Weirdest claim ever seen

[r_517]

Yongjun posted a thread today, claiming they invented 3 kinds of 3*3*3 cube for speedcubing in 2004. The original thread here.

they said that they would mass-produce & sell these 3 kinds of cubes this year.
the first one (YJ3703) was perfect for one-handed solving.
the second (YJ0118) was the cube with plastic tiles.
the last one (YJ0119) was also a speed cube.

OK then comes the weirdest things.
they claimed, all these cubes were designed by their boss himself in 2004. They even uploaded 6 images to prove that. 3 were the models and 3 were the patent certificates.
the certificates number were: 2004-F-022301, 2005-F-022367, 2005-F-023096.
However I googled for a whole afternoon, and found nothing related to those "patent number"s. Moreover, just check out their pictures! oh aren't they just Small Type A, New Type A III and Type A V?:fpLMAO

 

[4Chan]

LOL.

That is funny.
Ugh, YJ.
That's SO obvious.

 

[daniel0731ex]

on the box of my YJ 5x5, it said that YJ "is the first ever to make a 5x5, accomplishing the feat that was considered as an impossibility for 30+ years."

FACT: it's V-cube mechanism

 

[Athefre]

I don't understand the topic...

all these cubes were designed by their boss himself in 2004

What is so amazing about that? I read the part about them looking like certain Type A cubes...I just don't get it.

Forgive me, I am absolutely dumb.

 

[Stefan]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

on the box of my YJ 5x5, it said that YJ is the first ever to make a 5x5, accomplishing the feat that was considered as an impossibility for 30+ years.

Are you sure they refer to the 5x5 and not the 6x6/7x7?

 

[r_517]

I don't understand the topic...

all these cubes were designed by their boss himself in 2004

What is so amazing about that? I read the part about them looking like certain Type A cubes...I just don't get it.

Forgive me, I am absolutely dumb.

Type A's always presenting new designs.
YJ's always robbing. (Eastsheen, Vcube, and now Type A) And now they even claim the new products by type A were designed 6 years ago by them.

 

[r_517]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

Checked. Nothing related to Type A.

 

[Athefre]

Type A's always presenting new designs.
YJ's always robbing. (Eastsheen, Vcube, and now Type A) And now they even claim the new products by type A were designed 6 years ago by them.

Oh, I didn't know that about YJ.

 

[Stefan]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

Checked. Nothing related to Type A.

Strange. Surely they know of the similarities to Type A cubes, so I'd expect them to say something about that when they post patent certificates and information.

 

[Muesli]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

Checked. Nothing related to Type A.

Strange. Surely they know of the similarities to Type A cubes, so I'd expect them to say something about that when they post patent certificates and information.

We're talking about YJ here.

 

[rookie]

The first picture is indeed an A V, I don't know about the second picture, but third picture differs slightly from a New Type A III. It is possible that the designs themselves are original in the sense no one has designed that exact blueprint before, but one can easily tell that it's based on the New Type A III.

 

[Stefan]

The first picture is indeed an A V

No it's not. Though it's quite similar, yes. For comparison:
http://speedcubes.net/model.php?puzzle=3x3x3&model=10

but one can easily tell that it's based on the New Type A III.

How can you tell that it isn't the other way around?

 

[r_517]

oh now i found something more than weirdest.
YJ even registered patent for 7*7*7 cube in Sept 2009.

Spoiler

 

[daniel0731ex]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

on the box of my YJ 5x5, it said that YJ is the first ever to make a 5x5, accomplishing the feat that was considered as an impossibility for 30+ years.

Are you sure they refer to the 5x5 and not the 6x6/7x7?

Actually, it was on the box of my YJ 5x5.

i have edited the bolded line in quote.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Do they say something about Type A / Guojia?

Checked. Nothing related to Type A.

Strange. Surely they know of the similarities to Type A cubes, so I'd expect them to say something about that when they post patent certificates and information.

We're talking about YJ here.

How true....

 

[stinkocheeze]

Sorry to bump, but the one handed YJ cube on popbuying is based on which cube?