📰 Series 00 Updates: 68% to MOQ, Series 00 XXXXL, and more!
Hello friends.
We are back to our regularly scheduled bi-weekly/monthly updates.
Apologies for the late one; we’ve been quite busy with all that’s been going on with the GB and April Fool’s prank.
Series 00 Updates
The Series 00 group buy has shattered all our expectations. It’s week 1.5, and we are already at 68% to MOQ. Here is the handy chart that dvorcol from Geekhack has shared for our vendor numbers.
Silver Aluminum - 115 units @ 46% to MOQ
Black Aluminum - 178 units @ 72% to MOQ
Sandblast Brass - 136 units @ 55% MOQ
Polished Stainless Steel - 235 units @ 94% to MOQ
Polished Brass - 185 units @ 74% to MOQ
Fun fact: 82 Foundry Editions sold so far, and counting.
There is 3 more weeks till the end of the GB for you to grab a keycap.
The response shown so far has been incredible. I appreciate everyone that has shown us support whether through the GB or just following along passively.
Announcing Series 00 XXXXL
For April Fools, the team worked over the past few months preparing a big chungus Series 00 XXXXL prank.
Yes, these are real. We actually made a few.
For now, there is no other way to get one other than through the raffle sale we just ended (congrats to PhallusPalace) and the Mints for Health 2021 charity auction hosted by Minterly (congrats to JohnnyRNG for the winning bid @ $469). All proceeds went towards the non-profit supporting mental health called Mental Health America.
Thanks for making this such a fun thing + supporting an incredible cause. #IDONTMIND
We hear you loud and clear that you want to own one, even though they were literally made as a meme that serves no real function (other than the fact that they also fit the Novel Keys Big Switch Series). But we hear you.
We will share more news on the future plan of the Series 00 XXXXL. We have some ideas.
Giveaways, giveaways, giveaways
We will have a number of giveaways the upcoming weeks to celebrate the launch of the Series 00 GB. We will go live on our Discord with one this week.
If you haven’t already, join our Discord for the most immediate updates on anything going live, especially the giveaway because we will be using a brand new giveaway bot. Thank you Mechs & Co. for the hook up.
Thanks for the incredible response from everyone so far. I know we say this every e-mail and update, but we truly mean it.
- loop, Cubic, and Isshin // esc lab
📊 Series 00 — Week one numbers! And upcoming giveaways.
Hello all.
I am very excited to share our (almost) week one Series 00 GB numbers!
We are extremely happy (and impressed, honestly) but the week one numbers. All except for the Sandblast Silver Aluminum has hit at least 50% MOQ, which we didn’t expect!
Polished Brass — 64% to MOQ
Polished Stainless Steel — 72% to MOQ
Sandblast Brass — 47% to MOQ
Black Aluminum — 60% to MOQ
Silver Aluminum — 37% to MOQ
A number of you have asked — what happens if a Series 00 doesn’t make MOQ.
Well, first of all, it won’t KEKW. Just kidding.
We’ll make sure every one gets made even if we have to take the profit margin hit. Vendors will also buy extras, although ideally we don’t give them that burden.
So don’t worry. Look at MOQ as the ideal scenario — they will all get made in the end.
Giveaway
We will be partnering with our US vendor Mechs & Co. for our first round of Series 00 giveaways starting next week. You can win your choice of a Series 00.
I will share more details on our Discord later this week, so if you are not in it, join us!
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Something big is coming. April 1st 2021.
Thank you all for the incredible response so far. I really mean it when we’re blown away by the positive response.
// loop
📊 Series 00 — 45% MOQ hit on Day 1!
Hello all!
I wanted to share some great news for the day one of Series 00 GB.
We have already hit 45% MOQ on DAY ONE!
Polished Stainless Steel is our most popular material
Black Aluminum + Polished Brass is a close second
Silver Aluminum needs a bit of love
Foundry Edition has 55 orders so far
Note: Minimum order quantity (MOQ) is 250 units. These are aggregate numbers from all four vendors.
Estimates say that we at roughly 45% MOQ on day one
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPER WARM RESPONSE!
None of us here expected it to do so well on day 1. You folks have shattered our expectations.
Thank you again.
loop // esc lab
✴️Series 00. Group buy now available worldwide.
Hello everyone.
Cubic, Isshin, and I are infinitely excited to announce the worldwide availability of the Series 00 unlimited group buy. Available until April 24th.
For full details on Series 00, check out the Series 00 product page.
Where to buy
USA — Mechs & Co.
Canada — Deskhero
Europe & UK — Candykeys
Asia — zFrontier
Australia & others — zFrontier
Price
Bundles
Single Edition - collect each one individually.
Foundry Edition - a discounted bundle of all five Series 00. Great if you want to collect 'em all.
Quattro Edition - a discounted four-pack of a specific Series 00. Great for function rows and macro pads. Or if you just want some fidget toys.
Thank you for making this a dream come true for all three of us and for helping us write chapter 0 of our story. Thank you for your support, kindness, and warmth.
// loop, Cubic, and Isshin.
⏰ Series 00 group buy. T-minus 24 hours.
Hello folks!
Cubic, Isshin, and I are very excited to tell you that Series 00 will be available for worldwide group buy in one day.
We are expected to go live on Geekhack on March 24th @ 12 PM PST. This is in under 24 hours. I will update the links to each vendor’s Series 00 product page as they go live.
Note: I know the video above says available now. Just.. ignore that for 24 hours haha.
Series 00 be available with the following regional vendors.
Not sure which vendor you’re in? Feel free to reply to this e-mail with your country and I’ll do my best to assist you.
Foundry Edition is a discounted bundle containing all five Series 00 — two aluminum, two brass, and one stainless steel + a lil sum sum. Collect ‘em all.
Quattro Edition is a discounted four-pack of one specific Series 00 — four Series 00 Silver Aluminum, for example. Perfect for function rows + macro pads.
I will also send one more e-mail tomorrow once all vendors + when our Geekhack GB post goes online.
Thank you so much for all the support you’ve shown us the past six months. This group buy is the culmination of this many month’s of work - two ICs (we don’t talk about the first one), 2,000+ IC survey responses, countless folks reviewing our prototypes & review units, and listening to your feedback. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on these, hear your thoughts, and see your pictures!
Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
— Cubic, Isshin, and loop