The Old Type A's

[Sin-H]

wait, don't tell me that your 2007 A1 is...milky white??

all of them are black

 

[Zava]

Isn't this the original (first) type A: http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/...st_Cube_Component_Pieces_1st_Gen_Black_-27444 ?
I bought one and it appears to be similar to that which I bought couple years ago.

nope, this is not what Rose is looking for, you can tell apart from the screws. old ones had yellowish, not silverish screws, they were I think a bit longer, and they had a smaller head.

 

[tanapak1]

I have 3 cubes which look like type a

black, white and green

black and white have thicker cubies, very smooth and speedy than my green one.

It looks like type A but different mold

Speedy, Noisy, Extremely cuts corners

Overal Score : 8

Some pic

 

[daniel0731ex]

I have 3 cubes which look like type a

black, white and green

black and white have thicker cubies, very smooth and speedy than my green one.

It looks like type A but different mold

Speedy, Noisy, Extremely cuts corners

Overal Score : 8

Some pic

i bet it's a maru.

 

[DavidWoner]

If I remember correctly they changed the core of the "old type A" towards the end of 2008. The older core was sort of a dull yellow, and a bit softer than the newer bright yellow ones. I know the Type A's I got in December of 08 were definitely different than the one I got in February of 08.

 

[ShadenSmith]

I still have several of these sitting around. I still love the Old Type A's. I remember they days when they were THE cubes to use.

 

[Carson]

I still have several of these sitting around. I still love the Old Type A's. I remember they days when they were THE cubes to use.

One of Shaden's is very nice, I have used it.

I have an original black and an original white one... I used to have an orange but gave it away. They all felt very different. The black one does not cut corners well at all but is very smooth. The white one is very very smooth and cuts corners slightly. Unfortunately, both of them pop like crazy.

 

[daniel0731ex]

If I remember correctly they changed the core of the "old type A" towards the end of 2008. The older core was sort of a dull yellow, and a bit softer than the newer bright yellow ones. I know the Type A's I got in December of 08 were definitely different than the one I got in February of 08.

actually, just to be a bit more accurate, the old core has the cresent mark on one of the arms, and the new one doesn't. The new one have an opening at each screwhole to make it easier to assemble.

 

[zachtastic]

Interesting, I have two old type A's (black/white) from early '08 and they are not good cubes...

 

[Sir E Brum]

I actually use an old type-a as my main BLD cube because it is smooth and doesn't pop. I am also using an A-III as a speedcube and it feels really nice. Although I did use a dremel to get rid of the ridiculous edge piece parts that help prevent it from popping because they are just really annoying and slow down turning speed.

 

[Bryan]

I still have several of these sitting around. I still love the Old Type A's. I remember they days when they were THE cubes to use.

I have at least 5 of them. Back in the summer of 2007, these were the DIY to have. I taught a class on how to solve the cube, so I bought like 6 of them for that (plus the 1 I already had). Since they were beginners, none of the cubes really got broken in. I gave away two of them. I hope I have enough to last me a long long time. I just don't like the new cubes for some reason.

 

[Boxcarcrzy12]

the type A iI used was incredibly heavy, and was very durable, unforunately it popeed if it wasnt vey close to perfect alignment

 

[raodkill]

i have a type a red that has the original design. quite awesome ;] too bad it pops more often then new designs ;[