8.5.2022

MISC UPDATES *

+ OTC MoDo Light and OTC 9009 are dropping in stock next Monday! GET READY!


COMPANY UPDATES

NEW FACILITY

+ See renders of the new building in our 5 Year Anniversary Blog!
+ 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~ sqft facility. 3 acres is more than we need at this moment, but it will allow us to expand if necessary without moving again. 
We closed on the construction loan for our new facility in February. Since then, we have been playing tag with the city and different changes that have to be made to the plans but are hopefully very close to breaking ground.


FUTURE PRODUCTS 

BAUER LITE 

+ We have a big update for you about Bauer Lite! We received our pre-production samples from the completed molds and have compiled a comprehensive update.

We have also made a living document for the project that you can access. We try not to email about every single tiny update and wait until we have a batch of updates. However, on this new document, we will update as things happen. Sorry we didn't do this sooner. Check it out to see more photos.

You can access the new update from 7.13 and past updates on the side bar of the living document. Everything is in one place now.

7.13 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 

+ JTK still does not have an updated timeline estimate. They are still having mold issues. HSA BoB orders can be cancelled for a full refund by contacting our support at help@omnitype.com or via the messenger on our site. 

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK REDLINE *

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ Color samples from GMK are on their way to us.

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is September 2022, pending color matching. 

CUSTOM COLORS:

Red
🔄 Alpha Base
✅ Alpha Legends
🔄 Modifier Base

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK 80082 *

PRODUCTION QUEUE
+ We received the shipment today, however, it was only about 1/3 of what we ordered (none of which contained child-kits). We spoke with GMK and discovered there was some sort of miscommunication and our order was not sent altogether as it was intended. While the remainder of our order is now being shipped to us, we will start fulfillment on the groupbuy orders that we can (80082 Standard keyset orders and BL00 Standard keyset orders/orders that do not require child-kits) until the rest of our order with the child-kits arrives.
 
+ There was an error on our end affecting both Aesthetic kits. The 6u spacebars were supposed to be alpha colored, however, the production render was sent with the wrong color and we didn't catch it and approved the modifier color. 
- We will be getting the 6u spacebars reproduced in the alpha color and they will be sent to all regional proxies. We are still working on the details with GMK about the timeline and will update you when we have the information. 
- Here at Omnitype, we will go ahead and fulfill all groupbuy orders (once the rest of the shipment arrives) and replacements will be made available to anyone (free of charge) who purchased an Aesthetic kit in the groupbuy once we receive the replacements. 
- This plan only applies to Omnitype, as other vendors may decide to handle this differently.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST

GMK TUZI *

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

The round 3 modifier color sample from GMK is on its way to us.

+ We received the alpha and accent round 3 color samples and distributed them to the color specialist and designer. We are still waiting on the round 3 modifier color sample.

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is September 2022, pending color matching. 

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

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK NORSE 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Production has started but estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is September 2022.

+ The RW caps arrived, but the package only contained one variant. We are still awaited the other variant to ship. 

CUSTOM COLORS:
✅ Blue Green (Mods)

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK BLURPLE 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is October 2022. 

+ Deskpad shipment is still in transit to us. 

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

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


SA RAMSES 

IN PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Per Signature Plastics, while SA Ramses is in their schedule for an end of October completion, they are still running a couple of months behind and won't know how/if that will affect our order until closer to time.

+ Color samples are approved!

+ Deskpad shipment is still in transit to us. 

CUSTOM COLORS:
✅ Green
✅ Brown

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK DUALSHOT 2

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is October 2022.

+ RW estimates they will have M6-C and caps ready for us at the end of August 2022.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK SYMBIOTE 

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is October 2022, pending color matching.

+ We received the R3 Alpha Base, R3 Mod Base, and translucent membrane samples from GMK. These have already been sent to the designer and we will be distributing samples to the color specialist.

CUSTOM COLORS:

👁 Alpha Base
Alpha Legends
👁 Modifer Base
✅ Modifer Legends
👁 Membrane Base

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK BOTANICAL 2 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is November 2022. 

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK DMG 3 

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Current estimated shipping date from the keyset manufacturer is December 2022.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


GMK KLASSIKER *

COLOR MATCHING PHASE

+ New beige color sample from GMK is on its way to Oblotzky.

+ 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

Current estimated shipping to us from the keyset manufacturer is Q1 2023.

PRODUCT UPDATE POST


KEYBOARD BAGS AND MEKA BAGS *

PRODUCTION QUEUE

+ Shipping has been scheduled and these will be picked up from our manufacturer's warehouse next Wednesday, August 10th.


* 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