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Is this even new? Didn't they re-release the MF8 and MF9 under the Meilong name over a year ago? Or was that just the 9x9?
Yup, they did. They definitely re-released the MF9, and I'm pretty sure they did the same with the MF8.
I hear Moyu did a stealth v2 to their Meilong 9 design, so while the original Meilong 9 was a repackaged MF9, the newer ones might not be. If we extrapolate from that, the Meilong 8 might be a new design too.

(edit: didn't see ap_'s post above)
 
this is not exactly a new cube but I'm surprised there are so few reviews on the little magic 2x2 m. some reviews even called it the best budget 2x2. I quite like the feel of my nonmagnetic little magic 2x2 (with lots of silk and traxxas added) so I would seriously consider maining a lm 2x2 m. although I think it's just my turning that is too inaccurate rather than magnets really being necessary
 
this is not exactly a new cube but I'm surprised there are so few reviews on the little magic 2x2 m. some reviews even called it the best budget 2x2. I quite like the feel of my nonmagnetic little magic 2x2 (with lots of silk and traxxas added) so I would seriously consider maining a lm 2x2 m. although I think it's just my turning that is too inaccurate rather than magnets really being necessary
I prefer my yupo v2 over my friend's ylm in feel
 

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this is not exactly a new cube but I'm surprised there are so few reviews on the little magic 2x2 m. some reviews even called it the best budget 2x2. I quite like the feel of my nonmagnetic little magic 2x2 (with lots of silk and traxxas added) so I would seriously consider maining a lm 2x2 m. although I think it's just my turning that is too inaccurate rather than magnets really being necessary
 
Just "leaked" some news on the new GAN Timer over on our socials.
Let's just say it is just around the corner!
Well lets hope we all got big Christmas bonuses or gifts because otherwise us mere mortals won't be able to afford this timer.

In other news. Has anyone else who owns both noticed the similarities to the GuHong v4 and the Gan 356 XS? I have noticed this realease from Dayan actually possesses a lot of the positive qualities many attribute to Gan cubes. It's light, airy, and and has that paper like quality when turning. For me the GuHong has less resistance when turning and feels better in the hands compared to the XS. The Guhong also has objectively superior corner cutting compared to the XS. Both have a very light and papery feel. When i first felt the XS it felt sort of cheap...the GuHong doesn't have this cheap feel however when turning, it seems to suit the rest of the cube perfectly, it just sort of works. On my coffee scale my GuHong weighs 67.2g and my XS is 66.7, both essentially 67g.

Thoughts? My GuHong reminds me very much of my XS...But i never reach for my XS, in fact I consider it sort of a collectors pieces since it's the only Gan cube in my collection. I find the GuHong much more pleasant to solve on than the XS and just a fantastic cube to solve on overall. At $15 i think its an absolute win.
 
Well lets hope we all got big Christmas bonuses or gifts because otherwise us mere mortals won't be able to afford this timer.

In other news. Has anyone else who owns both noticed the similarities to the GuHong v4 and the Gan 356 XS? I have noticed this realease from Dayan actually possesses a lot of the positive qualities many attribute to Gan cubes. It's light, airy, and and has that paper like quality when turning. For me the GuHong has less resistance when turning and feels better in the hands compared to the XS. The Guhong also has objectively superior corner cutting compared to the XS. Both have a very light and papery feel. When i first felt the XS it felt sort of cheap...the GuHong doesn't have this cheap feel however when turning, it seems to suit the rest of the cube perfectly, it just sort of works. On my coffee scale my GuHong weighs 67.2g and my XS is 66.7, both essentially 67g.

Thoughts? My GuHong reminds me very much of my XS...But i never reach for my XS, in fact I consider it sort of a collectors pieces since it's the only Gan cube in my collection. I find the GuHong much more pleasant to solve on than the XS and just a fantastic cube to solve on overall. At $15 i think its an absolute win.
I have the Guhong v3, how would you say that compares to the v4? It looks to me just like the cube was scaled up 2 mm but I'm not 100% sure since I don't have the v4.
 
I have the Guhong v3, how would you say that compares to the v4? It looks to me just like the cube was scaled up 2 mm but I'm not 100% sure since I don't have the v4.

I have both the V3 and the V4, as well as the Gan 11, Tengyun V2, and Gan X which I believe it compares to.

The V4 feels completely different that the V3, and is obviously larger. I would say that the V4 feels like the Tengyun V2 in quality with some aspects that relate to the flagship Gan cubes. It is slightly too slow for me at the moment, but I have yet to set it up.
 
From Qiyi, a new budget 7x7:


I don't do 7x7 so idk how hardware is there. I see light blue stickerless shades like the warrior W that I don't think look as good as a darker blue.
It looks much much better than the original qixing. The original qixing was my first 7x7 and at the time it was alright, but I'm very glad they fixed the issue of the caps coming off, I had to order a lot of replacement caps for my original qixing. I also doubt it will be worth it since its nonmagnetic and the Yufu v2 is going to be very hard to beat for future budget puzzles.
 
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It looks much much better than the original qixing. The original qixing was my first 7x7 and at the time it was alright, but I'm very glad they fixed the issue of the caps coming off, I had to order a lot of replacement caps for my original qixing. I also doubt it will be worth it since its nonmagnetic and the Yufu v2 is going to be very hard to beat for future budget puzzles.
I don't actually own a 7x7 - I tried my friend's Cubicle Hays 7 M iirc a year ago and it was super satisfying to turn, so I don't think I would get a non-magnetic big cube because having the layers align is just too satisfying and having misaligned layers on a big cube is just no fun.
 
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