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Yongjun plastic products factory
Yongjun_logo.png
Company
Founded: unknown
Location: Guangdong, China
Years Active: unknown
Areas served: Worldwide
Website: [1]
Production
Products: Wide range of WCA twisty puzzles

YongJun (Chinese: 永骏, and often known as YJ) are a Chinese puzzle manufacturer. They first came to prominence as the manufacturer of the Type D Cube around 2008, although they have produced many other models since then. Around 2012 they also created a separate sub-brand called MoYu as a production platform for third-party puzzle designers.[2]

Company

The Yongjun Plastic Products Factory is located in Chenghai District, Shantou city, Guangdong Province, China. The company specializes in educational toys and puzzles.[3]

Products

Type D

Ratings for Type-D I Cube
Based on 4 ratings
Smoothness/Speed: 8.38
Lockup Resistance: 6.38
Cutting Corners: 6.38
Pop Resistance: 5.0
Quietness: 4.5
Reliability: 6.0
Weight: 109g
Overall: 6.63

Type D cubes (also called GuoYou) were shipped fully assembled and stickered by Cube4You. The color scheme varied, but generally used either the Japanese color scheme or a mirrored version of the Western color scheme. The original stickers were generally not considered robust so Cube4You shipped a set of better stickers with each cube. Later Type D orders came stickered with better vinyl stickers in the Western color scheme. Type D cubes were comparable to Type A cubes, with decent corner-cutting and a reputation for popping less often than Type A cubes. Some people replaced the Type D core with a Type A core, or built a hybrid of this cube with Type C cubies.

Type-D I Cube

Different Types

There were two different types of Type-D cubes. Generation one Type-D's came in many different colors: Pink, Green and Black and White. The generation 2 Type-D's, also known as Type-D II were white. The stickers that come with the Type-D II were somewhat textured and did not peel off easily. The spinning was thought smooth, with rare lock-ups, good corner-cutting, but sometimes popping if spinning too violently. Each cubie is fully closed and has caps that rarely fall off. There were many types of YJ D-II type cubes produced such as the Finhop 3x3 and the crazy foot cube. All had similar performance.

2x2x2

YJ 2x2

Available c. 2010, this cube was a GhostHand clone. It had a very similar plastic shape, but the YJ came with tiles like the YuXin 2x2 (an East Sheen clone). The YJ 2x2 turned similar to an East Sheen. This cube had a screw/spring structure which helped a bit with corner cutting. Turning out of box was not very good, but after a few hundred solves the cube turned smoothly. The size is the typical 5cm x 5cm. This cube was much cheaper than the GhostHand on lightake.

The YJ 2x2 Glow in the Dark

YJ YuPo 2x2

Released October 2015.

YJ GuanPo 2x2

Released March 2016.

3x3x3

YJ SuLong

Released October 2013. Considered a good budget cube. It turned well, but noticeably slower than equivalent MoYu or Dayan cubes. It only popped on very loose tensions.

YJ ChiLong

Released November 2013. The ChiLong is very similar to the SuLong, except it has extra grooves on the corners and edges. It is slightly faster than the SuLong. The SuLong was usually cheaper, so probably better value-for-money.

YJ YuLong

Released December 2013. Sometimes bore the MoYu logo. A budget cube with a light, crunchy feel. The edges pop & the corners twist fairly easily when set up loose. The pieces of the stickerless version are pressed together without glue, and can fall apart when they pop out.

YJ GuanLong

Released October 2014. The YJ GuanLong was a popular budget cube from YJ. It featured a simple, blocky mechanism and was popular for modding.

Tiled cubes

YJ LingGan

A 3x3 cube with circular tiles embedded into the pieces.

YJ Diamond Cube

The Diamond Cube features diamond-like shaped tiles on the pieces in place of stickers.

YJ Love Cube

The Love Cube features heart-shaped tiles on the pieces in place of stickers.

YJ Spade Cube

The Spade Cube features spade-shaped tiles on the pieces in place of stickers.

4x4x4

YJ ShenSu 4x4

YJ YuSu 4x4

Released July 2015.

YJ GuanSu 4x4

Released January 2016.

YJ YuSu R 4x4

Released April 2016. The YuSu R is an updated version of the YuSu, which incorporates elements of the GuanSu into its design.

5x5x5

YJ 5x5

The original YJ 5x5. Also came in a smaller size.

YJ YuChuang 5x5

Released April 2016.

6x6x6

YJ 6x6

YJ GuanShi 6x6 and YJ YuShi 6x6

Released around the same time in April 2017. The GuanShi is a stickered cube, whereas the YuShi comes in stickerless plastic.

7x7x7

YJ 7x7

YJ GuanFu 7x7 and YJ YuFu 7x7

The GuanFu and YuFu were released at the same time in January 2017. They use the same mechanism, but the GuanFu comes in black or white plastic with stickers while the YuFu comes in stickerless plastic.

Other twisty puzzles

  • YJ YuLong Pyraminx
  • YJ GuanLong Skewb
  • YJ Guanhu Megaminx
  • YJ Guanlong Square-1

See also

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