PFU To Take Lottery Orders For 330,000-Yen HHKB Professional Elite
PFU is testing how far the HHKB name reaches: a 330,000-yen machined-aluminum board capped at 300 units, sold first by lottery, turns an anniversary into a collector allocation rather than a broad product launch.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
PFU will release the HHKB Professional Elite, a made-to-order model limited to 300 units, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Happy Hacking Keyboard series. The price is 330,000 yen. The chassis is machined and polished from a single block of aluminum, with Type-S silent electrostatic capacitive switches and a newly designed mounting structure. Lottery applications for advance order rights run October 22 to 28, with general sales from December 7 at the PFU Direct main store.
The Elite is built on the HHKB Professional HG and keeps the series' electrostatic capacitive non-contact switches, in the Type-S silent version. The mounting structure is new, and PFU says the aluminum block's rigidity raises stability during key input.
Only the English layout is offered, and the connection is wired. Buyers pick Ink, White, or Snow, each with or without keytop legends. The bottom carries a laser-engraved logo and a per-unit limited number, and newly designed legs give four tilt angles from two part types and two mounting directions.
Advance shipments are scheduled to begin around March 2027. General orders ship roughly four to five months after ordering, and the final order deadline is June 30. A hands-on display is planned at HHKB User Meetup Vol.10 on December 1.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) お値段33万円の特別モデル「HHKB Professional Elite」発売決定！一塊のアルミから削り出し