Of course, it didn't look to be nearly as sturdy as my '87 Model M, and it obviously didn't have the nice clicky keys with good tactile like mine has.
I wonder, a hybrid of the two would be cool. tiny, stripped down keyboard, with the clicky keys and the battletank-like construction, and of course the detachable cord. Maybe just make it USB, with a USB-B socket on the keyboard? Maybe have USB-A sockets on the side in that case to plug other stuff in?
On a side note, I'm considering opening up my Fellowes MicroTrac mouse and replacing the (failing) little internal buttons inside with something a bit more durable, these things keep failing on me... might try to find some suitable guts from something else to make it optical, while I'm at it...