GMK Ishtar R2

This is the round 2 of GMK Ishtar

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Sales

• format: gb + pre-order
• period: April 17, 2026 - May 10, 2026 (group buy window; closed) — Mekibo, Prototypist and Oblotzky now sell the same set as pre-order with no new close date published
• Expected Shipping time: Q4 2026

Pricing

Lead vendor — gb: Mekibo ($125); pre-order: Oblotzky on base/alphas/novelties (ex-VAT, EUR→USD @ 1 EUR = 1.153683 USD, 2026-08-05), Prototypist on spacebars ($21.30) and deskmat ($26.91) (GBP→USD @ 1 GBP = 1.345486 USD, 2026-08-05) — Oblotzky and Mekibo don't sell a deskmat, and Prototypist edges Oblotzky on spacebars; in-stock: unattributed — hand-recorded post-GB "extras" pricing carried forward from the previous result.md, no vendor or date sourced this run.

• gb and pre-order are led by different vendors (Mekibo vs. Oblotzky), so per-kit deltas across the two columns mix a vendor change with a price change — e.g. novelties looks flat/lower column-to-column only because the cheaper vendor changed. Compare each vendor's own gb→pre-order move in Vendors below instead: Mekibo's own listing shows a clean +20% rise (base $125 → $150, alphas $60 → $75, novelties $38 → $45, spacebars $20 → $25).
• Oblotzky's pre-order price is VAT-inclusive at checkout (€139.00/€62.00/€39.00/€22.00 gross); the ex-19%-VAT figures above and in Vendors are what's comparable to the other vendors' list prices.
• Only Oblotzky's base kit actually rose. Its recorded GB figures were already ex-VAT, and its ex-VAT alphas (€52.10), novelties (€32.77) and spacebars (€18.49) are unchanged from the GB phase — only base moved, €108.40 → €116.81 ex-VAT (+7.8%). Do not read the gross €139.00 against the ex-VAT €108.40 as a 28% rise; that compares gross to net.
• Mekibo's listing is titled GMK CYL Ishtar R2 (Pre-Order) and priced at the pre-order level, but still carries its original Active GB/Group Buy tags — the title (and the 20% price rise off its own $125 GB price) overrides the stale tags here.

Vendors:

• US - Mekibo
  • gb: 125, 60, 38, 20 USD
  • pre-order: 150, 75, 45, 25 USD
  • Deskmat
• Canada - minokeys
• UK - prototypist
  • gb: 95.83, 45.83, 29.17, 15, 19.17 GBP
  • pre-order: 100.83, 48.33, 30.83, 15.83, 20.00 GBP
• EU - oblotzky
  • gb: 108.40, 52.10, 32.77, 18.49 EUR
  • pre-order: base €116.81 ex-VAT (€139.00 incl. 19% VAT), alphas €52.10 ex-VAT (€62.00), novelties €32.77 ex-VAT (€39.00), spacebars €18.49 ex-VAT (€22.00)
• Asia - geonworks
  • gb: 125, 60, 38, 20, 25 USD
• CN - kbdfans
  • gb: 130, 69, 45, 25, 25 USD
• SEA - ilumkb
  • gb: 175, 85, 53, 29, 34 SGD
• OCE - keebszncables

GMK Ishtar, a concept based on everyone's favorite goddess Ishtar from Fate/GO. Ishtar is the goddess of beauty, good harvests, war, lust, discord, fertility and Venus in Mesopotamian Mythology/Sumerian Mythology/Babylonian Mythology, and one among the many mother goddesses whose power is derived from the Earth Mother. Said to be the most pampered, or rather, the most beloved goddess by the other deities.

An International Kit will be available direct from GMK once production of the set has completed, on GMK's own store.

Keycap Specifications:

• Material: 1.5mm thick double-shot ABS plastic
• Profile: Cherry profile (1-1-2-3-4-4)
• Production Method: Double-shot, uv-print (LED ones)
• Manufacturer: GMK, made in Germany by GMK electronic design GmbH
• Compatibility: Cherry MX switches and MX-style clones
• Keycaps set designer: Bachoo

Deskmat Specifications:

• 900 x 400 x 4mm
• Black Stitching

Price history

• GB-phase rows have no scraped date (no product.*.json existed for that phase; those prices came from the prior hand-curated result.md). first seen uses the recorded GB open date, April 17, 2026, as the best available proxy — not an actual scrape timestamp.
• Minokeys and Keebz N Cables have no recorded prices at any point (named vendors only, no URL/pricing ever sourced), so they have no ledger rows.