Still GMK is made from abs material.
Born as abs, shine as abs.
cheap abs keycaps and gmk do shine at the almost same rate.
Some people gmk shine in 1 week. Some 1 month or more than that.

Keyboard bought 2nd hand 550RMB
Change top plate and switch plate 110RMB
Shipping fees for that keyboard RM70 (volumetric to east malaysia )
Keycaps RMB 700
RGB RM 130 

Damn near 900 

but god its pretty.

Lol. It's like saying I'd rather not spend money on a RM500 amp for a RM1.5k headset. The amp is important to the sound. The keycaps here is important to the overall feel of the keyboard. If you're buying just for looks then up to you.

I like the way you think. Ya sometimes have to know when to spend and on what. Like me when I was spending on rm1k+ branded jeans. End of the day my rm200+ jeans last as long as those expansive ones. Also serves the same function.

On KBD I guess its what you want out of it. For me, I game and don't really type much except on this forum therefor I got a Razer (Hope don't kena tembak for mentioning the "R" word  ), if looks is important then why not cheaper alternatives (got lots of guys walking around with fake watches in KL  ) but if you want the whole package (brand, feel, quality, etc) ya pay for it. Each for his own, I always say.

On Sentinal92's point I only have to say that when it comes to sound, don't be kedukut cause what you pay is what you hear (may not look great but the sound can give you orgasms).

The only thing I have to say is don't get fakes (not from the brand but labeled as such), get from a company/brand that makes compatible products. Supporting pirates will only stop innovation of newer better products.

is there a way to consistently get the shine on all the surface of the abs keycap? at least they will all look shiny all over.

Point noted. Would love a cheaper alternative with decent quality if any exists at all. Besides, I (in my humble opinion) don't think that the difference in quality between the replica keycaps and the original ones justifies the 5-6x times difference in price.

You need manually swap those keycaps to location of certain characters that always type by you.
For example, "a", "o", "e", "u", "i", "h", "t", "n", "s".
After long time of hard work, you may get whole keycaps shiny. 

shouldn't look that bad when all the keycaps look 'uniform'-ly shinny right? haha

By the way, did anyone else's typing speed drop a little when they first picked up a mech keyboard? I used to be able to type 85-95 wpm. But now I can only type 70-80wpm. I guess mech keyboards need some time to get used to huh?

yup, thats happening to most of us. After some time u will adopt the mechanical keyboard very soon.

Other than heavyarm, who else is selling mech keyboards in LYN or a local shop? I haven't look each pages of this thread yet so maybe someone already asked this question.

Of course will look very nice if full sets uniformly shiny. 

But, you know need really hardwork and dedicated motivation to make the keycaps reach such level.
Because, when typing, our fingers touch certain area of each keycaps. Normally we will touch on bottom area of keycaps rather than top.
So, bottom area shine faster. 

Picture for reference purpose:

Agreed. I'm all for buying original - but in my case the amp would cost more than the headphones.
Point noted. Would love a cheaper alternative with decent quality if any exists at all. Besides, I (in my humble opinion) don't think that the difference in quality between the replica keycaps and the original ones justifies the 5-6x times difference in price.

But then the joy of using quality products (keycaps included) is very satisfying. The touch, the feel, the whole experience. So if you can afford it then get the best. Better pain one time and use for a long time than get cheap and always have to change. But as I mention earlier, know when to spend and when not to.

look into ur pocket if buy this keycap.not everyone can afford buy that high end key.im only buy cheap mkb+cheap keycap.for me it big different from old one.dont want eat Maggi. .

If you want to get keycaps use for long time and will not shine, then get a pbt 1. Not pain also and affordable.
Brand like keycool cheap in price yet good quality. 
Can last long, resist shiny.
So, not that expensive keycaps only can last long, cheap 1 also can.

Just avoid those backlit abs keycaps, those not last long yet expensive.

Not everyone can afford those GMK and BSP keycaps set. Just get those you able to afford, and happy with it.

Damn near 900 

but god its pretty.

0168257061This is you right?

LOL they look like crap under the camera.