a new chinese 7x7 with VCUBE quality

[daniel0731ex]

i recently found a review on the mf8 forum about a new 7x7 knockoff. here's the link: http://bbs.mf8.com.cn/viewthread.php?tid=43268&extra=page=1
this cube is manufactered by LanLan, but the actual retail company is still unknown.

(this is actually the same as the knockoff Dazzler and Fake ILLusion i posted here recently)


according to the review, this 7x7 has a very high quality that could compete with the v-cubes. in addition to the impressive quality, they made several improvements on the mechanisms such as anti-pop design, adjustable screws, and corner caps.


pros:
V-CUBE-like quality
Very cheap
adjustable screws
Corner caps
easy-to-open-and-fits/stays-on-nicely center caps
high quality plastic
anti-pop design
wide chioce of color (white, panda, colored plastic with black corner&center, colored plastic with white corner&center)

Cons:
no black cubes
right-out-of-box doesn't cut corners as good as broken-in vcubes


UPDATE:

 

[Muesli]

Regardless of it's quality, it's still a KO.

 

[iSpinz]

Where to buy?

 

[daniel0731ex]

not released yet.

 

[ElderKingpin]

just buy v-cube cubes, they are of excellent quality, and i saw on their site they are making bigger cubes and will make 3X3X3 cubes

 

[Speedy McFastfast]

They're making bigger cubes now? Any idea when they'll be out? And I doubt V Cubes 3x3 would be able to compete with the DIYs we have now...

 

[OregonTrail]

They're making bigger cubes now? Any idea when they'll be out? And I doubt V Cubes 3x3 would be able to compete with the DIYs we have now...

If they have such great cubies on a 7x7 imagine what they would do at the 3x3 scale. It's possible that it could be the greatest cube of all time.

 

[Cyrus C.]

They're making bigger cubes now? Any idea when they'll be out? And I doubt V Cubes 3x3 would be able to compete with the DIYs we have now...

There are a couple threads on this.

 

[mr.onehanded]

I'll probably get these becuase I'm going to boycott v-cube becuase they refused to send me a center for a 7x7x7, which is pretty ridiculous considering the price and that I'm fine with paying more than what is necessary for the part and shipping. There is no reason for me to pay three times as much for a product when the company isn't even going to send me one plastic part that broke because of (in my opinion) poor design. Basically what I'm saying is buy three knock offs, then you'll have ample spare parts if it breaks, and won't have to deal with v-cube.

 

[Cheese_Board]

I just have one question. Why do you keep advertising KOs?

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Yeah, Daniel. It's generating the wrong kind of interest. Please stop!

 

[joey]

We need to be aware of the KOs.

OMG Speedy Mcfastfast just posted, made my day.

 

[Ashmnafa]

I will never buy KO V-cubes for two reasons.

1. Its a KO.

2. I almost lost a piece in MichaelP's KO 6x6.

 

[ElderKingpin]

so until then. pester v-cube to speed up the making of additional v-cubes (specifically the 3x3x3 for me though)

 

[aronpm]

Yeah, Daniel. It's generating the wrong kind of interest. Please stop!

Sorry, but he created this thread as a way to show that another company is producing a 7x7x7. I do not believe his intention was to say, "These are better than V-cubes, buy these instead." It's merely a comparison intended to show people what choices they have. They can get a cheaper, Chinese-made 7x7x7, or they can buy a more expensive, Greek-made 7x7x7.

What you want to do is stop him (and by extension others) from learning about and openly discussing alternatives. Your morals are not important when it comes to purchases made by other people. It's not right to censor something that you think is wrong, because a few people might be interested in it. If you want a community that censors knockoffs, you have Twistypuzzles.

I do not want to start a discussion about whether knockoffs are 'right' or 'wrong'. I do, however, think you should stop complaining whenever knockoffs are mentioned.

and i saw on their site they are making bigger cubes and will make 3X3X3 cubes

They've been saying that for a long time. As far as I know, they are not producing those cubes, and they aren't selling them online.

 

[daniel0731ex]

I just have one question. Why do you keep advertising KOs?

alright then, i'll stop advertising for KOs, but i'd still post neutral information about them.


it's not right to shut-out information from people just because it is about unethical things, as you cannot deny its existence. there is no reason to make people ignorant of what is happening. you cannot stop people from knowing what is going on in the other side of the world, nor could you stop me from revealing the truth.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Yeah, Daniel. It's generating the wrong kind of interest. Please stop!

Sorry, but he created this thread as a way to show that another company is producing a 7x7x7. I do not believe his intention was to say, "These are better than V-cubes, buy these instead." It's merely a comparison intended to show people what choices they have. They can get a cheaper, Chinese-made 7x7x7, or they can buy a more expensive, Greek-made 7x7x7.

What you want to do is stop him (and by extension others) from learning about and openly discussing alternatives. Your morals are not important when it comes to purchases made by other people. It's not right to censor something that you think is wrong, because a few people might be interested in it. If you want a community that censors knockoffs, you have Twistypuzzles.

I do not want to start a discussion about whether knockoffs are 'right' or 'wrong'. I do, however, think you should stop complaining whenever knockoffs are mentioned.

and i saw on their site they are making bigger cubes and will make 3X3X3 cubes

They've been saying that for a long time. As far as I know, they are not producing those cubes, and they aren't selling them online.

haha, you ninja'd me. but you did express my point better though

 

[panyan]

Yeah, Daniel. It's generating the wrong kind of interest. Please stop!

but is also exposing us to what KO's look like and where KO's are sold and so educate us in avoiding them

 

[Siraj A.]

OMG Speedy Mcfastfast just posted, made my day.

OMG!

 

[PatrickJameson]

just buy v-cube cubes, they are of excellent quality, and i saw on their site they are making bigger cubes and will make 3X3X3 cubes

so until then. pester v-cube to speed up the making of additional v-cubes (specifically the 3x3x3 for me though)

Why would you want a V-3 more than other V-cubes? There are more than enough very good 3x3s out there. Also, pestering V-cubes to make more V-cubes isn't going to help anything.