New V-Cube 7s!

[Me Myself & Pi]

Okay guys, I adjusted the V-Cube 7 in CubeTwister, mixed it up, & had a crack at a solve. It's true, all you have to do is solve one side & the rest will fall into place. But I found that it was very confusing getting all of the pieces straight! So this can be a fun challenge for the first few solves, but I'm sure one can get used to that challenge & be able to solve it easily.

I also found that you can undo the checker pattern you get a white side & a black one:

With the ILLusion as it is, you only need to solve one center, & 4 edges. But one of my subscribers pointed that you can simply paint of the corners to finish off the inverted checker pattern. But it really doesn't add much of a challenge. & the paint would have to be the right shade of black.

If anyone would like to try out the simulated ILLusion, follow these steps:
1) Download the program, CubeTwister, here.
2) Download the ILLusion file I've made here.
3) Open CubeTwister, & then Illusion.xml in the .zip folder.
4) Go to Cubes (25) > V-Cube 7 White

I would actually like to own the puzzle. But the $60+ dissuades me...

 

[daniel0731ex]

i think they'd have a major problem if they create new molds with split corners. i mean, there is a long, thin "neck" on the corners remember??? the piece could break easily (maybe not, but they're not asa strong as they could be kicked by tony fisher)

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Well you wouldn't have to divide the corner stalk, just the cubie. So they could mold on 1/3rd of the cubie with the stalk attached, then glue the other two 1/3rd's to that.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Well you wouldn't have to divide the corner stalk, just the cubie. So they could mold on 1/3rd of the cubie with the stalk attached, then glue the other two 1/3rd's to that.

then it will cause the cubie to break off easily, just like the gigaminx.

 

[esquimalt1]

Divide the corner piece itself, including the corner stalk. And glue the 3 parts together with a very strong glue.

 

[Inf3rn0]

Finally knowing what the ILLusions's deal is, is great.

I think i may buy one.

 

[PEZenfuego]

I'm not going to buy one. I just solved it from Pi's file and it wasn't even close to being a challenge.

 

[LNZ]

To solve the Illusion, you just have to solve one side. The other five sides will solve themselves. Not worth the money.

 

[James Ludlow]

ILLusion - "Inverted Last Layer"usion. Maybe?

 

[daniel0731ex]

Well you wouldn't have to divide the corner stalk, just the cubie. So they could mold on 1/3rd of the cubie with the stalk attached, then glue the other two 1/3rd's to that.

then it will cause the cubie to break off easily, just like the gigaminx.

i just got an idea. you don't need to mold excatly 1/3 of them, instead you ccould just cut them into little pieces similar to a cap. but leave some surfaces so that you could glue them on there. thus the connection between the stalk and the cubie becomes a lot stronger



like so:

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

This may not be worth it to bump this old thread, but I just noticed today that they put a different picture of the V-Cube Illusion up:

Old:

New:

Strange...

Oh, & they moved the white V-Cube Collection to the first page.