V-Cubes!

[Henrik]

Cubesmith will sell stickers, he already announced that.
http://cubesmith.com/
And I would use af few days too if I had to resticker.

Henrik

 

[martijn_cube]

is there already someone who has received his V-cube?

 

[AvGalen]

Darn system has a total value limit and didn't let me buy my 3+2+2 cubes, had to settle for 2+2+2. I'm sad. Can I get some sympathy here?

Sure. Shipping cost for my sympathty is equal to shipping cost for the V-Cubes

And I was planning on buying a bunch (like 10 of each) and distributing them among others to save greatly on shipping costs, but I guess that is not an option anymore

 

[Dene]

And I was planning on buying a bunch (like 10 of each) and distributing them among others to save greatly on shipping costs, but I guess that is not an option anymore

I would assume that was his intention behind the limit.

 

[masterofthebass]

And I was planning on buying a bunch (like 10 of each) and distributing them among others to save greatly on shipping costs, but I guess that is not an option anymore

I would assume that was his intention behind the limit.

Actually, I think its more about re-selling. This keeps people like cube4you from ordering them all up and then reselling them later (like with the meffert's megaminxes) I really don't think v-cubes cares about saving money on shipping, as they probably aren't making their profit there

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

This keeps people like cube4you from ordering them all up and then reselling them later (like with the meffert's megaminxes)

Not like that didn't actually happen.

 

[Dene]

And I was planning on buying a bunch (like 10 of each) and distributing them among others to save greatly on shipping costs, but I guess that is not an option anymore

I would assume that was his intention behind the limit.

Actually, I think its more about re-selling. This keeps people like cube4you from ordering them all up and then reselling them later (like with the meffert's megaminxes) I really don't think v-cubes cares about saving money on shipping, as they probably aren't making their profit there

What you said is exactly what I meant, not the part about the shipping (sorry that was unclear >.<).

 

[rachmaninovian]

Can anyone help me find pics of the disassembled state of the 6x6? i think i saw it before but forgot where to find it..

 

[ROOT]

wait, im not sure if this is just for pre-ordering or for actual purchase? because what happened to september?

 

[pjk]

Looks like the v-cubes site is down because they exceeded their bandwidth limit.

 

[Hadley4000]

Can anyone help me find pics of the disassembled state of the 6x6? i think i saw it before but forgot where to find it..

Haven't seen that before. There was a post showing the disassembled state of the 7x7.

http://www.speedsolving.com/showthread.php?t=4558

 

[UMichSpeedCubist]

Does anyone know for certain if the 5,6,7 (respectively) use springs in their mechanisms? From that one pic I just saw it looks like it might, but I want a definitive answer.

I've always been curious about this. I could bother to research this myself, but this thread is so active here...


-Doug

 

[Flame838]

I'm probably gonna get a 5x5 but not a 6x6 or 7x7 they're too expensive and I haven't even solved on e before.

 

[tim]

I'm probably gonna get a 5x5 but not a 6x6 or 7x7 they're too expensive and I haven't even solved on e before.

Solving the 6x6 or 7x7 is a piece of cake, if you know how to solve the 4x4/5x5.

 

[Johannes91]

I haven't even solved on e before.

Why would that be a reason to not buy them? I think the opposite, learning new things is interesting.

 

[RobinBloehm]

Does anyone know for certain if the 5,6,7 (respectively) use springs in their mechanisms? From that one pic I just saw it looks like it might, but I want a definitive answer.

I've always been curious about this. I could bother to research this myself, but this thread is so active here...


-Doug

The patent says "the supporting screws are surrounded by springs.". So the V-Cubes use springs in their mechanisms.

 

[Stefan]

Yeah but it says "springs" right there, too, and last I heard (from them directly) was that they'll use rivets, not screws.

 

[DavidCalvo]

I've also in my mind the idea that v-cubes has rivets instead of screws. At least the "old" versions had, ie Erik's 5x5x5. No idea about the new ones though.

 

[Erik]

My prototype indeed has screws you can't adjust, of course there are springs in it. I've heared from a source the final version will have adjustable screws but I first want to know that for sure before I order...

 

[UMichSpeedCubist]

Darn system has a total value limit and didn't let me buy my 3+2+2 cubes, had to settle for 2+2+2. I'm sad. Can I get some sympathy here?

Besides a likely increase in shipping charge, I wonder if their system is smart enough to detect multiple orders to the same address. So then this value-limit is pretty useless, just annoying.

Not that I'm ordering any, but what is this "surcharge" they are tacking on to the final total? Is that like a generalized tax of some sort? I find it rather mysterious.

I heard they only produced 500 or each type. Is that true? Now that they have reached over 500 orders, and likely over 500 of at least one of the types, some of the later orders will have to be massively delayed until they can perform a second "printing" right?


-Doug