My Christmas Cube List... Where can I buy all (or most) of these at once?

[Lloyd1337]

Originally I was planning to get all of the puzzles I wanted for Christmas on eBay. However, I lent my friend my 5x5 and he kinda... left it on the roof of his car or something and it kinda... fell off and broke. So now I have to order a new Eastsheen 5x5, and while I'm at it, he asked if I could get him an Eastsheen 4x4.

Since I don't really want to pay shipping a bunch of times by ordering from different stores, I'm not sure that eBay is the best option.

Anyway, here is my list:

- White 3x3 DIYKit (Type A or something)
- Eastsheen 4x4
- Eastsheen 5x5
- Pyraminx (preferably white)
- Master Magic
- Skewb Ultimate, although Mefferts is quite expensive, so IDK

Now, I was thinking Cube4You. They seem to have most of these items. However, the white Pyraminx that they have appear to have those horrible reflective metallic sticker things, which I hate. Is it possible to order replacement stickers for these that come in the normal colors, or should I perhaps just go with the black Pyraminx, even though it costs about twice as much (I'm assuming it is better quality).

Are the Cube4You Master Magics any good? It says that, umm, he made it himself.

Is a Skewb Ultimate worth $21 US?

And last time I ordered from Cube4You, it took quite a while to ship. But whatever. I can wait.

I was thinking maybe I should get a Rubik's 5x5 instead of Eastsheen. My Eastsheen one turned really well, but it couldn't cut corners at all. But when I tried to take apart someone's Rubiks 5x5, the mechanism was extremely tight. It took me forever to get one of the pieces out, and even longer to put it back together. And lubing it didn't help much. The outer layers turn like crap. Are there any good Rubik's 5x5s? Most of the videos I see are done using Rubik's 5x5s.

 

[ExoCorsair]

I think that's very cheap for a Skewb variant.

The new Studio 5x5x5s should be very good.

Cube4you is probably your best bet. Their service also has gotten much better.

 

[philkt731]

Is this the new studio 5x5 thats supposed to be really good?
http://www.cube4you.com/242_Rubiks-Studio-5x5x5-cube.html

or is this better?
http://www.cube4you.com/251_Rubiks-5x5-with-new-logo.html

 

[AvGalen]

Cube4You Master Magics are horrible. They don't stay flat, so you will DNF every time. It seems the loops are too tight or the tiles are to thick.

Skewb Ultimate is definately worth 21$. It is basically a mixture of a skewb and pyraminx that looks like a megaminx

White Pyraminxes normally turn better than black (but their screws come loose faster too). I have never seen white pyraminxes with reflective metallic stickers. Only the 25th anniversary had reflective tiles which look cool, but are horrible to recognize.

 

[masterofthebass]

I built my own master magic from the cube4you DIY kits, and I do DNF every time. The tiles are way too thick. My little brother got the pyraminx with reflective stickers and it's not that good. It doesn't fall apart, but it's really tight. I guess you can work it in and lube it, but "out of the box", it's not good at all.

 

[Demon Parasite]

Hmm, you're buying your friend a present for breaking your 5x5?

Anyway, are you talking about the white pyraminx with the ugly stickers? My friend got one of those, and it turns horrible. Mefferts pyraminx's are probably the best choice. Meffert's is free shipping worldwide, so don't worry about shipping costs.

 

[HelloiamChow]

Cube4you is the best place to get eastsheens from my experience. I want a studio 4x4x4 are those worth the money?

Oh, and I want an Xbox360.