MoYu 15x15x15

[Rocky0701]

And you came to that decision based on?

13x13 has 866 pieces and costs $300
15x15 has 1178 so at the same price per piece it would cost $408.

I'm sticking with my estimate of $400.



I love how people continue to give MoYu advice on how to make more money. What percentage of people's mains are made by MoYu? By the end of the year it's likely that figure will increase when the cubic 7x7, mega and possibly a better 6x6 and a clock (that one is pure speculation on my part) come out. They are owned by a large toy company who presumably know how to make money.

You predict a flop?

Because they are probably putting much more time into designing it than the 13x13, and since it has to be hand assembled it will be harder to assemble than a 13x13. They also are the only company that is producing over an 11x11 so I believe that they can charge whatever they want for it. My guess is at least $450. This is only my opinion though and I could be wrong.

 

[~Adam~]

since it has to be hand assembled it will be harder to assemble than a 13x13.

It's still only likely to take a 1/3 more time to assemble based on the number of pieces.

I hope they don't charge much more than $400. I don't see why they would need to if they can sell the 13x13 for $300.

 

[AlexMaass]

I just thought about the poor chinese people assembling this.
Hope they get paid well

 

[mark49152]

It's still only likely to take a 1/3 more time to assemble based on the number of pieces.

I hope they don't charge much more than $400. I don't see why they would need to if they can sell the 13x13 for $300.

Price = cost + margin. Price doesn't necessarily go up when cost does; margins may shrink. My guess is they priced in a pretty big margin on the 13x13 already since it's an expensive, risky, low-volume product, in which case they wouldn't necessarily need to go to $400+ for the 15x15. Having tested the market they now know that there's a small hard core of collectors with enough money and appetite to buy the 15x15 when that becomes the biggest cube available, and they'll price it at whatever they think that market can stand. It would be very interesting to know how many 13x13s they have actually sold...

 

[~Adam~]

The only reason I haven't bought a 13x13 is because the 15x15 was announced before it's release. I wonder how many people made the same decision as me.

 

[CiaranBeahan]

I like looking at these things because the mechanism in them is so hard to construct.
But this costs just as much as a trip to a comp for me, so no thanks!

 

[AlGoreRhythm]

They should figure out how to make versions of their other cubes like they did with the GuanLong, like once they have the 15x15 done, they could start working on one that is minimalised into a much cheaper product. I dunno, just a thought.

 

[StanleyCuber]

Wow! That's massive. I can't even solve a 4x4.

 

[Lazy Einstein]

Yeah. I'll buy it eventually. Still have another $400 on my wishlist at thecubicle.us I want to get first.

 

[dannah]

the record is 17*17*17 i think that needs to be broken before 15*15*15 mass production, anyway what about 12*12*12 and 14*14*14

 

[dannah]

why are you going on about the price it will vary from $350-$500 though i prefer to work in pounds, if it comes out in one shop at $499.99 it could be $399.99 elsewhere moyu can charge whatever they like but how many different cubing shops are there

 

[~Adam~]

why are you going on about the price it will vary from $350-$500 though i prefer to work in pounds, if it comes out in one shop at $499.99 it could be $399.99 elsewhere moyu can charge whatever they like but how many different cubing shops are there

I challenge you to find a 13x13 for a price significantly different to $300 (let's say 10%). The only places I have seen it, it cost $299.99 or $300.

Edit - I found one for $299.

 

[Myachii]

the record is 17*17*17 i think that needs to be broken before 15*15*15 mass production, anyway what about 12*12*12 and 14*14*14

Lol good luck making a ball core for a 12x12 or 14x14.
This is why they've made odd layered bigger cubes first. Because even layered big cubes are extremely difficult compared to odd.

 

[joshsailscga]

14x14 ball core...96 of those little wings?

 

[Berd]

14x14 ball core...96 of those little wings?

Ie Hell on earth [emoji48]

 

[dannah]

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...y/401786_32241912862.html?_escaped_fragment_=, get one for $260. done, that is 12.5% cheaper

 

[dannah]

they have a shengshou 4*4*4 as low as $4 on amazon, but the moyu aosu does not go much lower than $19.99, so if there is a 5* price difference then maybe we will get a 15*15*15 for less than $100

 

[qqwref]

Pretty sure that's not how it works, dannah. Haha.

I have a feeling Moyu is setting prices - basically, telling companies that if they want to continue to sell their cubes they can't sell them for under a certain amount. That would explain why pretty much everyone has the 13x13x13 for $300. I don't know what the costs of making the puzzle are, or how much profit people are making, but I doubt most of that money goes into manufacturing and materials.

 

[newtonbase]

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...y/401786_32241912862.html?_escaped_fragment_=, get one for $260. done, that is 12.5% cheaper

Plus $38.82 shipping. Actual cost $298.82.

 

[dannah]

but maybe shengshou or wit eden or some other cube company will make a cheaper version