Long wait but good as expected.
The quality is a GMK standard.
No distortion. No defect.
Mods color is a little bit brighter than the render images but overall color scheme is very pleasing and elegant.
I will have to preface this review with some disclaimers that it did take several months past the original expected ship date with minimal updates from Drop. So if you do want this make sure it is in stock and not a group buy.
I ordered both the base kit and the novelties and comparing this to my old olivia clones the quality is so much better and fits perfectly with the grey of my Zoom TKL. I agree with another review that overall it looks better than than the renders, my only "problem" that came from the difference between the renders and the real thing was that I was honestly expecting the gold to be on the brighter side but that doesn't change anything for me and fits better with the grey of my keyboard.
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The novelties come in disappointing packaging compared to the base kit (which had a beautiful marble design and even had one side say Sparta in Greek), it is just wrapped in plastic and there isn't even a cardboard top to protect the keycaps. Noticed that there were a few holes in the plastic but no damage to the keys themselves.
UPDATE: Drop had me send in the set with the missing keycap and I just received the replacement set. Took an extra week to have everything in place but at the end I'm happy with results. Thanks Drop for taking care of it.
Was really excited to receive the GMK Sparta set today... unfortunately it was missing the Row2 page down key while include 2 Row2 End keys, making it not usable on my TKL board. I get it is not Drop's fault and it was most likely a mistake when GMK was sorting the set. Contacted Drop and hopefully they will be able to send me the missing keycap.
HampterSorry about the unboxing experience, I completely understand the frustration of being let down like this. The good news is that CS will get it sorted out for you no problem. Feel free to ping me if you run into any issues with that process.
Quality feels good, ordered the base set as well as dual alphas. Everything came as expected and was up to the standard i expect from gmk, only complaint is that the colors aren't accurate to the renders. I was hoping for more of a maroon but these just seem red to me. Either way, still a good looking keycap set