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Dark Lord Helmet Artisan Keycap

Dec 23, 2015

Thanks again for joining this drop! With your help we were able to make it successful for the community. We've just submitted the group's order with the vendor for the Dark Lord Helmet Artisan Keycap and they are working hard to prepare it for shipment.
As soon as the group's order is ready at the vendor's location, they will send the bulk shipment to our warehouse in New Jersey where our warehouse team will break it up into individual orders and ship them directly to you! The current estimated ship date from our warehouse is 2/18.
Rest assured that we we will provide you all with updated information regarding the status of your order throughout the process. You can expect an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 1/8.

Dec 23, 2015

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UmerF

Dec 24, 2015

PeterKIs it just me or that date seems ridiculously delayed? No offense but would like clarification on this.

Dec 24, 2015

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BrainFlush

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Dec 24, 2015

UmerFFor all we know, he might doing another cap sale of his other series. I can wait for it. I just hope it stays limited.

Dec 24, 2015

UmerF

Dec 24, 2015

BrainFlushOh ... he as in "individual " person whose building them all himself instead of them being done in the factory or by some company? If that's the case then the wait time is justified.
Sorry, I didn't look up details .. I just bought it right after seeing it because it's .. just .. so .. good.

Dec 24, 2015

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UmerF

Dec 25, 2015

Oh nah man, I didn't take it as any bad way either. The more we know, the better but yeah after going through description thoroughly again I was able to see it is indeed made by them in a way that is understandable that it can get delayed this much depending on how the system they have implemented in their business module.
All in all, they look great and I don't mind the price point. However is it normal for individual caps like these to cost as much as $25 or more? It's my first time buying caps for my mechanical keyboard thus I don't know much.
Thanks for your input, mate.

Dec 25, 2015

Kruz

Dec 25, 2015

UmerFThese are actually pretty good value, if you look into artisan key caps the prices are generally in this price range, cheap ones start at about $20. Aftermarket prices would make you weep at the thought (think $100 - $250) for a single cap due to ridiculous demand and a trickle of supply.
All in all a great buy, but its just really painful for me as an Aussie with our bad conversion rate atm.

Dec 25, 2015

UmerF

Dec 25, 2015

KruzOh wow. That's good to know, I wonder if the supply and demand is met with similar or better quality how the buyers would react to that. Would they still buy it from a "company" instead of individual buyers or what not or are they too loyal into the community to support these artists mainly?
Just curious.

Dec 25, 2015

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BrainFlush

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Dec 25, 2015

UmerFKeeping it short and simple. I got into this 2-3 months ago.
In that time I have bought: 12 3D printed caps. 12 artisan machine made caps. 4 hand poured mold caps. 0 handcrafted/limited caps.
This should give you an idea of the rarity of those very elusive after market priced caps. I myself leans more towards the machine ones for a few reasons, amazing detail and quality plus affordability and the fact I can almost never not get one.
The most sought after artisan cap makers hold raffles at a certain time with certain conditions etc. I have tried 3 raffles and lost 3 times. There are people who have tried for a year and not won. There are even rumors people made script bots and multi-accounts to win these raffles and buy out as many caps as possible just for resell later. I believe it. When a cap costs $20 to $50 and is hand made even hand poured and in limited supply with a potential for resell at 10x purchase price, why not? Sad but that's the world we live in. So I don't even bother with those raffles anymore.
I am very happy with what the guys who make the machine mold caps provide. For that reason they get all my money.
Not so short. Damn.

Dec 25, 2015

UmerF

Dec 25, 2015

BrainFlushOh wow, haha. That's good to know, I actually asked because I'm always looking into new ventures and the way this drop got sold out was understood and the interest in this keycap particularly got me intrigued about the market out there.
I guess it's fair to say, there's more demand than supply even with good quality products all around. Anyways, good to know about it and thanks for your detailed input. It's much appreciated!

Dec 25, 2015

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