X-Cube 4 is Mass Producing Very Soon

[freshcuber]

Working a minimum wage job can supply enough money for the average college kid when they're not spending it all on beer or weed, I'm not saying you do but it goes farther than you think. Budgeting isn't too hard to do. I'm in highschool and short of food and clothes my parents don't really pay for anything. I make fifteen dollars every Saturday. There's a lot of times I can't go out and do things with friends cause I know I want to spend my money on something else. I buy cubes probably once every two months or so and I know what I want far in advance. For example, next thing I'm buying will be a V-6 and maybe a pyraminx. So I need atleast $45. That's pretty much my whole check from teaching swim lessons. All of my last check is going towards chilling with friends at the movies or whatever and the next one is going to cubes. I'm not saying that my budgeting can compare to that of a college student's but Eric seems to be doing pretty well. So does Ryan Reese.

 

[James Ludlow]

Hey, just a quick question, anyone else looked at the corner piece and went "Hmmm, perhaps I could try doing the V-5 corner mod on this"? You know...how the base of the corners are not...rounded and all that. Just a thought.

Was that not to get rid of the clickyness on the outer layers? My X4 doesn't have a clicky feel at all on the outer layers. Would it not be a pointless exercise?

 

[Whyusosrs?]

Goatse and Eric, if you guys are gunna argue, try to make it funny. I can't bear to read boring arguments. kthx.

When is cubic 7x7x7 coming out, xb? Any news on it?

 

[mazei]

Was that not to get rid of the clickyness on the outer layers? My X4 doesn't have a clicky feel at all on the outer layers. Would it not be a pointless exercise?

It doesn't click furiously, but it has that feel that not-as-clicky-V5s do, which goes away after modding it. I've owned 4 V5s so I kinda know what I'm talking about.

 

[RyanReese09]

Goatse and Eric, if you guys are gunna argue, try to make it funny. I can't bear to read boring arguments. kthx.

When is cubic 7x7x7 coming out, xb? Any news on it?

This expressed my thoughts exactly .

 

[goatseforever]

Working a minimum wage job can supply enough money for the average college kid when they're not spending it all on beer or weed, I'm not saying you do but it goes farther than you think. Budgeting isn't too hard to do... I'm not saying that my budgeting can compare to that of a college student's but Eric seems to be doing pretty well. So does Ryan Reese.

I see mods are trying to keep this thread on topic so I'll make this short and civil. You can't really assume everyone is in the same financial situation and thus can budget the same. Eric lives with his parents and goes to community college. That leaves quite a bit of money to spend on toys. I go to a university that's about 300 miles away from home. That leaves me with a lot less spending money (read: none.) I'm not saying this makes me a better person than Eric, but this is why I find it incredibly naive for him to tell me that I need to manage money better. (BTW, weed and beer is free in college if you play your cards right :tu)

@Whyusosrs?,
I'm sorry, who r u?

 

[RyanReese09]

I am doing fine. But I'm not making minimum wage. I manage a local Dairy Queen making ~ 9 an hour. I work 30 hours a week or so.

Plus I got my tax refund and got 1k back from that. So I'm doing well.

 

[EricReese]

I see mods are trying to keep this thread on topic so I'll make this short and civil. You can't really assume everyone is in the same financial situation and thus can budget the same. Eric lives with his parents and goes to community college. That leaves quite a bit of money to spend on toys. I go to a university that's about 300 miles away from home. That leaves me with a lot less spending money (read: none.) I'm not saying this makes me a better person than Eric, but this is why I find it incredibly naive for him to tell me that I need to manage money better. (BTW, weed and beer is free in college if you play your cards right :tu)

@Whyusosrs?,
I'm sorry, who r u?

Just because I go to CC doesn't mean I have loads of cash. The key is learning when you can give yourself treats. Like instead of going out to eat one week I know I can use that money for a cube (assuming I want one). I keep getting car troubles and am around 4k in debt to my parents. I am by no means flowing in cash. First time I had a car accident so I needed a new car (got one for 5k) then the oil burned up so I needed a new engine (3k) so thats 8k total and I've only payed off around 4k of it. I won't be responding again to you goats because I think it is extremely disrespectful to XB for derailing his thread this much.

So yea.

On topic, XB, just curious why do these cubes come with molded plastic on them we have to cut off when other cubes don't? Is that because those manufacturers already had cut the plastic off? Or did it never come from there.

 

[wwwmwww]

Anyone know where I could buy a blue one? I've already got black and white 4x4x4's so I'd like this one to be different. If you know a source please PM me.

Thanks,
Carl

 

[theace]

AFAIK, The blue one was i limited edition. I suggest you get in touch with xb27 directly.

 

[RTh]

I reveiced my X-Cube 4 today, and after shaving the extra plastic and assembling it, adjusting the tensions ans stickering it, I've done a few solves and well.

Maanny lock-ups since the center pieces move and stuck with other pieces, terrible inner layers, very good outer layers...

I think some plastic is interfering with the inner layer movement.

Should I shave something in the cube to help the inner layers?

 

[Shortey]

No. You should just solve it Alot.

 

[RTh]

I shaved as shown in #1 and seems to be better now, no more clicky feel while moving inner layers and they move way better. Still there's something wrong =/

 

[Bapao]

No. You should just solve it Alot.

Did you just call him an Alot?

 

[Shortey]

I wrote Alot intentionally.

 

[Bapao]

I wrote Alot intentionally.

I figured that seeing as you wrote it with a capital. Just asking

 

[RTh]

OMG, 40 solves and it's freaking awesome. Impressive external layer turns, good inner layers and very stable. No pops and great corner-cuts.

Just shaved the edges and worked the lubix in the cube =]

Did you just call him an Alot?

LOL.

 

[theace]

No, he said he should solve an Alot. Anyway, it gets better with use. My x4's inner layers are (almost) as good as my outers. Slightly clickier but not difficult to turn.

 

[collinbxyz]

You could probably break in the x-cube inner layers extremely fast like this =P

 

[daniel0731ex]

Sarah's X-cube was :fp