Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been on the boards, but I just wanted to give an update on everything with this cube.
As many may already know, the Kickstarter didn't meet its goal for Innovation Factory's puzzle, but I.F. decided to at least put the plastic version out on the market (ThinkGeek is already sold out of them, but the CEO told me they're still selling on their site (looks like 20 still in stock at $20 a pop)
http://if-chicago.com/shop/uncategorized/the-magic-cube/).
They weren't able to send me the metal cube, as that was dependent on the Kickstarter reaching its goal, but they did send me a complimentary plastic cube (it's about 70mm in size, yet feels very light and stable (I think it's lighter than my Shuang Ren)). Aside from the stickers being pretty close in quality to standard Rubik's ones, I'm actually really impressed with their mechanism. It reminds me of a HuanYing internally (I don't own one, so I'm just going off looks), except it doesn't reverse corner cut at all (probably due to the corner pieces being closed off, and no Florian mod). Regular corner cutting is actually great out of the box, though (just a little less than line-to-line, but might vary, as it is tensionable), and it's incredibly smooth and quiet after lubing (initially kind of scratchy). It's not a perfect speedcube (it was never intended to be one), but given their people have no cubing background, I'm really impressed with the quality of cube they put out. Very satisfying to play with.
Like other's have pointed out, it's essentially a glorified Sudocube, but with the math series/constants on each face, it did make my inner nerd smile. Worth checking out if $20 is in your price range.
