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The Yuxin 11x11 is the largest Rubik's cube that is not 3d-printed on Shapeways. It is probably the only publicly available 11x11 cube in the world.
It is huge, it turns well, it comes in either white or black... and it's a knockoff.
The Yuxin 11x11 is a knockoff for 3 reasons:
1: The appearance of the puzzle on the outside. Well look! Pillowed shape, white plastic, elongated edges... all stolen from V-Cubes! The V-CUBE 7 has either black or white plastic, a pillowed shape, and elongated edges just like the 11x11 has 'em. At first look, the Yuxin 11x11 looks very similar to a V-Cube 7, only with more layers, and longer edges.
2: The price of the puzzle. I found an 11x11 on Amazon. It costed only around 160 dollars. A legitimate V-Cube 11 would have the price higher.
3: The internal mechanism, and the behind the scenes. Most importantly, the mechanism is very similar to a V-Cube. Here's a video of an 11x11 exploding into pieces and being dissasembled. You can see at the end of the video the mechanism is very similar to a V-Cube 7, only with more layers and thus, more, and smaller pieces. To dissasemble the 11x11, it is very similar to a V-CUBE 7: stick your thumb between the edge pieces, pop out the 2 or 4 edge pieces with your thumb, and then just take out some more pieces around the axis core and dissasemble the cube. But why did Yuxin knock-off a V-Cube 11 when the V-Cube company has not even made a 11x11? Well, it turns out that V-Cube companys have invented the V-CUBE 11 and protected it and payed for the patent, but not yet released the V-CUBE 11 to the public. In the meantime, a company wants to make an 11x11 cube, but it would take too long to invent and build a mechanism, so they stole the V-CUBE 11's design and used it on their product, making their product a V-CUBE knockoff. Then, the company starts producing the product as "Yuxin 11x11" without V-Cube's permission. This results in these illegal products being sold by the knockoff-making company (in this case, it's Yuxin), and is bought by a consumer, and they start using the product and then selling it, or making a giveaway "for 3 lucky subscribers!". This can cause the V-CUBE 11 price to increase, losing your chance to get a genuine 11x11. So, basically, the Yuxin 11x11 is hurting the V-CUBE company.
So if you ever see an 11x11, on ebay, or amazon, or on any other website, just don't buy it. Don't sell it, either. Don't click on the "Checkout" button. Or the "Add to Cart" button. I really hope that V-Cubes come out with a legitimate 11x11 soon, and when that happens, go head and buy a V-CUBE 11, but not any other brand of 11x11.
Thanks for reading.
The Yuxin 11x11 is the largest Rubik's cube that is not 3d-printed on Shapeways. It is probably the only publicly available 11x11 cube in the world.
It is huge, it turns well, it comes in either white or black... and it's a knockoff.
The Yuxin 11x11 is a knockoff for 3 reasons:
1: The appearance of the puzzle on the outside. Well look! Pillowed shape, white plastic, elongated edges... all stolen from V-Cubes! The V-CUBE 7 has either black or white plastic, a pillowed shape, and elongated edges just like the 11x11 has 'em. At first look, the Yuxin 11x11 looks very similar to a V-Cube 7, only with more layers, and longer edges.
2: The price of the puzzle. I found an 11x11 on Amazon. It costed only around 160 dollars. A legitimate V-Cube 11 would have the price higher.
3: The internal mechanism, and the behind the scenes. Most importantly, the mechanism is very similar to a V-Cube. Here's a video of an 11x11 exploding into pieces and being dissasembled. You can see at the end of the video the mechanism is very similar to a V-Cube 7, only with more layers and thus, more, and smaller pieces. To dissasemble the 11x11, it is very similar to a V-CUBE 7: stick your thumb between the edge pieces, pop out the 2 or 4 edge pieces with your thumb, and then just take out some more pieces around the axis core and dissasemble the cube. But why did Yuxin knock-off a V-Cube 11 when the V-Cube company has not even made a 11x11? Well, it turns out that V-Cube companys have invented the V-CUBE 11 and protected it and payed for the patent, but not yet released the V-CUBE 11 to the public. In the meantime, a company wants to make an 11x11 cube, but it would take too long to invent and build a mechanism, so they stole the V-CUBE 11's design and used it on their product, making their product a V-CUBE knockoff. Then, the company starts producing the product as "Yuxin 11x11" without V-Cube's permission. This results in these illegal products being sold by the knockoff-making company (in this case, it's Yuxin), and is bought by a consumer, and they start using the product and then selling it, or making a giveaway "for 3 lucky subscribers!". This can cause the V-CUBE 11 price to increase, losing your chance to get a genuine 11x11. So, basically, the Yuxin 11x11 is hurting the V-CUBE company.
So if you ever see an 11x11, on ebay, or amazon, or on any other website, just don't buy it. Don't sell it, either. Don't click on the "Checkout" button. Or the "Add to Cart" button. I really hope that V-Cubes come out with a legitimate 11x11 soon, and when that happens, go head and buy a V-CUBE 11, but not any other brand of 11x11.
Thanks for reading.
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