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landroll313 t1_jeagw42 wrote

Reply to comment by DeadliestArmadillo in After 84 years by sevenfawm

Same 1st gb I joined and that's the last ill ever join, 2½ year wait for plastic where I have a whole kb received in half the amount of time. Just the image of getting defective keys or missing/duplicate keys will just show you clones are superior at a fraction of the cost and the best part less wait time and you can invest the money saved to something else.

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sevenfawm OP t1_jeahoth wrote

Yea I agree that's the last ill ever join for sure. I knew I'd be waiting but that long is crazy.

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landroll313 t1_jeakegy wrote

I think of it like this, injection molded plastic which can be produced at a pretty fast pace vs machining blocks of aluminum or cast aluminum which sounds more labor and time consuming. Gmk isn't even that good compared to some of the clones out there, for example the gmk mecha-01 vs a clone the clone has a more accurate color in terms of the darker purple and a more neon looking green. Ppl always say support the artist but the artist didn't do anything literally pick 3 colors with a theme usually inspired by some form of media and make novelties by simplifying a already known symbol/emblem by all means not every set is a copy of something there are original ideas.

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sevenfawm OP t1_jeakzru wrote

I agree on the mech01 clones they are much better. I like supporting artists but yeah if it's the same boring thing then it's better to get a clone

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DeadliestArmadillo t1_jeal8xi wrote

Clones can be had at 20% of the cost and often delivered within a month. Some of the kits I've seen have generous layout coverage too.

I've joined a couple of Domikey GBs and not been disappointed. There's always extras too.

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