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I don't think I'll get the Qiyi 6x6 despite being a Qiyi fan and I really like the Qiyi 5x5 (Yuxin is still my main 5x5) but early reports are it pops like the Yuxin 6x6 so waiting on the new Moyu which reports being very forgiving according to Felix!

I wouldn't abandon all hope with the new Qiyi 6x6 (Wuhua), it's possible that it might just need some setup work.

My big cube experience tops out at a barely used Yuxin 5x5, but Chris Olson had the Wuhua in his latest unboxing alongside the Weishi GTS, and seemed to be far more enthused about the Wuhua than the Weishi GTS.
 
Cube club will be starting soon at the elementary school again. I want to donate some more cubes this year. Last year I let them use mine but some of the stickers got picked at. :) (What should I expect?) So I'd like to donate some stickerless ones. Looks like I could do Guanlong pink or Yuxin Fire stickerless for $1 more. Any suggestions? I prefer using the cubicle, I'm not patient. :)

(Looking $5 or less)
 
Cube club will be starting soon at the elementary school again. I want to donate some more cubes this year. Last year I let them use mine but some of the stickers got picked at. :) (What should I expect?) So I'd like to donate some stickerless ones. Looks like I could do Guanlong pink or Yuxin Fire stickerless for $1 more. Any suggestions? I prefer using the cubicle, I'm not patient. :)

(Looking $5 or less)

For the difference in price ($2.80/each for 10 or more vs. $4) my two cents would be to get guanlongs from cubezz and use the difference to pay for expedited shipping or throw in a couple of guansus at $5.75, although they don't seem to have those in stickerless.
 
Maybe also buy a couple of those 7 cm cubes (Sail or Legend), they are cheap and may be useful for teaching and also fun to play with. Also a stickerless Skewb or Pyraminx?
I did have a skewb and pyraminx last year but there were so many kids, most starting from scratch, that we only had time to talk about 3x3. That's actually when I learned to solve those two. :)
 
Depending how many you're buying, might be worth doing the math and paying for shipping from zcube, they tend to win out for budget cubes in any sort of multiple quantity. Whereas the free shipping for the "new moyu cube of the week" tends to make cubezz appealing for those purchases.

E.g. these are the $USD per unit prices for 6 or more (can mix/match colors within the cube model), and some brief comments on the stickerless versions
Guanlong $0.81 - thin plastic, I found the yellow/green bled together in bright sunlight
Yuxin Fire $1.25 - feels a little nicer than the guanlong, but the orange/red are fairly similar
KungFu QingHong $1.77 - only have this in black, but definitely a more solid and pleasant feel compared to the other two
Qiyi Thunderclap v1 $3.10 - the colors aren't super-bright, the pea green isn't to everyone's taste, but on the other hand, it's a thunderclap!

I picked the two stickerless models you mentioned, then included a couple other popular favourites that also come in stickerless for comparison. DHL tends to be the best shipping option for the orders I've done in the past, the orders were around 20-30 puzzles (mostly 3x3) and cost about $30-$40 to ship to Canada, and arrived in about 3-5 days. Oh! Almost forgot zcube always seem to have coupon codes of "sale" or "zcube" that are %20 off, and as far as I can tell that's a flat %20 on the whole order.

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Cube club will be starting soon at the elementary school again. I want to donate some more cubes this year. Last year I let them use mine but some of the stickers got picked at. :) (What should I expect?) So I'd like to donate some stickerless ones. Looks like I could do Guanlong pink or Yuxin Fire stickerless for $1 more. Any suggestions? I prefer using the cubicle, I'm not patient. :)

(Looking $5 or less)

I uploaded my beginner / improver LL algs yesterday and wondered if they might be useful in cube club?

2-alg OLL + 2-alg PLL are for absolute "beginners" and simply use FUR..., Anti-Sune and Niklas combos.
4-alg OLL + 3-alg PLL are for "improvers" and introduce inverse algs (FRU..., Sune) + proper U-Perms.

The algorithms work equally well for 2H newbies or someone wanting to pick up OH in a hurry (e.g. @mark49152 in Guildford). They provide a clear pathway from beginner through to 4LLL and beyond.
 
I did have a skewb and pyraminx last year but there were so many kids, most starting from scratch, that we only had time to talk about 3x3. That's actually when I learned to solve those two. :)
Maybe go to Lightake, or one of the other HK/Chinese stores, and order a few ShengShou cubes. You can pick them up for less than $2 each, if you have a couple of weeks to wait for delivery? Better to let the kids ruin cheap, effectively disposable cubes, and if they complain "dude, this cube doesn't reverse corner cut line-to-line" then perhaps they're ready to move on to a more expensive cube!?

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Depending how many you're buying, might be worth doing the math and paying for shipping from zcube, they tend to win out for budget cubes in any sort of multiple quantity. Whereas the free shipping for the "new moyu cube of the week" tends to make cubezz appealing for those purchases.
Wow, this turned out to be an awesome deal! I was going to buy 10 cubes, but at $1.25 each I bought 20 Yuxin Fires, and even with $30 DHL shipping and the discount it came out to $52! About what I expected to pay for 10. :)

I'll probably give 12 or so for school and keep some for give aways. I know one guy at work that said he just bought a Rubik's brand and solved it on his own in about an hour! (Is that even feasible, I guess maybe???) I'm a little skeptical of that but hey, I'm giving him one anyway. :)
 
I know one guy at work that said he just bought a Rubik's brand and solved it on his own in about an hour! (Is that even feasible, I guess maybe???) I'm a little skeptical of that but hey, I'm giving him one anyway. :)

I'm HUGELY skeptical of this. I once took a cube to work, and had the usual "i solved it once in the 80s/by luck"...


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Wow, this turned out to be an awesome deal! I was going to buy 10 cubes, but at $1.25 each I bought 20 Yuxin Fires, and even with $30 DHL shipping and the discount it came out to $52! About what I expected to pay for 10. :)

I'll probably give 12 or so for school and keep some for give aways. I know one guy at work that said he just bought a Rubik's brand and solved it on his own in about an hour! (Is that even feasible, I guess maybe???) I'm a little skeptical of that but hey, I'm giving him one anyway. :)
About an hour=never happened.
 
About an hour=never happened.
Ok, I too should've said extremely skeptical. :) He probably knew I could do it in 20 seconds, messed with it an hour or so, and felt embarrassed he couldn't solve it. I won't hold it against him, I'm taking the chance to try and get him into it. And who knows maybe he'll read this post someday... If so don't sweat it Shujat. ;)
 
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