If you’ve come across something cool/new, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread, share it here!!
: My addition: the Polaris v2 is coming!
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Well check that out! It still has plate mount stabs, but is that a color-matched polycarb plate I spy? And brass thread inserts? High-five, NovelKeys. Some fun colors this round, too - that blue one glows in the dark!
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Wow, glow in the dark! TBF, I’ve never had issues with plate-mounted stabs.
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Not that there was any doubt, but Mike’s still got a hot item in the NK65EE - already sold out again! Another high-five, NovelKeys
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This is basically what I was hoping from a KBD8X Lite.
Transparent cases, polycarb plate, polycarb case, sound dampening pads, carrying-case. Coiled cable.
Wonder how it compares to an MK870 with polycarb plate. You can get PCB-mount stabs into an MK870, but the NK87 also says it has screw-in.
Is this a tray-mount? I think the Aurora may have a superior mounting system, but it’s not quite a TKL.
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They call it “modified top mount” but I call it tray + top mount.
The assembly first attaches to the top case around the edges, but then screws into the bottom like a normal tray - at least that’s how the NK65 worked - I haven’t looked into the 87 much.
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How about this monster of a steel case if you can handwire/design a PCB? Looks like an ISO layout plus super cute mouse button
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185133089439?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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Pretty cool. I can see how this would help save the day in some use cases.
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Shure, but I prefer to put all the switches in the plate then on with the pcb. 
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I can think of at least one past build that would have made much, much easier…
My learning experience that POM plates require patience, planning, or both. In retrospect, I probably would have had a better time putting the switches all in the plate first.
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Haha, I had just seen that on alexotos’s stream and thought, I kinda want that
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Not sure if this has already been mentioned somewhere already, but I see Zeal’s plate mount stabs are for sale:
I remember waiting on these to come out - but I don’t remember ever hearing they did. 
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Got another one - I’ve been hoping for a dark colored MDA set for some time, and now there’s one in GB that covers more than a 60% (like their existing dark grey MDA set):
Edit; for my fellow yanks:
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They’ve been out for a minute
I’m familiar with these:
But the one with more coverage is new to me, at least. 
Edit: oh right the stabs that makes sense 
I actually have these in a build. Bought them during a previous sale.
I think I may have bought two sets, because they went cheap, either $35 CAD or closer to $30.
Lubed, I put them in an Archon AK89. I am still working on that board, so haven’t used them much. But they are much quieter and more solid than the stock stabilizers.
I think I put leftovers in my RAKK, but the improvement over stock is more mild. Harder to tell the differences, although they are there. I may have screwed them up a bit as I installed them in the RAKK after a long absence in installing stabilizers, so I kept trying to put the 2x in backwards!
But the ones I put in the AK89 are great, can’t wait to use that board. It’s going to be a silent 100%, and the lubed stabilizers were an important component. The ones on the RAKK are trying to stabilize MT3, which may be more tricky.
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I spotted this on @dovenyi’s https://kbd.news site.
Look at this thing. That’s 182 keys of intimidation right there. I don’t really know where to put my hands in all honestly. Can you imagine L/F this behemoth?
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And blank keycaps at that! Absolutely nutty.
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