Kattenvriendin
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Do you happen to have pics of the pieces next to the v4?
If so.. please post in the shengshou v5 thread with them?
If so.. please post in the shengshou v5 thread with them?
I think the others are discussing 57mm ZhanChis.
Buy them all up and sell them on here, you'd make a decent profit How do you know they are "original batch" anyway?I am getting an "Original Plastic" ZhanChi on Monday. I found a shop in China that still had some ZhanChi's left over from the original batch. I post about how it is when I get back from China or next week as I may not have Wi-Fi.
Okay, so Original Plastic ZhanChi's are real and they are better.
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I have tried out both ZhanChi's and now I know that there IS a difference. It's fact, not hype. [/LEFT]
No two cubes feel exactly the same.
Your single data point means absolutely nothing. That's an actual fact.
No two cubes feel exactly the same.
Your single data point means absolutely nothing. That's an actual fact.
Okay, so Original Plastic ZhanChi's are real and they are better.
All I'm saying on this forum is that I found that OP ZhanChi's exist and telling everyone that it isn't all hype (although CBC did create quite a bit of hype), most of the rumors are true that the plastic is different.
It also seems as if you think that because you think yours is better that they are better.
This, absolutely. Add in placebo built up from the ridiculous hype surrounding the "OP" zhanchi (thanks again CBC) and that's enough to explain any perceived difference. I'm positive an unscrupulous seller could sell fake "OP" zhanchis and it would result in dozens of YouTube videos of people testifying about how much better the "OP" version is.
Plus, I'm skeptical of any shops that still have stock of 2+ year old cubes. Since its release, this has been the most popular speed cube. What kind of shop would buy so many cubes in their initial order that they couldn't sell them all in over 2 years? The Panshi, sure, but the zhanchi? Additionally, things may be done differently in China, but stock can usually be returned to the supplier if it doesn't sell.
I'm sure there are some incredibly old zhanchis sitting on the shelves of toy shops here and there. But I'm also sure that these are isolated instances where a small shop may have ordered a handful of cubes, and then never sold them all because they sell such low numbers of cubes. So how would someone across the world find such a shop? It would have to be pure dumb luck. Plus, how can someone remember when they received shipment of stock from over two years ago? Who would actually look that
up for someone that only wants to buy a single cube? Especially when it's much simpler to just answer yes to every question, and guarantee a sale. My money is on the latter.
No. The one I got was better than the new ZhanChi's and so are other's OP ZhanChi's like CBC's, Phil's, xxoxia's, MODcuber's, Justin's, Camile's etc. They all say that they are better so I tried them and found that they are better. It proves that they are better because I have more than 10 sources saying that they are better.
Do you have an original plastic ZhanChi? If you don't then you can't day that they are worse, better or the same. You would not be able to say that my statements are false until you have one and tried it. You can believe whatever you want, you just can't say for sure unless you have one.