[Help Thread] Puzzle Identification thread

[cincyaviation]

Description;
-very old ('80s?)
-thin stickers
-no logo sticker
-orange switched with yellow
-normal edges
-corners have an open inner side
-corners have a hollowed out circle on one side of the inner foot
-very white core
-has poppable caps
-caps have long inner corners
-screw and spring

I may put pictures up soon.

Spoiler

i have something similar. only transparent core and red and orange arent switched. theres a high chance its probably an old rubik's brand.

with no logo...
and adjustable tensions...
learn some sense...

yep. no logo and hollow corners.

most corners are hollow... >_>

 

[Samania]

Description;
-very old ('80s?)
-thin stickers
-no logo sticker
-orange switched with yellow
-normal edges
-corners have an open inner side
-corners have a hollowed out circle on one side of the inner foot
-very white core
-has poppable caps
-caps have long inner corners
-screw and spring

I may put pictures up soon.

Spoiler

i have something similar. only transparent core and red and orange arent switched. theres a high chance its probably an old rubik's brand.

with no logo...
and adjustable tensions...
learn some sense...

yep. no logo and hollow corners.

most corners are hollow... >_>

well then, what do you think it is?

 

[Stefan]

theres a high chance its probably an old rubik's brand.

with no logo...
and adjustable tensions...
learn some sense...

Right, cause it's totally not like pretty much all cubes in the 1980s had screws, and the first Rubik's cubes totally did have a logo.

 

[miniGOINGS]

i have something similar. only transparent core and red and orange arent switched. theres a high chance its probably an old rubik's brand.

Mine has orange and yellow switched.

yep. no logo and hollow corners.

Mhm.

most corners are hollow... >_>

Did you even look at the pictures? If you did, you would know what they meant.

 

[Samania]

Sorry. I meant to say orange and yellow >__>

And by "hollow" i meant the circlular holes in each corner piece.

I actually got the cube from a friend who bought it a long time ago. I noticed that it didn't have a logo, and they told me it came like that. Im not completely sure about the adjustable tensions. I know that I can take off the center caps really easily, but I've never tried tightening or loosening the tensions. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong. But I just wanted to clear up any confusion.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Sorry. I meant to say orange and yellow >__>

And by "hollow" i meant the circlular holes in each corner piece.

I actually got the cube from a friend who bought it a long time ago. I noticed that it didn't have a logo, and they told me it came like that. Im not completely sure about the adjustable tensions. I know that I can take off the center caps really easily, but I've never tried tightening or loosening the tensions. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong. But I just wanted to clear up any confusion.

That makes sense, and yes that's just like mine. I loosened it, and while it was faster, it was incredibly poppable.

 

[Samania]

One more thing this might fit your description.

Click

 

[guoguo]

Hello

Do you know what cube is this? This is as sold in Spain, but center caps in the inner side say 'FEN YI' , and there is a black plastic tube between screw+springs and center piece

thank you!

 

[jackdexter75]

This cube. What is it? I've heard it was a Type C... but idk

 

[EnterPseudonym]

Hello

Do you know what cube is this? This is as sold in Spain, but center caps in the inner side say 'FEN YI' , and there is a black plastic tube between screw+springs and center piece

thank you!

looks like a C4U. post a better picture of the screw and edge piece if you will.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Hello

Do you know what cube is this? This is as sold in Spain, but center caps in the inner side say 'FEN YI' , and there is a black plastic tube between screw+springs and center piece

thank you!

looks like a C4U. post a better picture of the screw and edge piece if you will.

don't make such random guesses if you don't know anything at all.
It's definetly NOT a C4U, cuz it have rivets. The fact that C4Us have orange cores doesn't mean that random no-name cubes don't use the same plastic color.




Just so that you guys know, there are TONS of random no-name brand cubes that are made in different countries in the world. It won't have an "identity" if these cubes was never being "discovered" before. It's not like whenever a random person decides to start a business to make toys, he'd to post in the Cubing forums if he wants to make Rubik's cubes. Sometimes you might think that i know every cube in the world, since i was able to identify so many random cubes. But what i did is just simply looking at the various random cubes that were being discovered by many cubers from different forums. It's nothing special, all you need to do is spend a little bit of time to search about a name or brand.

 

[EnterPseudonym]

Hello

Do you know what cube is this? This is as sold in Spain, but center caps in the inner side say 'FEN YI' , and there is a black plastic tube between screw+springs and center piece

thank you!

looks like a C4U. post a better picture of the screw and edge piece if you will.

don't make such random guesses if you don't know anything at all.
It's definetly NOT a C4U, cuz it have rivets. The fact that C4Us have orange cores doesn't mean that random no-name cubes don't use the same plastic color.




