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Keycap materials, compared: ABS, PBT, and the rest
Most builders obsess over switches and quietly accept whatever keycaps came in the box, then wonder six months in why their board doesn't sound like the YouTube video. Half the answer is the plastic. Material decides how a cap rings, how it ages, and what it feels like under a fingertip on day one and day one thousand.
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GMK CYL Ishtar R2 closes at KBDfans with a second-and-likely-last shot at the lapis Mesopotamia palette
GMK CYL Ishtar R2 ran 2026-04-17 through 2026-05-10 at KBDfans. The editorial event is not the open — it is the close. A second round on a Cherry-profile doubleshot ABS set is the second-and-likely-last shot at MSRP before the aftermarket takes over the palette.
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GMK CYL GREG returns for round 2 at KBDfans
Round 2 of GMK CYL GREG opened at KBDfans on 2026-05-01 and runs through 2026-05-29. The four-week window sits on the longer end for GMK CYL R2s, and the round-2 cadence itself is becoming the more interesting story as sets prove out in R1 and accumulate latent demand.
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GMK CYL King of the Seas opens at KBDfans in two colorways at once
MiKeyDigit's nautical doubleshot ABS set opened at KBDfans on 2026-04-28 and runs through 2026-05-31. The rarer angle is the two-colorway split — The Sovereign in deep ocean blues and The Mutation in electric pink, sold concurrently inside the same buy rather than staggered as separate runs.
thock6 min read