Another Guo Jia brand (not the alpha)

[whitelynx_nivla]

I just got pacakge from popbuying. It consist of puzzle in Guo Jia brand which i never see before. the Assembled Guo Jia Transparent in Red, Blue, Green and Yellow color. Also the Guo Jia Magic. Here's the link to these items :
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Transparent_Blue-29021
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Transparent_Purple-29020
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Transparent_Purple-29020
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Transparent_Yellow-29019
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Transparent_Red-29018

After inspection, I found out that this IS a guo jia brand, but not the guo jia alpha where Mr Haiyan Zhuang contributed the Haiyan Cube design to.

The new Guo Jia has this Chinese Letter : 佳 which read Jia too, but different from the Guo Jia Alpha (Jia = 甲) Both have different meanings to. 甲 means "to put armor", where 佳 means "beautiful" (please CMIIW, i'm not too good at chinese letters)

This new guo jia also make more puzzle such as : (and guo jia magic, but i forgot the link)
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.Guo_Jia_Mini_Diamond_Magic_Cube_Red_(Hardcover_Edition)-28029
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.Guo_Jia_Mini_Diamond_Magic_Cube-27977
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_Black-29340
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Guo_Jia_Magic_Cube_White-29339

which you can buy from popbuy

About the 3x3x3 transparent, it's a replica of Type F I
The pieces are the same shape, yet it cut corner only about half cubie in good day, but it cut corner good at less than that. I haven't try to adjust the tension yet, but I think this cube is OK. Not the best, but still do the job.

 

[bamboocha]

I have the red one. Not my best cube, but still decent. The stickers are not very good, red and orange are very similar...

 

[nck]

佳...a KO maybe?

 

[whitelynx_nivla]

佳...a KO maybe?

I'm not judging like that, beside the letters do read as Guo Jia.
But if it's a KO, it's more to be a type F KO, because of the similarity of the cubies.

 

[nck]

apparently there are brands in china that have names with exactly the same pronouniation as other wellknown brands.

but idk about this one, especially given that it has a similiar name to alpha,and the fact that the cube is more like type f

 

[riffz]

I got my girlfriend the transparent purple one, thinking it was probably an old type A. It had a white core with caps on centers and edges that tend to fall off a lot. The stickers were textured and the red and orange were almost identical.

When I showed this cube to people at CUBEcentric, they all believed it was a Ghosthand.

 

[nck]

ok i just did a bit of research and it turned out that the "beautiful" guojia is made by a seperate brand but aiming at the general public instead of speedsolvers. the price for it is quite low and i guess it can be referred to as the "two dollar shop cube" except it's not exactly that cheap

kinda off topic but i always find it amazing that people in china prefer the rubiks brand(with is VERY expensive in china) over others (apparently i think Korean people do as well) while cubers in western countries generally hate the rubiks brand and prefer Chinese diys

 

[kooixh]

i got i before it is a type C ll

 

[riffz]

i got i before it is a type C ll

Umm... no. I have a type CII and these are nothing like it.

 

[Jani]

Hampir dikibulin gw.

Lots of seller in Indonesia sold that things.
I almost buy the square-1 btw.

 

[whitelynx_nivla]

I got my girlfriend the transparent purple one, thinking it was probably an old type A. It had a white core with caps on centers and edges that tend to fall off a lot. The stickers were textured and the red and orange were almost identical.

When I showed this cube to people at CUBEcentric, they all believed it was a Ghosthand.

No wonders. Because both Ghost Hand (I) and this Guo Jia Magic Cube is a replica shape of Type F.

 

[riffz]

I got my girlfriend the transparent purple one, thinking it was probably an old type A. It had a white core with caps on centers and edges that tend to fall off a lot. The stickers were textured and the red and orange were almost identical.

When I showed this cube to people at CUBEcentric, they all believed it was a Ghosthand.

No wonders. Because both Ghost Hand (I) and this Guo Jia Magic Cube is a replica shape of Type F.

Interesting. In terms of quality it feels smooth but... unstable I guess. It hasn't popped on her yet but it felt like it was going to when I played with it.

In b4 TWSS

 

[CuberN00b]

Hampir dikibulin gw.

Lots of seller in Indonesia sold that things.
I almost buy the square-1 btw.

gue mau beli square-1 nya deh.:fp

i NEVER TOUCHED a Square-1 before!
Maybe the guo jia (not alpha) is good for leisure cubing, but not very good at speed. By the way, the topic starter have made a video about it (It's INDONESIAN language, sorry)

 

[daniel0731ex]

actually, 甲 is the first character in the Chinese celestial stem, so it also have the meaning of "the first" or "the best". It is also used to represent A-mark for the grading system in Chinese-speaking schools.
This is also why so many people voted for "Alpha" as the new naming system, because it is a perfect fit with the original meaning.

 

[whitelynx_nivla]

actually, 甲 is the first character in the Chinese celestial stem, so it also have the meaning of "the first" or "the best". It is also used to represent A-mark for the grading system in Chinese-speaking schools.
This is also why so many people voted for "Alpha" as the new naming system, because it is a perfect fit with the original meaning.

I see
i guess my dictionary fails me
I think that's why there's "The One" next to the 甲 on the cover page of Guo Jia Alpha (IV) Manual Book.

 

[r_517]

apparently there are brands in china that have names with exactly the same pronunciation as other wellknown brands.

no, their Chinese pronunciation is different
Chinese letters normally have 4 tones. Both 国甲 & 国佳 should be pronounced as "Guo Jia", but they have different tones

The former Rubik's Magic WR holder Tang Yiu Chun used 国佳's Magic to break the WR

 

[daniel0731ex]

甲: ˇ -third
佳: □ -first

 

[nck]

apparently there are brands in china that have names with exactly the same pronunciation as other wellknown brands.

no, their Chinese pronunciation is different
Chinese letters normally have 4 tones. Both 国甲 & 国佳 should be pronounced as "Guo Jia", but they have different tones

The former Rubik's Magic WR holder Tang Yiu Chun used 国佳's Magic to break the WR

:fp its getting more apparent that 12 years of education in China has done me no good watsoeva

 

[hyunchoi98]

ok i just did a bit of research and it turned out that the "beautiful" guojia is made by a seperate brand but aiming at the general public instead of speedsolvers. the price for it is quite low and i guess it can be referred to as the "two dollar shop cube" except it's not exactly that cheap

kinda off topic but i always find it amazing that people in china prefer the rubiks brand(with is VERY expensive in china) over others (apparently i think Korean people do as well) while cubers in western countries generally hate the rubiks brand and prefer Chinese diys

So True.
I have a friend that cubes at school and he thinks
Rubik's brands are the best and all the other cubes stink.

 

[dillonbladez]

ok i just did a bit of research and it turned out that the "beautiful" guojia is made by a seperate brand but aiming at the general public instead of speedsolvers. the price for it is quite low and i guess it can be referred to as the "two dollar shop cube" except it's not exactly that cheap

kinda off topic but i always find it amazing that people in china prefer the rubiks brand(with is VERY expensive in china) over others (apparently i think Korean people do as well) while cubers in western countries generally hate the rubiks brand and prefer Chinese diys

So True.
I have a friend that cubes at school and he thinks
Rubik's brands are the best and all the other cubes stink.

there's nothing wrong with storeboughts D= they just need loving. (and modding)