It's Alpha Mini, not Mini AV/memory/Haiyan/etc!!!!

[daniel0731ex]

mini AVs

mini a5 is crazy

Mini Alpha V 52mm, I think.

mini AVs
........a hybridization of AIII, AV, and mininess.

Mini aV.

They aren't Mini AV's, they're mini AIIIs

micro memory cube

The Alpha Mini is not the mini verson of any of the currently available Alpha cubes

They are completely different designs, and even if you want to relate them to a cube, all the current Alpha models available right now have nothing to do with it. It is more similar to the (temporary translation) Alpha Common, which is not available yet

here are some pictures:

(the one one the very top, next to the empty slots)

Spoiler

ChunChun said that this cube is made for popularization, though there hasn't been much information about this cube so far...



PS:
I'm fine with different other names like miniA, mini Type A, etc. But don't relate it to a completely different cube!!

I don't really mind if you called it incorrectly because you didn't know any better, but people in this thread is making random guesses to relate to it, and it's really getting on my nerves (may be a bit exaggerating lol).

But however though, I know that it's not your faults anyway, so get the wrong impression of I am upset or anything.

It's not like I'm a Cube name Nazi cat or anything I here just to clear it up for you guys.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Spoiler fail. The [/spoiler] at the end isn't plural.
Edit:Ninja edit, I see.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Spoiler

 

[4Chan]

I love that chart.
So much.

Thank you so much for sharing. O:

 

[MEn]

I love that chart.
So much.

Thank you so much for sharing. O:

Yeah chart was ammazzinnggg

What's the one next to the Type A IV and the one on the top row on the far right?

 

[BN]

If someone could so kind as to provide a list of names for that chart from top to bottom, that would be wonderfully amazing.

 

[daniel0731ex]

I love that chart.
So much.

Thank you so much for sharing. O:

Yeah chart was ammazzinnggg

What's the one next to the Type A IV and the one on the top row on the far right?

that's the Alpha I-SV and the Alpha IV-SV.

 

[joey]

To me, the big guns of the Algha/Type A series are:
Old Type A
A2
and A5

Have any of the others really been used much?

 

[4Chan]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

 

[dillonbladez]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

 

[daniel0731ex]

To me, the big guns of the Algha/Type A series are:
Old Type A
A2
and A5

Have any of the others really been used much?

correct, and the AIII-SV is also a big one in China.

the AI-SV is discountinued, so not many people actually uses it.
the AII-SV's anti-pop design was a failure, and although you could make it better by removing the hooks, its place have been replaced by the emerging new designs.
the AIII wasn't that great in the first place.
the AIV is meant to be a beginner's cube because of its speed and pop resistance, but it does not fit many of the more advanced cubers' tastes.
the AIV-SV is a complete failure (so far, though it haven't came out officially yet).

 

[daniel0731ex]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

but her so-called A-III SV is actually an A-II SV

 

[amostay2004]

A-III is pretty good as well. I would rate AV > AIII > AII > AI

AII would be better than AIII if it didn't pop that much on me.

 

[daniel0731ex]

A-III is pretty good as well. I would rate AV > AIII > AII > AI

AII would be better than AIII if it didn't pop that much on me.

you just need it tune it carefully. my A2 never pops and is super speedy and havce awesome corner cutting.

And are you sure that you're talking about the AIII, not the AIII-SV?

 

[nlCuber22]

My AIII-SV is awesome.

 

[dillonbladez]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

but her so-called A-III SV is actually an A-II SV

No.... YOU'RE LYING!!!1
Are you serious?!?!
Does LighTake sell A-IIf ? Cause that cube is F-II on steroids o.0

 

[daniel0731ex]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

but her so-called A-III SV is actually an A-II SV

No.... YOU'RE LYING!!!1
Are you serious?!?!
Does LighTake sell A-IIf ? Cause that cube is F-II on steroids o.0

no, I think she bought the "type A third model" of cube4you, which is an A-II SV, but she probably misunderstood and thought it's the same as the A-III SV.

EDIT: you can buy it here. It's ver. 1.3 (the hooks removed)

 

[dillonbladez]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

but her so-called A-III SV is actually an A-II SV

No.... YOU'RE LYING!!!1
Are you serious?!?!
Does LighTake sell A-IIf ? Cause that cube is F-II on steroids o.0

no, I think she bought the "type A third model" of cube4you, which is an A-II SV, but she probably misunderstood and thought it's the same as the A-III SV.

EDIT: you can buy it here. It's ver. 1.3 (the hooks removed)

Noes, not 9spuzzles D:
i'll ask LighTake if they can stock it... because that cube is beastlyy.
Thank god somebody cleared up the Type A naming system since then

 

[daniel0731ex]

I think miss Sarah used an A-III in one of her videos.
But I'm uncertain.

If I recall correctly, she said the A-III SV was her favourite cube

but her so-called A-III SV is actually an A-II SV

No.... YOU'RE LYING!!!1
Are you serious?!?!
Does LighTake sell A-IIf ? Cause that cube is F-II on steroids o.0

no, I think she bought the "type A third model" of cube4you, which is an A-II SV, but she probably misunderstood and thought it's the same as the A-III SV.

EDIT: you can buy it here. It's ver. 1.3 (the hooks removed)

Noes, not 9spuzzles D:
i'll ask LighTake if they can stock it... because that cube is beastlyy.
Thank god somebody cleared up the Type A naming system since then

here's the link for C4U:
http://cube4you.com/new-type-3x3x3-diykit-a-p-79.html

 

[LewisJ]

My original quotes are below. Thanks much for taking them out of context. I never assigned them a name, I just described them by likening them to other Alpha-series cubes.

They aren't Mini AV's, they're mini AIII's with AV-like long edges.

Well, they were widely regarded as mini AV's for quite a while thanks to their large-edges-small-corners proportions, but if you compare the insides, they're based on an AIII. I guess it's a hybridization of AIII, AV, and mininess.