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NA & ROW: https://thicthock.com/collections/switch/products/thic-thock-marshmallow-pre-order
EU: https://mykeyboard.eu/catalogue/marshmallow-switch-60-pack_1444/
AUS: https://dailyclack.com/collections/group-buys/products/marshmallow-switches
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Credit to: RelentlessFrost #8183
Reviews:Top Clack's full review: https://topclack.com/textclack/2019/11/27/r5o64g6i1zzgfps47i42qq7wdllabcThereminGoat's full review: https://tiny.cc/c9fzgzFull Board Sound Test:Thic Thock Marshmallow SwitchMarshmallow will be a linear switch that comes with delicious color combo that resembles, well, marshmallow. We offer this marvelous switches with incredibly bouncy and cushiony progressive spring from Thic Thock MP Series to enhance the typing experience as well as muting the ping sound that can be often found in many switches with their stock springs. Marshmallow itself is smooth enough that some of the private testers had given feedback that even without lubrication, it is still smooth enough to be used right away. (We are planning to send more samples out to different influencers for further reviews)
Just in case someone is interested in this, Durock is not affiliated with the manufacture or production of Marshmallow. We invest onto our own factory for creating the switch from molding to leafs and legs.
OriginLots of people are discussing around the topic of which factory is responsible for manufacturing Marshmallow, why is it not disclosed yet. We are very wary of this and simply because we are cautious on this sensitive topic, we would like to dedicate one huge context of this as part of the update.
As said, Durock is not affiliated with our production of the switch. So, what does this mean exactly? This means that during the whole process from designing the housing, leaf and stem, Durock had/has no part in it, nor did we use Durock’s samples or approach them at all. This is a genuine new stuff that comes straight from us. Some might ask why did we explicitly mention this in the first place? It’s because we want to let everyone who is interested in this switch to acknowledge that we are the one who is responsible for the decision making on the design and promotions, no third party was involved.
Then, let’s talk about the factory. We are in partnership with JWK. Who is JWK? JWK was responsible for manufacturing one of the most favorable switches – T1. To my knowledge, there are 2 factories who are responsible for manufacturing T1(although I might be ill informed), whether JWK was in partnership with Durock or not is not of our concern, nor we could do anything about it if it is. More importantly, the drama the shrouds around Durock or other related parties is something that has already been in the past. All parties involved have moved on and things have been sorted out on their own ways. Whether the manufacturer, or the producer, or the promoter, or whoever you think should be held ethically accountable should be you to decide.
That said, we are a merchant who approached the manufacturer – a.k.a. the factory directly and bought the necessary equipment to initiate our project. So JWK acts as an OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer, which means they are only responsible to execute the design we handed over to them and they quoted us a fee for manufacturing the switches. That’s it on their part. Afterwards, from brand building, promotions and shipping will all be on our own hands. This also explains why we are able to brand our brand logo on the top housing of the switch instead of other brand logos.
I hope this explain clearly on the relationship between us and our manufacturer, we would also be grateful and appreciate if the following discussion will not be spun off to drama or Marshmallow-unrelated topics. Cheers!
For Huge FAQ, please refer to #2
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102902.0Spec:
MOQ for Marshmallow will be 10,000.
Price:
5.5 per 10 pcs; order of a minimum of
60pcsGB Date:
16th November, 2019 - 30th November, 2019 GMT+8 00:00GB Window: 2 weeks
Fulfillment Date: 2020 Q1
Vendor: Thic Thock, mykeyboard.eu, Daily Clack
Properties:
Material: Custom Nylon housing with POM stem
Spring: Thic Thock MP Series 68g -
Gold PlatedNature: Linear
Actuation Force: ~50g
Actuation Distance: ~1.4mm
Factory Lubrication? NOFeature: Smooth Criminal, Premium Grade Progressive Spring, Too Cute
Color Reference:
Some quick FAQ for this sectionQ:
Why has the price gone up?A: 4.8 per 10 pieces was a temporary price point. We set it to 4.8 not to bait you into biting the deal. It’s because it was an achievable price point on our part. Alpha stage sample was good, but we pushed it further, just as mentioned in Top Clack’s first impression, we were tuning, calibrating the machines to make the tolerance slimmer, in hopes of minimizing the “wobbliness”; and other refinement on the nitty gritty such as upgrading the spring, streamlining the stem and rails and etc. that will improve the overall experience. This inevitably increased our production cost and thus the adjustment of price point. To compensate this adjustment, we’ve lowered the minimum order quantity so that people who are interested only to get enough for their build wouldn’t have to waste their money on extra switches.
