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Glorious GMMK Pro

Retail Price

$169

Lowest Price

$199.99

The Glorious GMMK Pro is a keyboard that has great overall build, all-aluminum chassis and base plate, RGB backlighting, macro-programmable keys and a programmable rotary knob, and a fairly high profile.

Purchase Links

$169.99 at Amazon

Overview

  • Build
  • Limitations
  • Value
Build - Great over-all built, all-aluminum chassis and base plate, has RGB backlighting, macro-programmable keys and a programmable rotary knob, has fairly high profile

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Gaming Chassis Base Plate RGB Backlight Macro-Programmable Keys Programmable Rotary Knob Switches Responsiveness Latency Firmware Update
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RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Board Wrist Rest Key Wobble
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Limitations - GMMK Pro doesn’t come with keycaps or switches, doesn’t come with wrist rest. Alphanumerical keys, spacebar, Tab, Caps Lock, | \ key, and right Shift key, and enter key wobbles.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Limitations Keycaps Switches Customizability
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Value - GMMK Pro is a barebones keyboard kit with a premium price, has a lot of high-end features but awful stabilizer, fantastic value proportion for any enthusiast, great recommendation without spending too much money

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Value Features Price Stabilizers
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Value Recommendation Price
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Tags

  • Build
  • Limitations
  • Value

Sources

  • RTINGS.com
  • Tom’sHARDWARE
  • YouTube

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Gaming Chassis Base Plate RGB Backlight Macro-Programmable Keys Programmable Rotary Knob Switches Responsiveness Latency Firmware Update
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Board Wrist Rest Key Wobble
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Limitations Keycaps Switches Customizability
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Value Features Price Stabilizers
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Value Recommendation Price
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In-Use

  • In-Use
  • Sound
  • Gaskets
In-Use - User had a good typing experience with GMMK Pro.

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
In-Use
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Sound - GMMK Pro sounds okay, simultaneously muted and a bit hollow, overall sound signature is on the deeper end, resonant with foam installed, becomes a lot loose with foam removed.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Sound Sound Signature Resonance Foam
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Sound Foam Resonance
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Sound Typing Stiffness
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Gaskets - Gaskets are not thick or soft, doesn’t have a chance of flex.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Gaskets Feel Flex
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Tags

  • In-Use
  • Sound
  • Gaskets

Sources

  • Tom’sHARDWARE
  • Material Journal
  • YouTube

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
In-Use
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Sound Sound Signature Resonance Foam
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Sound Foam Resonance
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Sound Typing Stiffness
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Gaskets Feel Flex
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Build/Design

  • LED Lighting
  • Inclusions
  • Stabilizers
  • Color
  • Plates
  • Dimensions
  • Build
  • Layout
  • Switch Compatibility
  • Support
  • Connectivity
  • Issues
LED Lighting - Has RGB Back lighting with individual lit keys. Adjustable brightness and customizable.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
LED Lighting Keys Brightness Customizability
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
LED Lighting Keys Brightness Customizability
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Inclusions - Keycap puller, switch puller, a braided USB-C to USB-A cable, some stickers, and extra gasket strips are included in the box.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Inclusions Accessories
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Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Inclusions Accessories
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Stabilizers - G.O.A.T. stabilizer is glorious but do not live up to their name, rattling, pre-lubed with G-lube, mediocre, fully functional and without issues, non-GOAT may not fit well.

T-EXP 2

03/24/2021
Stabilizers Functionality
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T-EXP 2

03/24/2021
Stabilizers Fit
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers Design Material
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Stabilizers
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Stabilizers
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Color - Comes in white ice which is more like a silver and black slate.

