SwayM posted...
in what ungodly world do they need to be $600? I see absolutely no reason they would be that expensive
Because they're loaded with almost every feature possible and made by a smaller company that can't mass produce them in a way that would reduce the costs a bit. Just the nature of niche products.
Normal mechanical keyboards are already pretty expensive, and they use generic parts from the regular rectangular frames, PCBs, to mass produced keycaps. These ones have custom designed everything including the keycaps, to fit the unique shape.