New cube! Auldey-Q BORG series - "Long" Unpoppable cube!

[MarcelP]

So where can I buy this cube?

Yeah, where can I order it? Seems like one that I really 'need' to have in my collection.

 

[Godmil]

I thought they just went off the general "magic cube" idea, from, you know, Erno Rubik.

isn't V-Cube's mech principally about big cubes?

The V-cube mech is for any order of nxn Cube (though they only patented for up to 11x11 because they thought larger cubes would be too impracticable for speedcubing).
The standard cube has internal geometry based off of Spheres (take off the the top layer off an old cube and look at the circle you see on the inside). While the V-Cube mech is based on Cones. It's just a different geometrical solution, but a significant one.

 

[Stefan]

The standard cube has internal geometry based off of Spheres

Don't you mean cylinders?

 

[Godmil]

Don't you mean cylinders?

Do I? I just think of each face as having a circle profile inside, so I imagine the center of the cube as a sphere. Is it more accurate to think of 3 cylinders intersecting?
Thanks.

 

[Stefan]

Is it more accurate to think of 3 cylinders intersecting?

I'd say so. And quote from the patent: "We claim that the advantages of the configuration of the internal surfaces of every smaller piece mainly by conical surfaces instead of cylindrical ...".

 

[TheNinjaCuber]

I don't know any way that you can buy it outside China. I ordered it online. Here's the website: http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id...416_2297358_8935934:1345469824_3z3_1991020037
I also got the Auldey Lube, might do a review on it.

 

[Godmil]

I'd say so. And quote from the patent: "We claim that the advantages of the configuration of the internal surfaces of every smaller piece mainly by conical surfaces instead of cylindrical ...".

Thanks for the correction

 

[drewsopchak]

I'm not sure, but I thought DaYan came up with the idea of torpedoes. And anyway, isn't V-Cube's mech principally about big cubes?
(I know they have a 3x3 now, but based off the reviews I've read it's no match for DaYan)

The v-cube 3x3 (and dayan cubes) mech is the reduced version of their big cubes. And yes, dayans are better than v-cubes but that doesn't change the inventor of the design.

 

[zebra]

That cube looks sick