I took some photos of MCR profile caps this evening as part of a piece about the set and figured I might share a few un-retouched ones with you here;
The box:
It’s kinda hard to slide open but hey it’s a sturdy little box with cute bees on it
The trays:
The packaging is also the perfect thing to store the product in - love it. These were designed alongside the caps and are shaped to fit a base kit with nothing sliding around.
To accomplish this, all four trays got their own shape - so each one is labeled MCR 01 through 04. Both the trays and their lids have the label. Really love it.
No fishing keys out of troughs - I like that, too.
The mold shots:
Pretty good! And hey, check that out - the sprue mark is under the cap. High-five to MelGeek (and Dorp with DCX) for being mindful about that.
I hope to see this become a new standard.
The caps! (The legends!)
Pretty good! That is one tasty dark-chocolate coffee-bean brown right there. I’m a sucker for this colorway.
Really nice fine texture. On the smooth side, which I think works well with the shape - they do start to shine pretty quick, though. Nature of the beast with ABS - if that’s a deal-breaker for you, hold tight - MelGeek is cooking-up a PBT version once they have a few of these under their belt.
This “Horseman” colorway comes in three versions; A, B, and C. This is the B variant, which has this pumpkin-pie-filling color for the alphas. (Yes, I know it’s supposed to be tanned leather, but I’m still in a food state of mind from the last shade of brown.) While this one might be my least favorite of the three, I’d still almost bought it a time or two for those brown mods - and I don’t dislike the cinnamon-yam alphas - I’d just rather have cream or coffee.
I’m a brown fan. Brown is underrated.
I think the legends look really nice. The condensed gothic typeface has a retro-modern look, which is right at home with these colors. I feel like a computing pioneer when I look at these. I can almost smell the cigarette smoke and percolated coffee.
The MCR base kit novelties; MelGeek, GrannyGeek, DeadGeek, and MacGeek. Actual color is a bit warmer. If you look close, you might see some slight color bleeding on the novelties - I didn’t see it at all until I zoomed in on this photo, which was taken under pretty bright light. Overall I think the legend quality here is at least above-average if not excellent.
There is some dust on these, but the grey fuzzy dots are schmutz on my camera sensor. Susuwatari, if you will.
Really quite good. Zoom in and you can see how crisp these are - and also the color bleeding on the top and bottom left bee faces. I haven’t noticed it on any other keys yet.
Some individual keys:
Quicksave / Refresh
Pipe / Backslash - this is making me think of the pie I have in the fridge right now
4 with ¥ (Japanese Yen) symbol
[ Next typing test ]
Full review video in the works - Charcoal first, though - it’s next in queue after the Clickiez, but I thought MCR as a profile was interesting enough to share these with you now. Cheers!