New V-Cube 7s!

[Gurplex]

i want a pink v7.

Me too!! ♥

 

[Radu]

What V-Cubes realises is that they have 3 types of customers:
1) Collectors
2) Regular customers in (web)stores
3) Speedcubers

These puzzles are meant almost exclusively for group 1 for now.
Group 2 might be interested because these puzzles look complicated but are "prettier".
Group 3 is annoyed because they want Black cubes, retooled models that turn better and speedcubable V2...V11's

Well I am a collector as you know, but I am not tempted to buy these variations. The "ILLusion" is hardly exclusive as you could make one yourself. It will be exclusive if it would have special packing

The "Dazzler" is a collectible as puzzle, you can swap center/corners there is a parity issue which can easily resolved by switching corners. But than again it is not challenging to make the 7x7 harder. I would love to see a Vcube 7 supercube......or a Glode/earth V 7x7

For collectors exclusive packing will make it possible to store it in mint condition. Now I assume there is no special packing...I hope I am wrong

I'm happy to see that Ton has a similar point of view as mine. And as he said a special packaging would be something different. Probably Georges Helm thinks the same thing.

 

[panyan]

how about a completely transparent v7 and the pieces are made of translucent coloured plastic, that would be awesome!

 

[fanwuq]

Is this just supply control as to increase demand?

That makes no sense at all.
I'll just say that every company tries out new ideas, not all the ideas are successes.

 

[jdouglasusn]

i want a pink v7.

Buy the stickers for it. They make em. lol

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Okay, I finally got a response from the company about the ILLusion:

Do the other 3 sides of the V-Cube 7 Illusion have inverted checker patterns? Otherwise, it doesn't appear that it can be scrambled. So can you tell me why it's so special then?

That is the whole idea of the “ILLusion” name. It can be scrambled.

They sure aren't big on details. I replied back & asked them HOW it can be scrambled. Hopefully they'll tell me.
But that comfirms what masterofthebass said about what Konstantinos said:

I was informed by Konstantinos that he illusion can actually be scrambled...

 

[cpt.Justice]

Maybe this is all a scheme to increase "V-cube awareness"
That would explain why they won't ship anything until December.

 

[daniel0731ex]

sorry to be harsh, but it think these 2 cubes are totally pointless, even though they could be scrambled.

i's rather buy 100 mini dienshangs with those money

 

[gpt_kibutz]

how about a completely transparent v7 and the pieces are made of translucent coloured plastic, that would be awesome!

yeah! what about a v-cube that flies or makes your dinner?
:fp

 

[Stefan]

They sure aren't big on details. I replied back & asked them HOW it can be scrambled.

Looks like they're trying real hard not to sell any of these.

 

[Hadley4000]

I must say, after seeing how amazing some of the stuff Verdes has put out has been, I am rather disappointed by these. I was hoping that the "New" stuff would have involved new sizes or already modded 6x6x6s.

 

[ErikJ]

It seriously doesn't look like verdes is even trying.
I think they should make super cubes.

 

[JLarsen]

Is this just supply control as to increase demand?

That makes no sense at all.
I'll just say that every company tries out new ideas, not all the ideas are successes.

How does it not make sense? They are not selling black cubes, and for what reason? They're selling cubes with black plastic, so why not black cubes? I was merely suggesting that they were not selling black cubes for a period of time, as to make others want them more. Also, it was just a thought. I'm sure there are plenty of other explanations as to why they're not selling black cubes.

 

[Stefan]

They're selling cubes with black plastic, so why not black cubes?

Well... from yesterday's newsletter:

Return of The V-CUBE™ “BLACK” Collection
Due to popular demand, the V-CUBE™ “BLACK” Collection will be available for purchase again, in early November 2009.

And note that November comes before December, i.e., black cubes before Dazzler/ILLusion.

 

[Edmund]

It seriously doesn't look like verdes is even trying.
I think they should make super cubes.

Super V-Cubes would be pretty crazy, but awesome.

If i could have them put out something though I would probably chose the V's 2-4.

 

[Cheese_Board]

The main reason V-Cubes is doing this is because of knock-offs. There is no reason for V-Cubes to come out with a completely new cube if knock-off companies will simply copy it immediately, so don't complain about V-Cubes if you bought a knock-off from one of the copy companies. Basically, you are helping the copy companies, and discouraging V-Cubes from producing anything new. I also recommend you read this post on the twistypuzzle forum to get a better idea of why V-Cubes is doing this.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

I no longer see any super cube stickers at cubesmith.com (designed by Stefan Pochmann, if I remember correctly). My idea for super cube stickers is to have regular stickers, but the letter "V" on every sticker instead of on just 1 sticker.

 

[Stefan]

The main reason V-Cubes is doing this is because of knock-offs.

How do you know?

 

[Cheese_Board]

The main reason V-Cubes is doing this is because of knock-offs.

How do you know?

Did you read the rest of my post? I put a link in there for a reason.

 

[Tim Major]

I actually really believe the ILLusion is unscrambleable. I think the following sentences are clues:

Cubers who enjoy a little less intensified challenge will enjoy this cube and help build up cubing skills.

You can enjoy the challenge of solving this bi-colored cube yourself, and you can also give one to your friends, family and co-workers as a pleasant home or office décor that they will be able to use and brag about!

I think it's playing on the idea that a typical checkerboard pattern on a normal cube is known to be easy to solve, so anyone can do it. But then you pick this one up and find you can't solve it. It's meant to be entirely a conversation piece.

Like Stefan, I hope I'm wrong, but it is what I currently think.

A way to get a black v-7 and a white v-7
Buy 2, take them apart and make them only black, or only white. Then sticker them