Artisan Bongo Box - GB date 1-31 October

Hello guys !

This is Lenux, from theKeyPlus.
Presenting to you the Bongo Artisan Box made in acrylic.


GB THREADhttps://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114816.msg
Introduction

TheKeyPlus is an acrylic keyboard shop, aiming to do cheap,fast and reliable services.
There is a small introduction of who I am and how I do cut acrylic and whatsoever on my website (link below).

If you have any questions about my reliability you can join my discord and have a chat.
In the future I'm planning to release many other products and make acrylic really affordable for everyone.

Inspiration

The Bongo Box is an acrylic artisan box inspired by the original bongocat.
Before making this project, i started by contacting all related people to bongo the artisan Maker hello caps, the designer of the bongo case for keyboard and the creator of the original meme (StrayRogue) of the bongo cat. They all agreed to let me run this design.

IC FORM https://forms.gle/SCigbGmCBuVZRUqb7


The Product

At the moment the prototype has 7 layers, but realized that some SA caps won't fit since the gap
from bottom to top is not big enough.
So I duplicated the middle layer (in the end it doesn't change anything), you can look at the renders below.


Specifications :

- 8 Acrylic Layers + 1 Cover
- 3mm acrylic layers
- 1 Clear Acrylic Cover
- 21mm Max Caps height
- Price : 40$/€ shipping excluded.
- Storage capacity is TBD, I would like to base it off IC results, right now the prototype is 5x5, 3x3 and 7x7 are the possible options.
- Length : 20 cm
- Width : 13 cm

Includes :

- 6 M2 Standoffs
- 10 M2 Screws
- 1 Clear Acrylic Cover
- 1 Bongo Box

Extras :

- 5x Screws
- 5x Stand-offs
- 1x Cover (all of these included for 5$/€)

Exclude :

Bongo caps
Artisans

Available colors :

-Frosted White
-TBD

All the possible colors are shown below with some samples. The 5 colors with the most votes (excluding frosted) will get chosen for the GB.
IF many colors are tied in number i will raise the cap of colors.
The accuracy of the picture isn't going to be 100% accurate in real life, which means I won't
change the color during the group-buy for whatever reason.
Which means before the group-buy runs I will make a poll to choose the final colors.
Color gallery link : https://imgur.com/a/MO8Uh0x (All the colors are in the IC form)

Prototype Pictures :




More pictures https://imgur.com/a/orKSFlw
Bear in mind that frosted acrylic with those cut is really difficult to capture, so i hope the other pictures make up your mind.

Sale format :

FCFS(FirstComeFirstServed) GB, all units sold or end of date of the GB.
No MOQ, 300 Units cap.
Extras available after all units are shipped.

Vendor :

In addition to proxies, the worldwide vendor will be https://thekeyplus.eu with shipping via DHL
Express(1-3 days).


Worldwide / Middle East:
www.thekeyplus.shop
North America :
https://www.mechsandco.com
Europe :
https://www.thekeyplus.eu
UK :
https://www.prototypist.net
Oceania :
https://www.dailyclack.com
Asia :
https://www.rebultkeyboards.com/
India :
https://www.rectangles.store
Canada :
https://www.ashkeebs.com/


GB Date :

TBD, collecting suggestions information but i see no reason at the moment to delay it.

Q&A :

What does it include at 35 bucks?
It includes the bongo box of 8 layers 3mm thick, 1 acrylic cover, 8 screws, 4 standoffs.
Will extras be available ?
Yes.
Who will be the sellers ?
https://thekeyplus.eu worldwide, proxies TBD.
How many units are available ?
300 Total units.
Will other colors be available?
TBD.
Will there be a round 2 ?
Depends on the results of this GB but normally, yes.
For how long will the gb run ?
The GB will be run for one month or until all units are sold.
Can I buy 69 units?
If you can afford it, yes you can.
What is the ETA ?
3 Months for production (no delay included) .
4 weeks for shipping + packing + sorting.
Will it be open source?
No, but other rounds will be run.
Will we see another size ?
Not sure, maybe.

I would like to thanks Blamas#6331(he designs keebs), and the MKFR community for their amazing support <3

Updates
17/07 - Proxies will be added (i will contact some proxies for all continents after lots of feedbacks, If the number of answers is satisfying we will most likely do an unlimited GB. Also lots of people told me about lilac/wysteria color our supplier have one color similar so this color will be proposed for sure.)

Thanks for reading this !

Links :

Shop : https://thekeyplus.eu
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thekeyplus/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/TheKeyPlus
Discord : https://discord.gg/B6qTfyt