Light leakage from under keys on new 15" MBP

I just got a new 15" Macbook Pro, it's a stellar machine, just wondering about a few things.  Below a few of the keys the light seems to leak or bleed out a little more on some keys more than others when viewing or sitting at a ceratin angle.  Also below my J key I noticed a little pin hole size blue light that somebody pointed out is probably just a logic board light.  Are these things common to some extent on most MBP's?

Hi d,
The "light leakage" is not unusual - it's been on every MBP I've seen (if you look at it from the "right" angle). I'm sure there are better and worse keyboards due to manufacturing.

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