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7bit wrote: My plan is to deliver before Christmas.

The perfect gift for Christmas! Out of curiosity, how big is Round 5a so far compared to the order you submitted for Round 5?

First of all, massive thank you to 7bit for organising this whole group buy, it's an astonishing job you're doing considering you're just one person with a few others collecting payment etc.

As I sat down to type this I could hear the mailman trying to jam a parcel through the letterbox, and lo and ...

Oh jesus, I'm so jealous.

I've got some of the leftovers from Round 5 coming in too, but nowhere near a full set. Will have to wait until Round 5A to finally complete my endgame keyset.

Enjoy them!

7bit wrote: SP produced a few more keys of each kind, so I can cover these. Should there be too many to cover, the quantity should be OK for a new production run.

Excellent! I'll put my order in now then.

You still can order a Round 5a kit!
:-)

I thought the grey/white and red/white colourways didn't have enough orders to reach MOQ?

I'm hoping for a mostly grey/white with the red escape key but I was under the impression I wouldn't be able to get it in Round 5a.
It doesn't look too bad ...

7bit wrote: You still can order a Round 5a kit!

I thought the grey/white and red/white colourways didn't have enough orders to reach MOQ?

I'm hoping for a mostly grey/white with the red escape key but I was under the impression I wouldn't be able to get it in Round 5a.

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNG - I need it.

So gutted I missed Round 5, if ANYONE doesn't want their sets I will buy them so fast.

Oh god, so many keys coming in at once, gonna be in keycap heaven.

Also, if anyone is wishing to relieve himself/herself of their Round 5 order, I would be more than happy to help.

God damn time zones and busy schedules! If anyone else is willing to sell their Round 5 order, please pm me haha.

Oh man, what a bummer. I'm pretty much sod out of luck with the grey and white combo then. Hopefully someone wants to flip their Round 5 order when it comes in, I've already ordered the ISO parts from the leftovers haha.

SL89 wrote: 7bit, do you have MOQs availible for everything else besides Cadet and Cream? Even ballpark figures or percentages would be fine.

I second this, if purple and cream is only half way I dread to think how white and grey are doing

Wait, which sets 'might' be getting sent? I don't know when and if I need to submit orders

Is round 5 going to end soon, I don't want to get my leftovers but miss out on the main bunch haha.

Damn those colours look sweet. Can't wait for this set to come in.

On another note, how difficult would it be to add another key to my Round 5 leftovers order if I've already paid for it?

Actually there's a good question, when is the deadline to get our orders in for Round 5a? It still says 2015-02-?? on the wiki, will it be soon?

I'm hopeful that it's the else haha, I'd love to see the caps before I put in the rest of my order with Round 5a.

Aw yiss, 7bits Couriers shipped my Round 5 leftovers out today, super excitement! Is there any word on when the order deadline might be announced?

Does anyone know when/if Signature Plastics will be getting the mould for SA family Row 4 shift keys? (preferably including ISO 1.25u sized as well)

Edit: Nevermind, emailed them and the reply said they don't have a date for when they will be available.

What's your MOQ on the UK kits? I was looking at picking up a white one which I'm guessing wouldn't help haha.

Edit: Also is the wiki page currently up to date with the available kits? There's some posts early on in this thread with ISO BASE kits that aren't on there, have they been removed?

Excellent! Love the look of those smooth keys.

And I know, it pains me a little bit every time I see a UK kit without it. Any chance it could be added as a single key?

Hey guys, I'm really interested in finally joining a group buy for Round 5a but there's one thing holding me back: Will the tops of the keys be smooth like (as far as I can tell) Round 4 was, or textured like the original Honeywell keys? And could someone also confirm whether these are PBT or ABS ...

Great thanks, can't wait to start soldering haha.

Hey 7bit, can you confirm if order #0631 has been shipped?

Yeah I checked, I could almost piece together the 60% ISO set I need but it'd be in fairly mismatched colours and with the wrong legends for the numericals. And ooh, let me know if you have a spare set of alphas and numericals in white, I'd happily take them off your hands haha.

So gutted I missed out on this GB, just started putting together my second mech and this would have been the perfect keyset for it. Gonna have to stalk the marketplace looking for anyone selling the alphas and numerics in white now. I'm guessing there's no chance of a second run?