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GMK fenglisu (鳳梨酥) | GB LIVE from April 8th to May 9th

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Description

This set draws inspiration from a pre-pandemic excursion to Taiwan where we were enraptured by arguably its
most widely recognised dessert, the Taiwanese Pineapple Cake (鳳梨酥 fèng lí sū; 王梨酥 ông lâi so).
Fenglisu are delicate little treats with a crumbly pastry exterior that are filled with a sweet pineapple jam.

In the Hokkien dialect, ‘pineapple’ (鳳梨 ông-lâi) is a homophone for the phrase ‘prosperity come’ (旺來 ōng-lâi).
As a symbol of good fortune and prosperity, we wanted to pay homage to this culinary icon in the form of a GMK keycap set.

The GB for GMK fenglisu is now LIVE and will run on all participating vendors from April 8th to May 9th.
Expected delivery will be Q4 2023.

VENDORS
Super excited to announce that we will be working with the following vendors for GMK fenglisu with
Daily Clack as our lead vendor!

US: Vala Supply
CN/International: KBDfans
OCE: Daily Clack
CA: ApexKeyboards
EU: Candykeys
UK: Proto[Typist]
KR: Swagkeys
SEA: iLumkb
SA: Fancy Customs

Links to sale pages will be updated as vendors go live.

VENDOR PRICING

We are aware that pricing is a large contributing factor to
whether or not a given GMK set is purchased and that this set does err on the more
expensive side; however, given the recent struggles with sets reaching MOQs,
we’ve had to adjust accordingly to increase our chances of a successful Group Buy.

Note: StacksKB will no longer be offering GMK fenglisu in GB.

KITS

Base Kit - 'Just a pineapple cake'

Note: we have updated our Base Kit, please check our updates section below for more details.

Key unit labels have been included for your convenience.
u - unit
s - stepped
c - convex (spacebar)
scpd - scooped homing
barred - barred homing

Cangjie Sublegend Alphas Kit - 'Back to roots'

Note: we have updated our Alt Alphas Kit, please check our updates section below for more details.

A complete alphanumeric alphas kit with Cangjie Chinese sublegends with the inclusion of an additional tab key.
One base kit and alternate alphanumeric alphas kit therefore provides support for those wishing to fill
two keyboards; however, this means that one keyboard will utilise an alternate modifier layout
(i.e. shorter right shift, split backspace, and Tsangan bottom row).

Novelty Kit - 'Is it snack time?’

Note: we have updated our Novelty Kit, please check our updates section below for more details.

A novelty kit with full macrocolumn and Tsangan support.

Spacebars Kit - ‘Do you have anymore?’

COLOURS

The colour palette we have chosen for GMK fenglisu uses two stock GMK colours (GMK CP and BR1).
The browning of fenglisu is represented by GMK BR1 and provides legibility and contrast when paired with GMK CP.
RAL 1017 Saffron Yellow modifiers signify fenglisu's flakey pastry and is complemented by
RAL 2000 Yellow Orange accents that embodies the caramelised pineapple jam centre.

Whilst we have colour matched our renders, variations in colour may differ between monitors.
For ease of comparison, we have therefore included a rendering of other GMK sets.
Note: The colours utilised in this render of GMK Greg have been rearranged and are for demonstration purposes only.
Further note: GMK Ki did not have an accent and have duplicated the modifiers in the render shown.

BOARD RENDERS

TGR Jane V2 by Yuktsi

Kits shown here include the Base and Novelty Kits in addition to our THOK Design collaboration cap.
Rendered by eg0t1st1k4l#7777.

TGR Alice by Yuktsi

Kits shown here include the Base, Novelty, and Spacebar Kits.
Rendered by eg0t1st1k4l#7777.

TGR 910 by Yuktsi

Kits shown here include Base, Cangjie Sublegend Alt Alphas, and Novelty Kits.
Rendered by eg0t1st1k4l#7777.

CAKE HHKB Classic by Haytco

Kits Shown here include the Base, Cangjie Sublegend Alt Alphas, and Novelty Kits.
Rendered by eg0t1st1k4l#7777.

Foundation by Protozoa

Kits shown here include Base and Novelty Kits in addition to our GMK fenglisu x HIBI Design
Collaboration ‘Pineapple Cake’ Cap.
Rendered by eg0t1st1k4l#7777.

More coming soon.

DESKMATS

'You Fill My Tart Up' Deskmat.

'Prosperity and Serenity' Deskmat.

'Pineapple Dreams' Deskmat.

