80Retros x HMX Monochrome

After spending a fair amount of time with the KTT x 80Retros GAME 1989 Orange, I figured it was about time to take a closer look at the HMX-side of the 80Retros catalogue. The 80Retros x HMX Monochrome have been with me for a while, ever since I picked them up back in Seoul. The switches stand out from the rest of the 80Retros lineup as they don’t ship in a film canister, and they have a fairly boring black and white colorway. The 80Retros x HMX collaboration comprises of a handful of linear switches, amongst others the KD200 (a Kodak-yellow homage), the FJ400 (a Fujifilm-green homage), the GAME 1989 Classic (a Game Boy DMG-grey homage with pink stems), the Joker (a green/white/purple character homage), and the Monochrome, which arrived as one of the later releases. While most other 80Retros switches ship in oversized film-canister packaging, which is probably half the reason people bought into the lineup in the first place, the Monochrome, however, break that pattern, as they come in…