This is a kind of good-news-bad-news situation.
The good news is that Susuwatari is going production. The bad news is that Susuwatari is going production.
I just got a new round of prototypes, but I’m informed that they are not prototypes, they are final and they are going production with what we have.
The keycaps had a series of production hiccups at the beginning, then Corona Virus. It was not an easy journey, but the sane thing to do at this point would be to stop and wait for this global emergency to cool down a little. Drop decided this is not the case, they want to deliver asap. I understand people are pissed of the delays and anyway Drop needs to return the investment (which was huge).
Of course I have no saying in this decision. After all they use my name to sell stuff but I have close to zero decisional power.
So at this stage is the set good enough? Yes!
Is the set ready for production? No.
You know by now I’m a perfectionist and I’m rarely happy with anything I do, I’m pretty sure very few will be upset with the keycaps we have now, but still it’s not what I designed and it’s not what I signed off. Not to mention that I haven’t seen all the kits, just a bunch of keys.
It is what it is. Stay strong, at the end Susuwatari right now should not be your top priority.
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Kinda expected this unfortunately.
So, what are the flaws that the final version has? Do you have any pictures you can share?
let’s just say I’m not in liberty to talk. I believe this post is already too much :)
Thanks for the update and all the hard work! Fortunately for us a non-perfect design of yours is still amazingly awesome!
I really appreciate how much care you put on your work. Thank you for this! I’m sure the current round of Susuwatari will be great even with minor flaws.
1. these look awesome, and thanks for being an advocate for the quality this community expects.
2. soooo, for those of us who have waited patiently:
will we have first crack at extras? Just asking the thing we’re all thinking! =)
Is this them? Are they seroiusly already sold out? I’ve been checking this blog everyday. Was that not enough to get an order in on time?
It’s a groupbuy like most keycaps. They were sold in Autumn 2018. Extras will probably be sold after this run
*Is this them? https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-matt3o-mt3-susuwatari-custom-keycap-set#overview*
Damn, at this point I don’t really care how much longer I have to wait because it has already been so long, and many of us in the keycap game know how these things go sometimes. I’d rather wait a few more months and Matt3o be able to tell us his vision has been achieved rather than get some product that did not live up to its potential.
Oh well. In the end I hope the keycaps are still able to rival the SA and GMK products I currently own, and I am excited regardless of Drop’s decision to receive my first every keycaps from Matt3o’s unique profile.
did you see kevin’s post today on drop?
https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-matt3o-mt3-susuwatari-custom-keycap-set/talk/2588192
does it sound like some of your concerns will be addressed by this delay?
we are indeed trying to fix everything we can, but there’s no time for more prototypes, so crossing fingers.
thanks for the reply. hopefully another two weeks will yield at least some noticeable improvements. thanks for your commitment to the work. salve.
Thanks for the update.
Like you said, this keycap set shouldn’t be our biggest worries right now. Hoping for fast recovery in Italy. It’s got to turn around at some point.
Whatever gets delivered will be 100% closer to MT3 Susuwatari than nothing at all, right?
I’ll display it proudly.
How is the situation with the dev/tty 2 caps?
still waiting for the prototypes of the side printed kit.
Will you be offering Blanks aswell?
maybe in the future
This seems like a pretty stupid idea from Drop – disappointing, but unsurprising. We’ve already waited ~2 years – what’s another few months during a global crisis to ensure the wait is worth it? Drop had already lost my business forever with their customer service quality about a year after I signed up for this one – and this only solidifies my decision to do no future business with them.
well, covid was unpredictable and that really didn’t help
It’s true – I honestly do feel for all the human beings that work at Drop, as well as the fact that they (like everyone else) need to get creative to stay afloat. It is what it is.
Thanks for this update. I’m sure that most of us will probably not notice any minor imperfections.
Still its a bit sad that you are getting not much say in signing off on the final caps. With everything going on and drop wanting to recoup their investment, this is hardly surprising, but disappointing still.
Still atleast some of the enthusiasts who have been around for a while will understand that its almost never that a new manufacturer has produced new molds and a new profile without issues in their first try.
Will you be offering the Special Cat Keycap during this massdrop? Really want this key to be included with the current set as I love the whole theme that’s its giving.
The key is exclusive to the original first batch. I’m sure Drop manufactured few extras that will be sold during the year but I don’t know for how long they we’ll be available.
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