are the japanese speedcubing kits the same as the new rubik's.com diys

[Michael_Wee]

Rama said"Well I talked with Dave Hedley Jones about it at the Worlds and he said it is the new type of cubes from the new mold, so after the DIY cubes are sold out at rubiks.com these cubes wil be the new DIY cubes.
So you can wait for it, but you will have to built it from scracht again like the real DIY cubes." IS this true as i want to buy a rubik's.com diy and already have a JSK so if they are the same then i would not buy one

 

[Statical]

They are not the same from what I have heard from my friends. Anyway there really is no point for rubik's to make 2 of the same kind of cubes and name them differently. JSK has good center caps, Rubik's.com diy does not have it. I may be wrong though.

 

[Rama]

Well I wouldn't stop you from buying one, the JSK is made out of the same plastic (that's for sure), but the DIY feels better then the JSK, I use a Rubik's 2007 DIY now (for practise tough).

 

[Michael_Wee]

what about the 2008 model anyone tried it and think that it is good because i have only seen complaints about it on this forum

 

[Statical]

My friend said that it was the best pure cube around... except that it has problems like the center caps and it locks a tiny little bit.

 

[AvGalen]

WHEN will Rubiks.com finally realise that centercaps should stay on the cube during solves?
And when was the last time any of you ordered from rubiks.com? I ordered all my first puzzles there 2.5 years ago, but I never order there anymore

 

[Neroflux]

haha, the distributor of rubik's products over here called them and told them of the center caps problems. when we complained to him of course. he says the person replied with 'cap problems? are you sure?????'

or something like that.

 

[brunson]

WHEN will Rubiks.com finally realise that centercaps should stay on the cube during solves?
And when was the last time any of you ordered from rubiks.com? I ordered all my first puzzles there 2.5 years ago, but I never order there anymore

I ordered my first DIY from them last year and the center caps have kept me from ordering anything else. They really need to address it.

My primary cubes are a white and a black DIY from PuzzleProz. I got several comments from people that played with or scrambled the white cube at the Boulder Open because it's so buttery smooth. The black one is smooth, but super, super loose for OH, so much that I don't let non cubers touch it. They pop it within a dozen turns and pieces go everywhere.

A point of interest, possibly... while scrambling at Boulder I got to handle some notable solvers' cubes that have been reported to be store bought and they were *way* smoother than I ever managed to get my store boughts. It makes me want to go back and break them in some more to see if I can get similar results.