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Color
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Plates - Punched rather than CNC machined, tough, have folded over areas that give the plate some depth, polycarbonate plate is injection molded and has additional ligament tabs, has 3 plates you can choose from, have 2 screws for plastic bits that lines up the PCB to the plate.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Plates Design Build
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Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Plates Variants
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Plates Issues
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Dimensions - 20mm tall in front, 34mm tall in back, 332mm wide, 1.25mm thick, 136mm deep. Typing angle is 6 deg. Weighs 3 lbs or 9.5 oz when fully assembled, decent weight for 65-75% keyboard.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Dimensions Weight
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Build - 75% compact board with spaced dedicated navigation keys, has RGB backlighting with individual to any key, has 83 keys, customizable, well-built, made of a full aluminum chassis and base plate, has four circular rubber feet on the underside, comes mostly assembled for a kit, has 2 acylic diffusers, recessed hole in the middle, has nicely finished “Glorious” engraved in center, hotswappable, gasket mount gives flex to typing experience, gaskets are tightly compressed.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Features Keys Backlight Macros Wrist Rest Availability
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T-EXP

03/24/2021
Build Gaskets Typing Functionality Feel
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RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Material Chassis Base Plate Feel Rubber Grip Weight
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RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Setup
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Build Switch Cutouts Switches Walls Feel
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Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Build Material Rotary Knob Features
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Build Price Hot-Swappable Gasket-Mounted Knob Sound Dampening
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Build Gasket Flex Typing Assembly Setup Warranty Packaging
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Layout - 75% implementation is as nice as the layout gets, more compact than others, gasket-mount design, finish on case is clean, smooth, no blemishes.

BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Layout Compact Gasket-Mount Design Case Finish
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Layout Design Keys
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Layout Typing Keys
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Layout Mounting Style Sound Profile Flex
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Switch Compatibility - Have five pin switch compatibility, can use 3 or 5-pin switches, switches utilize POM stem, poly-carbonate upper, and nylon lower.

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Switch Compatibility
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Switch Compatibility
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Support - Compatible with QMK. No official VIA support yet.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support Programmability
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support
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Connectivity - Cable connection is USB-C

BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Connectivity
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Connectivity
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Issues - User has to update the firmware because keyboard wasn’t working completely properly. Has a lot of QC issues to fix.

CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Issues Firmware Update Quality Control
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CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Issues Quality Control Firmware Update
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Tags

  • LED Lighting
  • Inclusions
  • Stabilizers
  • Color
  • Plates
  • Dimensions
  • Build
  • Layout
  • Switch Compatibility
  • Support
  • Connectivity
  • Issues

Sources

  • RTINGS.com
  • YouTube
  • Material Journal
  • Reddit
  • Tom’sHARDWARE

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
LED Lighting Keys Brightness Customizability
Source

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
LED Lighting Keys Brightness Customizability
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Inclusions Accessories
Source

Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Inclusions Accessories
Source

T-EXP 2

03/24/2021
Stabilizers Functionality
Source

T-EXP 2

03/24/2021
Stabilizers Fit
Source

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers
Source

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Stabilizers Design Material
Source

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Stabilizers
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Stabilizers
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Color
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Plates Design Build
Source

Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Plates Variants
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Plates Issues
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Dimensions Weight
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Features Keys Backlight Macros Wrist Rest Availability
Source

T-EXP

03/24/2021
Build Gaskets Typing Functionality Feel
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Material Chassis Base Plate Feel Rubber Grip Weight
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Build Setup
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Build Switch Cutouts Switches Walls Feel
Source

Hamaji Neo

03/30/2021
Build Material Rotary Knob Features
Source

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Build Price Hot-Swappable Gasket-Mounted Knob Sound Dampening
Source

BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Build Gasket Flex Typing Assembly Setup Warranty Packaging
Source

BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Layout Compact Gasket-Mount Design Case Finish
Source

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Layout Design Keys
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Layout Typing Keys
Source

Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Layout Mounting Style Sound Profile Flex
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Switch Compatibility
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Tom'sHARDWARE - Myles Goldman

09/25/2021
Switch Compatibility
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support Programmability
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Support
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Connectivity
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Connectivity
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CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Issues Firmware Update Quality Control
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CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Issues Quality Control Firmware Update
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See All Sources

