I have some of the new meilong 5x5s and they are much better than the old ones however I wouldn't get too excited since I think what they have basically done is just discontinued the previous one and left the new one under the same name and brand, my wholesalers have no seperate line for the new one, it's as if the old one never existed in that respect. Hearing about it being good when magnetized may finally force me to try and magnetize cubes again, I have never really done much of that.
I was talking to MoYu-store about it and they've confirmed that the current MeiLong 5 is the newer design, so I ordered it. Michael Halzcuk on Instagram also mentioned it was different. It's supposed to be much better than the original MeiLong 5, but it's just called MeiLong 5, it doesn't have a new name.
Oh ok, for some reason it is in their new arrivals sectionlol no thats from 2012
100% true
Can someone please tell Gan to stop milking the same base model they have been using since 2015? It’s frustrating to see them milk the market with a largely uninovated cube with small perks and bumps year after year. All of their cubes look ~85-90 percent identical since the original 356; that is not innovation.
Half of those things are irrelevant.they do have new innovations like GES springs, spring compression system, center piece travel, matte finish on cubes, different sizes of cubes, different settings of magnets, lightweight design, smooth turning, great corner cutting, which is why even budget gan cubes are expensive.
Can someone please tell Gan to stop milking the same base model they have been using since 2015? It’s frustrating to see them milk the market with a largely uninovated cube with small perks and bumps year after year. All of their cubes look ~85-90 percent identical since the original 356; that is not innovation.
Any company could've released an extremely light cube so this isn't really anything to inventlightweight design
True but their spring change system wasn't good until Moyu came around with the spring compression system (much better system) and GAN copied that in the XS.GES springs
True but their magnet change system wasn't good until Moyu came around with a much better system and GAN copied that in the XS.different settings of magnets
I don't have a cube with matte finish but literally who cares.matte finish on cubes
this is literally NOT true at all.spring compression system, different sizes of cubes, smooth turning, great corner cutting.
They aren't expensive because of irrelevant (and non-existent) innovations but because there are people who are willing to buy 17$ for a nonmagnetic cube in 2020 for no reason. Anyone who buys the RS is either stupid, a fanboy/fangirl (like tingman and you seem to be one of them too), a collector who has to much money to spend on not-needed "budget" cubes or wants to magnetize it to get a magnetic GAN cube for cheap(er).which is why even budget gan cubes are expensive.
The Yupo V2 M and Yusu V2 M are miles better, and much cheaper, the Gans are NOT cheapi personally have the v2 and 460, they are not jokes and perform pretty well for the cheap price.
I guess 56 dollars for a 4x4 is cheap now.460, they are not jokes and perform pretty well for the cheap price.
And then you say that @fun at the joy is somehow wrong for using his personal experience in his argument.but that was my personal experience.
Lol, I’ve gotten a Gan 354 for $10, I guess nobody wants mediocre Gan cubeswell thats because i got a new 460 m on ebay somehow for 19 dollars, but that was my personal experience.
Honestly I would not pay 19 dollars for the 460. The outers are fine but everything else is worse then BUDGET cubes like the YLM, Yusu, or Meilong. I know a lot of people that mained the meilong and only 1 that mained the 460 but that was because that was the only 4x4 they had. When people prefer a cube that is 8 times cheaper then maybe gan is doing something wrongwell thats because i got a new 460 m on ebay somehow for 19 dollars, but that was my personal experience.