Took a long time, but totally worth the wait!
These keycaps feel great, and I love the color. Although, there is a slight difference between the original renderings, I prefer the color of the actual product. The base set is a gray that is slightly warmer, and I am happy that is the case. It is reminiscent of some old electric IBM typewriters I played with when I was a kid. I love the colors.
The double shot letters are amazingly crisp:
There is only one imperfection that I noticed, which actually does not bother me at all, but letting Drop know since I am sure there are other customers that will be bothered by this detail, so they can address this in future runs. The legend on the Command key is a little thicker than other keys, as you can see in the following pics:
As I said, it is not super noticeable, but some might not like that. That does not take away the great look and feeling of the caps overall.
Thanks Drop and Matt3o for this amazing set. Can't wait for another collaboration between you!
P.S.
I love the Special edition keycap!
I was recently planning a retro build and was looking for keycaps to go with the theme. Was looking at SA profile for a while, but there wasn't anything out there that was appealing and available. Then I came across the MT3 Susuwatari and it fits the theme I wanted to go with perfectly!
The MT3 profile is, special. It is definitely not for everyone, and especially not for gaming. For typing/coding they are truly something, I personally love everything about them. The texture, the feeling, and the colors are just spot on.
If there was one thing I could complain about it's the fact that they are missing a NorDe/International kit. I really hope Drop makes this possible in the future.
The legends are a separate piece of plastic from the keycap rather than being printed or etched on top. This means the legend will always be visible no matter how much wear the keycap recieves.
Colors are nice and satisfying, but definitely want to call out that to profile on these look considerably different from the MT3 Jasmine and MT3 9009 PBT sets. The later two feel more drastically curved/taller than this set although all three are supposed to be MT3 profile. Nonetheless colors are solid and profile is reminiscent of MT3 enough to not cause major concern.
Definitely a buy when its on sale and/or with a DKC coupon.
The price definitely mad me double think the purchase. Fortunately, I can say it was worth it. The caps are beautiful and the sound has improved compared to my previous lower profile keycaps, it's dampened but thockier.
Cool soober colorway with a splash of color. usual mt3 goodness.
As a big studio ghibli fan, just the name might have been enough to get me to buy it. Used the alphas in the build below to complete another set and will save the mods for a future build. Don't get me wrong though, this set as a standalone is already great, thats why I went and got its little brother in MTNU for a full susu build ^^. It feels nice, looks nice, and sounds nice. Had no manufacturing issues on the set I received and drop had a nice deal on them so I have nothing to complain about.
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Ps: I know the title might be a bit misleading considering I only used the keycaps without the color accents in this build^^