmats of the year, hands down - Lykko Studio do no disappoint (ever). Cop now in stock or miss out, the Dollar Mat is so fire in person you’ll hate yourself almost as much as I do for just existing if you miss it. Limited stock cause we didn’t know how much to order.
UPCOMING STUFF & THINGS
Honeydew Switches
July. Prepare.
PBTFans Vior - INCOMING BANGER ALERT
Our boy PJ of PBTFans Pyga fame has crushed it once more. Not sure when we’re dropping but please keep your ears to the ground (not literally Ofc) as we’re sure that this one will POP.
RE6.5 live soon
As above, we mess with this board hard. Proto will be available at the shop to type / drool on.
Violetta (gimme gimme GIMMMMME)
Do yourself a favour and get yourself hyped for this: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119713.0
That’s it friends, I gotta say, it’s been a wild ride this year. We can’t tell you how excited we are to bring you new and interesting projects from the community. Your continued support for us is what fuels us, we need it like I need sadness to survive. Without you ALLCAPS doesn’t exist and we thank you for continuing to support our little store.
Yours forever,
JC