COLLABORATIONS

HIBI

THOK Design

lpcables

50 total units will be available for purchase with fulfilment to begin immediately post-GB.

Cable specifications:
- Device Side (Keyboard): 160mm length
- Host Side: 1.2M
- Paracord: Light Yellow
- Techflex: White
- Heat-shrink Colour: Orange
- Connector: Femo Cerakoted with special colour.
- USB-C to USB-A

Link to purchase

Taurus Trades

Specific sales details to be announced at a later date.

The Fenglisu Teapot is an artisan keycap made in collaboration with GMK fenglisu. The
keycap consists of the teapot and a removable lid to see all the yummy tea goodness
inside! It's made for cherry mx stems and casted with 100% resin.

GEEKKEEY

Specific sales details to be announced at a later date.

The following collaborations with GMK fenglisu will be coming soon:

MOZI
Coconut Keycaps
Miroticaps
Cantoclicks
Asian Joy Co.

UPDATES
17th August 2021 - IC posted.
20th August 2021 - International vendors announced.
24th August 2021 - US and Indian vendor announced.
28th August 2021 - Group buy date set with a definitive GB date to be confirmed at a later date.
3rd September 2021 - Updated base and alt alphas kit. Given the strength of the ties between
Taiwanese culture and fenglisu, we have decided to change our base kit from the inclusion of
Cangjie sublegends to Zhuyin sublegends; additively, due to the large number of people that
indicated an affinity towards Cangjie sublegends, we have also decided to also change our
Alt Alphas kit from Cangjie monolegends to Cangjie sublengends.
24th September 2021 - Updated novelty kit. After some discussion, we felt that the
connection between this set and Taiwanese culture could be further extended into the Novelty
Kit. As such, we have now included a new R1 1u novelty, the national flower of Taiwan, the
Plum Blossom. Further to this point, we have also included a new R4 1.25u novelty picturing a
fenglisu that has been bitten into.
28th September 2021 - Updated IC post with some board renders.
1st October 2021 - Announcement of the first GMK fenglisu collaboration with Thok Design.
3rd October 2021 - Announcement of more GMK fenglisu collaborations.
12th October 2021 - Updated IC post with some more board renders and the
announcement of additional collaborations.
12th October 2021 Rectified some legend inconsistencies in Base and Alt Alphas Kit. Also
included additional 'scooped' labelling for the Base Kit.
8th January 2022 - Announcement of 3 HIBI x GMK fenglisu collaboration caps.
12th January 2022 - Updated IC post with TGR Jane V2 and Haytco Blockerless renders.
18th January 2022 - Updated Base Kit to include R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn (Keys that are
commonly utilised in a 65% layout) and Foundation FRL TKL by Protozoa board renders.
19th January 2022 - Posted updated Novelty Kit that includes 2x R4 Plum Blossoms for full
macro column and Tsangan support.
31st January 2022 - Posted deskmat designs.
5th February 2022 - Updated with selected deskmat designs and the announcement of an
additional and that GB pricing is coming soon!
5th March 2022 - Announcement of GB dates, giveaway, and pricing.
11th March 2022 - Removal of StacksKB as a vendor due to low regional interest.
13th March 2022 - Announcement of custom cable collaboration with lpcables.
23rd March 2022 - Announcement of Asian Joy Co. as a collaboration with GMK fenglisu.
More details to come later.
31st March 2022 - Announcement of Taurus Trades as a collaboration with GMK fenglisu. Sales details to come later.
7th April 2022 - Reveal of the GEEKKEEY collaboration with GMK fenglisu. Sales details
to come later.
8th April 2022 - GB posted.

Our previous Base, Alt Alphas, and Novelty Kits can be viewed here.

TO DO
Buy GMK fenglisu.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grundlemere for making the Cangjie legends available to those that want to utilise them.
eg0t1st1k4l#7777 for the beautifully clean renders.
nolsia for the cute novelty designs.
summerqm for the 旺 and 鳳梨酥 novelty designs.
@pheefs_a_n_d for the adorable signature banner and the desk mat designs.
Riley and Xx_SaNaBaNaNa_xX for the super helpful guidance during the entire design process.

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Vendors

Vendor	Region	End Date	Store
GMK	—	—	—
iLumKB	SEA	—	—
SwagKeys	SEA	—	—
Vala Supply	US	—	—
Candykeys	EU	—	—
Daily Clack	US	—	—
ApexKeyboards	EU	—	—
Fancy Customs	SEA	—	—
Protozoa Studio	—	—	—