Just so that you guys know, there are TONS of random no-name brand cubes that are made in different countries in the world. It won't have an "identity" if these cubes was never being "discovered" before. It's not like whenever a random person decides to start a business to make toys, he'd to post in the Cubing forums if he wants to make Rubik's cubes. Sometimes you might think that i know every cube in the world, since i was able to identify so many random cubes. But what i did is just simply looking at the various random cubes that were being discovered by many cubers from different forums. It's nothing special, all you need to do is spend a little bit of time to search about a name or brand.

lol. I said "looks", then asked him to post better pictures. I never said it was a C4Y.

 

[guoguo]

Hi, there are some more pictures.

There is a black tube between screw and spring, and a plastic washer put in the screw head side. It can't be put at the other side of the screw, so the spring is in the middle, as I tried in the left one in the picture.

although it is sold in Spain, I suppose it is made in China (I dont have the puzzle box now), so I found strange I didn't saw this design anyplace else.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Ooh my bad, so it have screws. Sorry.
But I'm still sure that it's not a C4U anyway

Why don't we just call it Fenyi cube, since that's what the logo says?


I think i have saw this cube on PTT before..... lemmecheck...

EDIT: yep, post #1AkACrmM on the Rubiks PTT board

 

[daniel0731ex]

Here's the post:



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作者 stuv760321 (無限) 看板 Rubiks
標題 [方塊] 發現新方塊
時間 Tue Sep 22 18:13:08 2009
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剛剛我給R肥看了一顆便宜又好轉的方塊

你們一定想是小丑之類的
他的結構奇怪

99元我同學幫我買的

橘軸
http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=stuv760321&book=3
我放了一些照片

經過我跟R肥的討論
這顆超新奇

重點是彈簧超大

有套子

....

請各位網友去看看
PS 他是用粗物貼指


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推 cubefan:中心蓋的易開設計有正日官的FU~不過最好玩的是有套子XD 09/22 19:01
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[buelercuber]

what the hell is this?

i thought it was a cube4you for a second , but its not....
http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_MuFang_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Transparent_Blue-29314

 

[EnterPseudonym]

what the hell is this?

i thought it was a cube4you for a second , but its not....
http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_MuFang_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Transparent_Blue-29314

its a "supposed" C4U KO, but i've had people tell me its a bit different.

so its a MuFang, similar to a C4U.

 

[buelercuber]

what the hell is this?

i thought it was a cube4you for a second , but its not....
http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_MuFang_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Transparent_Blue-29314

its a "supposed" C4U KO, but i've had people tell me its a bit different.

so its a MuFang, similar to a C4U.

thanks!

 

[whitelynx_nivla]

what the hell is this?

i thought it was a cube4you for a second , but its not....
http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_MuFang_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Transparent_Blue-29314

its a "supposed" C4U KO, but i've had people tell me its a bit different.

so its a MuFang, similar to a C4U.

yes it's very similar
how the cap goes, the springs, no washers and pieces
yet mufang cubies are more rounded, so it less lock ups than C4U.

Anyway. What's this?
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Type_A_Magic_Cube_White_(New)-29940
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Type_A_Magic_Cube_Black_(New)-29939
Seeing the center pieces, is it the A-IIIF?
I dont know why, but i feel that it's kindda different :confused:

 

[whitelynx_nivla]

what the hell is this?

i thought it was a cube4you for a second , but its not....
http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_MuFang_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Transparent_Blue-29314

its a "supposed" C4U KO, but i've had people tell me its a bit different.

so its a MuFang, similar to a C4U.

yes it's very similar
how the cap goes, the springs, no washers and pieces
yet mufang cubies are more rounded, so it less lock ups than C4U.

Anyway. What's this?
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Type_A_Magic_Cube_White_(New)-29940
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_Type_A_Magic_Cube_Black_(New)-29939
Seeing the center pieces, is it the A-IIIF?
I dont know why, but i feel that it's kindda different :confused:

um...after seeing the detail product..
I think it's the mini Guo Jia in 52mm

I wonder what's the different from these ones
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_GJ_52CM_Small_A_Magic_IQ_Test_Cube_Black-27211
http://www.popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_GJ_52CM_Small_A_Magic_IQ_Test_Cube_White-27212

does having a guo jia logo having to do with the quality?