"The X-Cube" Kickstarter Project - $43,000+ so far

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"This project was successfully funded on Jul 7, 2013."

It's an old kickstarter. The guy had an idea (the puzzle wasn't really new, but the idea of mass producing it was), although he didn't move quickly enough and it turned out Calvin had already had it in the production pipeline and just hadn't made it public yet. Once Calvin's version came out a lot of speedcubers bought it instead (I have one, for instance) and I'm not sure what happened with the kickstarter guy... I haven't heard of a second version being mass-produced.

he posted on /r/cubers today with a link saying they will be sold for $30 from august 2014, but there are 7 left from the first batch and they are being sold for $45 each

calvins version is $29 from hknowstore

 

[megaminxwin]

I'm not sure what happened with the kickstarter guy... I haven't heard of a second version being mass-produced.

It looks like he's going to finally release it in August, if this page is to be believed. He seems quite annoyed about everyone calling his a knockoff as well.

 

[wrathofgods54]

The facebook page if anyone wanted to know https://www.facebook.com/TheXCube
Seems he was on the Steve Harvey show today too according to the fb page