Knock Off Puzzles

[Ton]

I bet everyone here on the forum has at least a few "China made" Speedcubes. And prefer them over regular Rubik's brand products.

It's been discussed. The patent on the original Rubik's mechanism has expired. The patent on the V-Cube mechanism is still in effect.

True , and I repeat, the Rubik's cube is protected by copyrights.....Just like an art object or a logo. And I repeat it is not allowed to import clone cubes in most countries....

 

[robosariobo777]

also, the super floppy has edges that can turn

 

[Senkoy]

Are the mirror blocks on ebay knock offs? This one for example.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Silver-Mirror-B...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c13bf162e

It's usually cheap...

 

[TomZ]

No, the one you linked to is not genuine. It's way too cheap for it to be the real deal.

The best way to find a genuine one is by looking for the band "Megahouse" and the word "original". Any Mirror Block that does not have black plastic and silver or golden stickers is fake.

 

[Johnny]

If a company designs a puzzle that turns horribly or is useless for speedsolves, they deserve to get knocked off. Just my opinion.

 

[Ollie]

If a company designs a puzzle that turns horribly or is useless for speedsolves, they deserve to get knocked off. Just my opinion.

1. You design a completely new puzzle that doesn't turn very well
2. Company X reproduces the puzzle with a slightly different mechanism, based off your design, that turns brilliantly

You surely don't believe that you deserve to be knocked off for not getting it perfectly right the first time? Even if the puzzle isn't new, the mechanism might be, and the rival company who steals it and adjusts it slightly gets all the sales/credit?

 

[Johnny]

I would actually believe that. If you produced a product that people didn't like, you have failed and you deserve the full consequences of that failure. Puzzle makers who fail should not be rewarded, they should be punished.

Plus, look at it this way- Cubers need good puzzles. If an original design sucks, sometimes knockoffs are the only viable option. You cannot expect cubers to use terrible cubes when far better alternatives exist.

 

[Johnny]

Yes. Plus the company is so unethical that the thought of buying something from them makes me shudder. I'd much rather but a knockoff from a consumer-centric company than buy an original product from a company as arrogant as V cube.

 

[Randomno]

Shengshou cubes are good and very cheap...

So yeah...

Go knockoffs!