Mystery FocalPrice Cube

Mystery FocalPrice Cube - Updated

Today I received my order from FocalPrice.com, another website similar to DealExtreme, and to my surprise I did not receive totally what I had ordered. Yes, I'd ordered a 3x3 in the style of a Japanese Speedcube Kit but it did not look quite like this.

I ordered an almost professional looking kit hoping it would be somewhat similar to a JSK. Later on I found that the manufacturer was those who produced the Type D, I came to expect that I would receive a Black Type D.

When I opened the packaging I had a robot staring back at me, I couldn't remember ordering a robot, I pulled out the rest of the box and hey presto - a childrens' style JSK! It still had the little bottle of lubricant and the miniature screwdriver, the only thing was, it was surrounded by flowers and butterflies...


Now the brand seemed to be 'Kaiyue Toys', not YJ Toys like I had ordered. I unboxed the cube and gave it an initial turn, choppy and similar to an unlubed Type C. I then popped off all the centre-caps to firstly to see if I recognised the screws and secondly to actually adjust them. I also checked the core; that could also have hinted at what type it is.


All I can really say about the cube right is "I hate it, I think it might have been a waste of money", I actually said that. I havn't solved it enough for it to be broken in or get a full idea of what it is like. I've been playing with it for the whole time that this has been written, adjusting it, trying to break it in and generally get a feel for it. I think it has potential, or at least I hope so.

So does anyone have any idea what it could be? It has painted colours on the cube with a white core. The 'fitting' on the centre caps is similar to an original Type A with just a square of plastic to hold it in. I'd be happy to take a few more photos if that would be of any use.

If anyone is interested it came with a booklet, just like the official JSK, displaying the beginner's method to solving the cube and every algorithm you could want for CFOP. The trouble is I don't speak Chinese.

I'd say its a Diansheng no.222 clone clone bastardized with maybe a Type A and F. Take that and hook it up with some mixed babies of Type B and Type F cubies and you'll get the parents of your cube. Unfortunately these parents did not know what the word "fidelity" meant so they both had extramarital affairs with the Type C II and the New Type A III. All these kids then commit mass incest and you'll have your cube.

I think this may just be a DianSheng no.222 with a new centre cap. Cubes similar to this one do appear on the KaiYue website but none with the same packaging. I have found that mine is a called a KaiYue No.0874, the No.0872 is displayed on the website, but that has a simpler package design. I'm guessing that the code specifies both the cube and the box so I'm thinking that the cubes must be the same.

I am willing to do a review of the KaiYue No. 0874 Speed Cube Kit, it basically contains everything that the JSK does but at a much cheaper price.

You have to understand that there is a Shit ton of cube companies out there in China. We've got big companies like Guojia that produce the Type As and are constantly coming up with newer and better (questionable) designs. But we also have smaller companies that copy anything they can get their hands on. China is the land where nothing is original.

Take the Type F for example. I know at least 5 different clones of it. Sometimes there are clones of clones. Maybe there are even clones of clones of clones now. With that said, I have no idea what your cube is. But to be honest, it really doesn't matter. If you can get it turn into an amazing cube, please let us know. But otherwise, there are waaaay too many cubes out there.

But I really doubt that KaiYue Speedcubing Kit is even remotely close to the real JSK. Their only similarities I guess are that they both come with screwdrivers and that they both cubes.

hi,i am from romania and i think i have something simillair

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