April 29, 2022

4.29.2022

MISC UPDATES 

COMPANY UPDATES

NEW FACILITY

+ If you haven't heard, we are in the process of designing a different kind of metal rectangle. A new building. We are bursting at the seams at our current location, so we are way overdue for more space to stretch out and makes things more efficient.  
+ We have purchased a 3 acre parcel of land and are preparing for construction of a custom-built 12,000~ sq/ft facility. 3 acres is more than we need at this moment, but it will allow us to expand with new facilities as we grow in the future without moving again. 
+ We closed on the construction loan for our new facility so construction will hopefully begin soon.

FUTURE PRODUCTS 

BAUER LITE  

Click below for most recent update.

UPDATE

HEAVY GRAIL PLATE TOOLING 

+ We are very excited to announce that we have officially completed the acquisition of the Heavy Grail plate tooling from Norbauer & Co.

PRESS RELEASE

GROUPBUY UPDATES

HSA BEIGE ON BROWN

PRODUCTION QUEUE 

+ Per the latest update from JTK, molds are being tested still (after CNY). 

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK REDLINE *

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ Per the last Redline update, we received the latest round of color samples from GMK. They were not much different than the previous samples even after extensive feedback from us on what we needed to change. 

We strive to make our sets look the best they can, so we are not happy with where we are. We technically could approve the first round of samples and the set would look good, but the contrast between mod and alpha just isn’t quite right. They are closer in contrast to each other than the renders show.
Our solution is we are going to use our supplier for Bauer Lite resin to match the mod color that we need. GMK hit on both sides of the right color. One is too light and one is too dark, so we will be working with our supplier to hit that middle spot.
We are using our supplier because we should be able to have better communication and not have any language barriers with the weird translations that come with the concepts that are used to describe colors. We also will be able to fly up to the supplier should we need to, as they are in the US.
We have been waiting to post this info until we knew they would be able to help us out with this project. We should be able to get a chip from our supplier to send to GMK to match within a few weeks.
We apologize for the delay on this project. We just want it to look the best it possibly can and do not want to compromise if we don’t absolutely have to.

CUSTOM COLORS:

✅ Red
🔄 Alpha Base
✅ Alpha Legends
🔄 Modifier Base

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK THINKCAPS 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Colormatching complete

+ Estimated shipping from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to May 2022.

CUSTOM COLORS:
✅ Blue

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK 80082 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to June 2022.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK TUZI 

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ We have discussed the colors and measurements and have decided to get another same of all three colors. The white sample was basically exactly the same as the first round. Purple and magenta are very close to being right. 

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to the July 2022 pending color matching.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

CUSTOM COLORS:
🔄 White (Alphas)
🔄 Purple (Mods)
🔄 Magenta (Accents)

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK NORSE 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to August 2022.

+ We requested status updates on all outstanding projects with Rama Works and they think they are 2-3 months off depending on lockdowns.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

CUSTOM COLORS:

✅ Blue Green (Mods)

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK BLURPLE 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to August 2022.

+ Both colors have been approved on the first round and we are now in the production queue! 

+ We requested status updates on all outstanding projects with Rama Works and they think they are 2-3 months off depending on lockdowns.

CUSTOM COLORS:
✅ Alphas (Blue Gray)
✅ Mods (Blurple)

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

SA RAMSES

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

CUSTOM COLORS:
⏸ Green
⏸ Brown

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK DUALSHOT 2 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to September 2022.

+ We requested status updates on all outstanding projects with Rama Works and they think they are 2-3 months off depending on lockdowns.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK SYMBIOTE 

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to September 2022.

+ We requested status updates on all outstanding projects with Rama Works and they think they are 2-3 months off depending on lockdowns.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

+ We received the membrane base color sample from Round 1 and have distributed them to the designer and color specialist. 

CUSTOM COLORS:

🔄 Alpha Base
🔄 Alpha Legends
🔄 Modifer Base
✅ Modifer Legends
⏸ Membrane Base

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK BOTANICAL 2 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to October 2022.

+ We requested status updates on all outstanding projects with Rama Works and they think they are 2-3 months off depending on lockdowns.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK DMG 3 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to November 2022. 

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK KLASSIKER 

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ Green is approved. 
+ We received status updates on the color-matching from the designer. Red has been approved. A new round of samples is in the works for beige and blue.

CUSTOM COLORS:

🔄 Blue
🔄 Beige
✅ Red
✅ Green

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK DRACULA V2.0 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer has been updated to Q1 2023.

+ Deskpad shipments are in transit to us.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

* An asterisk next indicates that there is updated information since the previous update.


Color-matching status key:
⏸ - Waiting on first round 
👁 - Analyzing samples
🔄 - Getting another round
✅ - Approved

Written by Heather Moore