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For those waiting with bated breath, it was confirmed on Geekhack earlier today that only Colevrak and NorDeUK kits are canceled. All other kits will be produced. [Edit: added graph.]
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Dec 8, 2018
ZooS
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dvorcolI am deeply disapointed in seing this. An explanation for why the Beezarre Alphas, Arrows, Rolling Bones, Warning Signs R1 and Bone Icon Extended kits get made while the NorDeUK kit does not would be greatly appreciated. All of these kits came about equal far from MOQ, still the NorDeUK kit is the only one of them being canceled. I just can't understand the reasoning behind this decision so please can someone enlighten me? Thanks.
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ZooSThis works as followed. MD will buy the rest of the kits in order to fulfill the MOQ for the kits. Those extra kits will be offered in recap sale and this way MD can get their investment back. Warning signs, alphas etc. can be sold in a recap sale more easily because they can be combined with other sets and there are almost 2k GMK Carbon base sets from round 1. All in all those kits have higher demand. NorDeUK and DC kit are the niche in the niche and can be only combined with a Carbon base set. They have very low resell value. So basically its an investment with no return. Overall i think about to drop the support for NorDeUK and Dvorak/Colemak in my future projects entirely, because every time those kits are offered - they struggle. Its always an issues not only in my projects. I gave the chance but it was not taken. I guess NorDeUK and Dvorak/Colemak users have better alternatives. Anyway i apologize by the participants who went into this drop for those kits but due to the given realities they can't be fulfilled. This is sad :(
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Dec 8, 2018
ZooS
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T0mb3ryThanks for the lengthy reply! I understand that Massdrop is a business first and foremost, but it is also community driven. I did some quick math and filling up the gap to MOQ for NorDeUK and DC combined looks to be equal to 6.9% (NorDeUK 3.5, DC 3.4%), of the total cost to fill up all the kits that didn't reach MOQ (I calculated price x kits left to reach MOQ). So yes, it is a significant amount to invest. At the same time the R0 Warning Signs kit amounts to 5% of this investment and I'm not sure that kit is easier to sell later on than a NorDeUK kit, but I honestly have no idea if this is in fact true. Just an example to compare numbers. Bone Base Icon Extension Kit would be 7.4% of this total by my calculation. Assembly Kit 8.2%. If it is true you are thinking about droping the support for NorDeUK and DC in future drops, this might be the last chance to offer these kits to the community, even though this part of the community is a very nich group of people, If this is the last chance, why not take it?
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ZooSR0 warning signs can fill out entire function row and thus are not comparable with NorDeUK or DC kit. R0 warning signs are independent and can be utilized with GMK Carbon R1, GMK Carbon R2, GMK Bone, GMK Umka, GMK Oblivion and also other sets. And there are only 32 left others for R0 warning signs and they will find definitely their buyers. With NorDeUK and DC kits the things don't look this good. Anyway there is no workaround around this issue. Yes its a community driven hobby but if there is not enough support for particular things then there is nothing i and MD can do about it.
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T0mb3ryGlad to hear that there will be a recap with these kits. I missed R0 warning signs due to budgetary constraints but if they come up again in recap I will pick them up.
Dec 8, 2018
chnhngxn
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dvorcolLong live Massdrop!
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Dec 9, 2018
Lotsati
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T0mb3rySo MD is definitely buying up the remainder of the Carbon R2 kits to meet MOQ for each one? Was a bit disappointed to give up on a bunch of these so that makes me a bit happy I can pick them up at the recap. For other GMK GBs I remember seeing that GMK was willing to produce some of the non-MOQ met kits because the Base kits did well. I don't know if they produced extras to meet the MOQ for those auxiliary kits though.
Dec 9, 2018
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LotsatiYes usually MD is buying the rest of the kits in order to meet the MOQ. Tho you do know recap sale is first come first serve and there are not as many left overs. So the most reliable way to get the kits was to enter the drop. For recap sale you need luck. Of course that depends on how sought after will be the particular kit you want.
Dec 9, 2018
Lotsati
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T0mb3ryHeh yeah it'll be crazy for sure. I'll have to enlist some help to get the leftover stuff as soon as it opens... Couldn't get everything before the drop ended as my total was over $800 lol
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LotsatiOof that's a lot of money. I appreciate your support and i hope you will enjoy the end product ;)
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