Why I Love Prototype Runs and Helping Keyboard Designers
The Migra TKL Prototype by Thebloodyez “This is my keyboard. There are many like it, but this one is mine.” - William H. Rupertus. In another life, if Major General William H. Rupertus, the Marine who coined the United States Marine Creed, had been a keyboard enthusiast, we might've gotten this line instead. All joking aside, this has been an article that I’ve wanted to write for quite some time. There are many reasons why we love the keyboard hobby, and today, I wanted to introduce you to one of mine—prototype keyboards and helping keyboard designers by joining prototype runs. Now, it’s not risk-free, and one should weigh the pros and cons of joining a prototype run, so I encourage you to pay attention to the disclaimer portion of this article. I know that there are prototype runs for keycaps, switches, and other cool things in our keyboard hobby, but for this article, I’ll be focusing only on keyboards. Also, please know that not every prototype run will be handled...
Dec 31, 2024
-Can you add X keys and/or support for Y layout/keyboard? Nope. As noted on the Overview page, these were produced in 2015 so nothing is getting added. -If the photos and render are not a precise representation of color, what does the set actually look like? The blue is difficult to capture accurately, but here is a potato pic (cellphone camera). There are also a multitude of photos of the set scattered across the internet. My photo below also comes with a disclaimer that it is not to be taken as a perfect representation of the color. Fun fact: the set I have mounted on my Pearl is one of two sets that I purchased from the original group buy in 2015.
-If these were produced in 2015, why does the button say "Pre-order"? Minor detail regarding how our backend is set up. We have these on hand. Notice how faded the SKU sticker is in the image above of the legacy packaging.