Q:
What does minimum order quantity means?A: It means that’s the least number of switches you must order. Let say you want 110, in the site, you would have to only add “11” into the cart, simple as that. Any order I receive from the back end that is below “6” – 60 switches will be disregarded.
Q:
What so special about the fact that it is not factory lubed?A: I believe for most of the buyers, they want to lube their switches to suiting to their own tastes. This means most of the time they would have to delube the switches before they could apply their favorite lubrications onto it. We value this kind of dedication and understand how tedious it can be when it comes to delubing switches. Thus, we offer unlubed switches on the fly. Other than that, we are confident that even if factory lubrication is not applied on it, it is still smooth enough that it can be used right away.
Q:
Why was the starting date of GB postponed?A: We want to let the influencers have the samples on hand and review them, release the reviews, hopefully during the group buy. In order to align their schedules, we figured by postponing the starting of the GB date would help public to have a greater chance on knowing more about the switches before they commit to making purchases. Although this is not a guarantee that their reviews will be out during the GB, this is the least we can do to increase the probability of public having access to the reviews during the GB period.
Q:
What does V2 means?A: We have upgraded our spring material from Korean import material to Japan. The result is that it provides firmer and better spring structure and enhance the overall typing experience.
Peripherals :
Packaging for GB orders:
Credit to @wintheart
Collabs:
Thic Thock Marshmallow x Summitcables [announced]
Thic Thock Marshmallow x Tinymakesthings [announced]
*Final colors are subject to change
Giveaway:
We are holding 200pcs of free Marshmallows giveaway on Discord, don't miss this chance on grabbing it!
Porn Pictures:
(Final product will have thicthock branded on the top housing, these are samples)
Week 1 Updates:
Q: Why did Taeha Types received only 10 samples?
A: We ordered 200 in total, there are 70 allocated to Brian of Top Clack, 80 for full board sound test that I will be releasing soon, the rest are spread out to vendors, influencers, and some non-influencers, so we didn't have enough to give Nathan enough to make a full board review on his side, sorry guys!
Q: Why didn't you just order more?
A: As mentioned before it's "Beta" phase, although we are confident that this is becoming a thing and would proceed to GB phase soon. We were bearing a good amount of financial burden for the hidden MOQ and mold expenses. To make let say 1000+ switches is feasible, just that it will lay more burden on us and we are start up business that couldn't afford that much burden before we are making profits.
Q: How close are these samples to the final product?
A: Very close. Although the samples were adopting our V1 spring instead of V2 spring; top housing is still brand-missing.
Q: Nathan and Brian both mentioned leaf rattle, are you gonna fix this?
A: I cannot say for sure, but we are committed to bring the best product to the market as we could. Which is why the moment I heard this on stream, we have communicated with the factory with this problem already. As long as there is a way to amend this without rebuilding the mold, I think this can be a thing. There is no guarantee to which this is gonna be fixed, but this is the least I can do to make things better.
Q: Nathan and Brian both mentioned there's sweet scent with the switches, what is this?
A: This is one of the little surprises we offered for the buyers who make purchases on our site, the smell is sweet and mellow. We heard you Brian, we will just add a little into it.
Q: Did you spray the perfume into the switch directly?
A: No. We wouldn't want to compromise the switches in any way we could, we sprayed it onto the business card.
What's Next?- Consolidate the collaborations details - done
- Send out the samples - done
- Start the GB - done
- Wait for reviews - done
- Production
