"Funs Puzzle" 方是(fangshi) new 3x3

[CY]

I'm not gonna pre-order it, will just order directly from taobao or a chinese retailer, meaning that I will be one of the first people to get it!!! (unless this cube is copyrighted by dayan -->like fangcun, but I have contacted some retailers and they say they will be selling it, but they are not sure when the puzzle will arrive)

 

[radmin]

I pre-ordered. It looks like a performer.
I'm surprised by the edge design. It doesn't look like it's stickerless friendly.

 

[InfiniCuber]

I pre-ordered. It looks like a performer.
I'm surprised by the edge design. It doesn't look like it's stickerless friendly.

What do you mean by stickerless friendly? :confused:

 

[renchi11]

He means that you cant make this cube by individually painting each piece in different color plastic, since the part of the edge and the corner where the stickers go is one piece

 

[stensgaard]

by not "stickerless friendly" I guess he's referring to the fact that the corner is capped with a single piece of plastic, so I don't see how they could easily make that 3 different colors.. !?

but then again, if they managed to do it, they could keep all the inner parts black (or white) and the cube would be competition legal ???

 

[Kattenvriendin]

DianSheng does this. Just paints stickers on.

 

[Zeotor]

Pre-orders are up now on Puzzle Addicitions and 51morefun. The 51morefun pages states the following.

The final products will be available in about 10 days(from March 21).

 

[CarlBrannen]

I ordered three. I don't like stickers and will paint them. I got an airbrush from Harbor Freight a few months ago and I bet that I'll get some decent jobs out of it.

 

[uniacto]

I've resisted the temptation so far. I can surely last a few more weeks before ordering this cube (I'm putting myself on a budget, lol).

 

[Lchu613]

I wonder how the price will compare on puzzleaddictions when I add on shipping...

 

[PedroSabioni]

Does anyone know if hknowstore has received the products? I can't wait to get mine

 

[Veerexx]

Does anyone know if hknowstore has received the products? I can't wait to get mine

They have emailed me saying they are receiving them on the 15th.

 

[renchi11]

Well i guess ill just have to use my crappy cubes for a while longer

 

[PedroSabioni]

That's sad, I'll go to my first competition on the 13th. I have my GuHong V2, but, for what i've seen, this might be better. Thanks for the information (=

 

[uniacto]

That's sad, I'll go to my first competition on the 13th. I have my GuHong V2, but, for what i've seen, this might be better. Thanks for the information (=

Unless you're moving from a rubiks brand to a speedcube, I don't think that buying a new type of cube will affect your times at all. A Guhong is a good cube for anyone.

 

[PedroSabioni]

You're totally right. In fact, I think my times would slow down at the first moment. The problem with my GuHong is that the red side keeps "unscrewing", so I have to tension it after 5 solves, or the cube just explodes )=

 

[Lchu613]

...You need a new core

 

[PedroSabioni]

Thanks for the information! I'll buy a new one the next time I order something

 

[Alex Rubik]

still using my Guhong2.but i'd like to try fangshi

 

[CarlBrannen]

You're totally right. In fact, I think my times would slow down at the first moment. The problem with my GuHong is that the red side keeps "unscrewing", so I have to tension it after 5 solves, or the cube just explodes )=

I had this problem on a big cube (just before a competition). Basically, to keep it from unscrewing, I had to turn the black side only clockwise. This is kind of inconvenient.

It happened because one of my screws didn't have long enough threads. But in my case the core itself was okay.

Eventually I swapped out the screw with one from a spare (7x7x7 shengshou). But for the competition, I got the thing to work by increasing the friction between the screw and the core. I put a little sliver of paper into the core hole for that particular screw.

You can by spare screw / washer / spring sets, I forget where. They're about $1 but it's better to wait until you have something else to buy so you save on shipping.