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Special Irregularly Shaped Magic Cube IQ Puzzle (More Advanced than Rubik!)

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- Makes a wonderful gift
- Adds a lot of fun to your life
- Intricate special-shaped suitable for both children and adults

- Irregular parts design adds additional challenge compared to traditional Rubik's cubes

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Good build. More advanced than Rubik's

Posted by meridor on 3/2/2010
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: more than 1 month

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Pros: Good build.

More complex than Rubik's.

Can change shapes

Cons: Not a "standard" toy (but then most interesting ones are not standard).

Other Thoughts: Good way to kill time while exercising those little grey cells. Or, as some say, "doing logical push-ups".

If you're into logics/puzzles/Rubik's/etc, then you should definitely buy it.

If your life is too hectic, then slow down. Nobody's gonna make you a statue for working like crazy. As the late Henri Salvador put it: "Le travail c'est la santé. Rien faire, c'est la conserver. Les prisonniers du boulot font pas de vieux os." (Search for the video, it's super nice.)

Bottomline: Make sure to also watch the time once in a while, before you starve, dehydrate or your bills get overdue.

low build quality

Posted by sombrancelha on 5/16/2009
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

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Pros: Well, it looks cool. And it comes with a solution manual (in english and chinese), so in case you don't know how to solve it, it will teach you.
 
Cons: Very low build quality, it looks like it is going to break every time you try to turn it. It is quite hard to turn the sides (I haven't tried any type of lubricant).
 
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Bottomline: It's good to impress other people. I haven't tried assembling it yet, but the solution manual has only 7 steps, so I think it will be easier than the regular 3x3x3 cube.
For this price, I think it's a nice cube to start with, but keep in mind it's low quality.

Good item to spend time

Posted by Chety on 1/27/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

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Pros: 1.- Easy to understand how it works
2.- perfect gift to friends
 
Cons: 3.- A little easy to broke
4.- Cheap color stickers (takes off after a little use)
5.- brokes easily if piezes doesnt match correctly
 
Other Thoughts: 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review. 500 char review.
 
Bottomline: Perfect gift to friends

Decent

Posted by Jonowl on 12/19/2008
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

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Pros: For any starters who aren't sure whether or not this is the puzzle for them, this prodecut is a decent place to start.
 
Cons: The stickers are rather cheap, and the quality of plastic leaves something to be wanted. I can shake mine and here some bit of plastic rolling about inside it. Because of the plastic, the square-1 locks up frequently and the top/bottom edges barely rotate when more than four 30 degree wedges are in that layer.
 
Other Thoughts: This was my first square-1 and although the price is astounding I wouldn't recommend this cube to any serious cuber - you get what you pay for. However, get it if you're just a curious lad, can't go wrong.
 
Bottomline: Don't be shy, it won't bite. Its a great price and although it has its flaws, its fun to mess with. ~~Serious cubers should not buy~~

Specifications

Dimensions: 2.09 in x 2.09 in x 2.09 in
Weight: 2.82 oz