Comparison/Competition

  • Q1 vs GMMK Pro
  • GMMK vs GMMK Pro
  • GMMK Pro vs Apex Pro
  • Anne Pro 2 vs GMMK Pro
  • Other Options
  • Positive
  • Negative
Q1 vs GMMK Pro - GMMK Pro doesn’t come with switches or keycaps, keyboard functions better. Q1 is fully assembled hotswappable board, worth considering and around the same price or $20 cheaper with switches and caps. Both have RGB backlighting. Neither feels like a true, gasket-mounted keyboard.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Inclusions Hot-Swappable Rotary Knob RGB Backlighting Wrist Rest
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Customizability Price Alternatives Stabilizers
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CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Simplicity Knob Plate Varieties Features
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GMMK vs GMMK Pro - Both are wired, compatible with easy to use customization software. GMM is full-size prebuilt board, comes with Gateron Brown switches. GMMK Pro is 75% barebones board, doesn’t have switches or keycaps, has programmable rotary knob.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
GMMK vs GMMK Pro Comparison Build Features Feel Switches Keycaps Rotary Knob Compatibility Customizability Ease of Use Key Remapping Macros Backlight Adjustment
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GMMK Pro vs Apex Pro - Both are gaming keyboards. Apex Pro is full size and prebuilt board and comes with proprietary OmniPoint linear switches. GMMK Pro is 75% compact barebones board, doesn’t come with switches or keycaps.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
GMMK Pro vs Apex Pro Comparison Switches Keycaps
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Anne Pro 2 vs GMMK Pro - Anne Pro 2 is prebuilt, 60^ compact with no dedicated function row or arrow keys, has low latency, has a lot of varieties. GMMK Pro is barebones suitable for various functions, doesn’t come with switches or keycaps, has programmable rotary knob, media hotkeys, and Windows key lock.

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Anne Pro 2 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Purpose Features Keys Latency Switches Keycaps Rotary Knob Media Hotkeys Windows Key Lock
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Other Options - Injection-molded plastic options are KBDfans KBD67 Lite, Wugue Studio Ikki68, TKC Portico, RAMA KARA, Bakeneko60, and KBD75 series.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Other Options
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Material Journal

06/11/2021
Other Options
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Other Options
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Sources

Tags

  • Q1 vs GMMK Pro
  • GMMK vs GMMK Pro
  • GMMK Pro vs Apex Pro
  • Anne Pro 2 vs GMMK Pro
  • Other Options

Sources

  • RTINGS.com
  • Material Journal
  • Reddit
  • YouTube

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Inclusions Hot-Swappable Rotary Knob RGB Backlighting Wrist Rest
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Customizability Price Alternatives Stabilizers
Source

CheeseManFuu

10/31/2021
Q1 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Simplicity Knob Plate Varieties Features
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
GMMK vs GMMK Pro Comparison Build Features Feel Switches Keycaps Rotary Knob Compatibility Customizability Ease of Use Key Remapping Macros Backlight Adjustment
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
GMMK Pro vs Apex Pro Comparison Switches Keycaps
Source

RTINGS.com - Kelsey Linhares, Kassandra Alarie, and John Peroramas

06/03/2021
Anne Pro 2 vs GMMK Pro Comparison Purpose Features Keys Latency Switches Keycaps Rotary Knob Media Hotkeys Windows Key Lock
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Other Options
Source

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Other Options
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Other Options
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See All Sources

Pricing/Availability

  • Release
  • Value
  • Positive
  • Negative
Release - Most controversial during its release on mid-2021.

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Release
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Value - Has a lot to give for its price, a package that is just $169.88, hard to see that it is a compelling value.

Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Value Price
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Value Price Features Design Build
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Sources

Tags

  • Release
  • Value

Sources

  • Material Journal
  • YouTube

Material Journal

06/11/2021
Release
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Taeha Types

03/23/2021
Value Price
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BadSeed Tech

03/23/2021
Value Price Features Design Build
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