Roland recently announced the GO:KEYS 3 Minion, a Minions-themed variant of the company’s GO:KEYS 3 portable keyboard.
GO:KEYS 3 Minion will feature a Minions yellow look, along with playable Minions voices:
It’s based on the same Roland ZEN-Core sound engine as their high-end keyboards – but with more Minions.
Pricing and Availability:
GO:KEYS 3 Minion will be available in September 2026 for $449.99 USD.
Look, its a 12-toed cousin to the Mellotron! 😛
WTF are you doing Roland? ?
Roland is all about mass market marketing. Now they start with 3rd party licensing.
They have their cheap goods and they have their luxury tier (tr1000), they offer hardware and they offer software – low cost apparel as well as high value status symbols.
They have Fancy TR-909 T-shirts at the moment!
Yamaha make bulldozers, cargo ships, and motorcycles. Diversification.
it will pair nicely with the Korg Delux Mini-Smurf 7.
This is a symptom of the collapse of the Japanese economy. It’s called minionization.
These are Zen Core synths, positioned as inexpensive home keyboards.
This is going to lead to a ton of inexpensive synths hitting the used market in a couple of years.
Does anybody have insight into how capable the GO:KEYS 3 line is?
Is this a joke?
At the price, the target market for this is questionable. Get i down around $99 and I’ll get one for the grandkids.