DuckubingCuber347
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I don't know if I was missing a joke but apparently the magnetic 23x23 was just a little prank. As far as I know there are no plans on it actually being made.
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qwr
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wait really? how do you know?
Tony Fisher's video showed prototype pictures from Chinese social media.
DuckubingCuber347
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via TheCubicle.
qwr
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post a source
DuckubingCuber347
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Kaiju_cube
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I like the upcoming/new puzzles thread.
Imagine if a puzzle is good enough and well received and people (here) buy it, they post about it anyway and then it sort of gets its own thread anyway.
OreKehStrah
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I think it could be better to branch this thread into an upcoming speed cube and upcoming twisty puzzle set of threads.
SH03L4C3
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More about the gan I3
ender9994
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That is some high quality MS Paint work.
SH03L4C3
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why thank you
Dan the Beginner
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Sailing? Waiting? and 10 times the delay in synchronisation! 
SH03L4C3
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thats what my image translator said. Lemme try again with a different oneSailing? Waiting? and 10 times the delay in synchronisation!
Dan the Beginner
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I think it's good to have this thread with general information about new puzzles. I can understand if a particular cube or a particular type of cubes are very special and different, e.g. smartcubes and robots, or twisty cubes, then a thread just for them is justified to reduce interruption to everyone (who may not be interested in everything under the sun). Maybe 3x3 cubes deserve its own "upcoming/new" thread, if they are the main bulk of posts, to save others from sieving and searching for posts about other puzzles (like twisties) buried among hundreds of posts about 3x3 cubes.
Dan the Beginner
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Ah, I see, so it's not a joke from you. Sorry. I think you have missed my earlier post here 3 days ago, in which I already posted an English version of what you posted about the new GAN 356 i3. Here, click on the link in my post and then scroll down to see all the details about the cube:
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The Gan 356 i3 is ready. 56mm, 78g, 63 USD (or 80 USD for a package including a powerbank), adjustable magnet strength (7 levels), updated core and all other specs, USB-C and more. It apparently has a fast processor, to be able to handle "10+ TPS" and also has less lag sync'ing with the...
www.speedsolving.com
It looks very promising and have some nice specs, like USB-C, but I am not so sure about the plastic parts inside the core. Moyu's smartcube has a metal core, though housed in a clear transparent sphere.
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Dan the Beginner
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Hohoho, replying to my own post.
This is an update for a potential problem mentioned the previous post. There is another tester claiming and demonstrating the same problem on Bilibili. It happened only after a small number of turns. He set the light blue dial to "2" on all six sides of the cube, and found later one of them was on "1", and another one was on "4" (skipped twice, as the setting numbers when turned go downwrds). I can think of one easy fix, but I hope GAN can fix it properly. Hint - a tiny little drop of Loctite applied to the right place to lock the cogs, or just nail polish, should do the trick. And clean with nail polish remover or after loosening, just twist to unlock, if it is indeed a tiny drop.
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Megaminx lover
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A similar thing happened to my gan 11 m pro, but it was the magnet settings insteadHohoho, replying to my own post.
This is an update for a potential problem mentioned the previous post. There is another tester claiming and demonstrating the same problem on Bilibili. It happened only after a small number of turns. He set the light blue dial to "2" on all six sides of the cube, and found later one of them was on "1", and another one was on "4" (skipped twice, as the setting numbers when turned go downwrds). I can think of one easy fix, but I hope GAN can fix it properly. Hint - a tiny little drop of Loctite applied to the right place to lock the cogs, or just nail polish, should do the trick. And clean with nail polish remover or after loosening, just twist to unlock, if it is indeed a tiny drop.
First solve video of it on YT...
SH03L4C3
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Curious on how the semiconductor shortage will affect the price of the Gan I3...
Dan the Beginner
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Pure guessing here. The chips required for "smart" cubes are very basic, as they only have to have Bluetooth and send turning info sensed, and are therefore not hard to make or likely to have a serious supply problem. This and the limited number of smartcubes sold means that it should not be a big problem, like chips used for smartphones, cars, etc that actually have some intelligence and produced in huge numbers. However, I am not sure whether the shortage situation would not be used as an excuse for hiking prices.
ender9994
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Regarding the DianSheng Magnetic 23x23:
This is a recent quote by Calvin Fan (HKNowStore) on the twistypuzzles forum:
"Diansheng is a long history cubing factory. They are going to release quite a lot of new puzzles this year. Well, this is true. They are working on the flat and magnetic 23x23x23 cube, but more is coming ! This is a new century of cubing history ! We are glad that we live in this cubing history !"
Based on this, I am inclined to believe that are at least 'trying' to get this puzzle mass produced and it is not just a joke.
This is a recent quote by Calvin Fan (HKNowStore) on the twistypuzzles forum:
"Diansheng is a long history cubing factory. They are going to release quite a lot of new puzzles this year. Well, this is true. They are working on the flat and magnetic 23x23x23 cube, but more is coming ! This is a new century of cubing history ! We are glad that we live in this cubing history !"
Based on this, I am inclined to believe that are at least 'trying' to get this puzzle mass produced and it is not just a joke.
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