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 Hey guys! Today I have an unboxing from the The Cubicle.
In this package I have MoYu's lastest 3x3
 the MoYu AoLong version 2. And I have to say that this is probably the
fastest turnaround I have ever seen
in terms of like cubing companies producing cubes
because the MoYu AoLong just came out, I want to say, maybe  in May?
and we already have the version 2, and a lot of people are joking that this is because of 
Feliks' would-be-world record, his 5.33 second solve
that was ruined with a corner twist because he was using a MoYu AoLong.
And so MoYu decided to make a new cube that doesn't corner twist. 
I mean that's the theory, I'm not necessarily sure if that's true
but it's a good story, so I guess we'll stick with that :) I don't know exactly.
Anyway, so I'm going to go ahead and unbox this. Um, I ordered this from TheCubicle,
and it got here really fast, so let me move this down real quick
so you guys can see. Alright so there should only be one thing in here, and that is the cube.
Alright so here we have the cube
and TheCubicle business card. So here is the box.
Yeah, pretty standard [box], um it just says AoLong, there is no version 2 on it
but you know, that's okay. So here's Feliks...So let's go ahead and unbox this.
And here we have the AoLong version 2. And right off the bat I can see 
that there is
some differences between this and the
MoYu AoLong version 1.
So let me go ahead and take this out of the box, and there we have a little pamphlet.
I'll take a look at that later...So here we have the MoYu AoLong version1
And here is the version 2, and I can already tell that this thing is very different than the version
one
Um just in terms of how it looks and feels. First of all, this thing is very,
flat
it doesn't have any bubbliness to it like the AoLong V1 does, 
it's just very flat.
And the stickers are not as glossy, so if we take a look at the AoLong V1
you can tell it's a lot more rounded
and it has that bubbly feeling. So that's the first thing I noticed, and secondly the stickers are not as glossy.
I mean the stickers don't matter as much because those can be replaced.
those can be replaced but that's the just the first thing I noticed. Alright so I'm going to go
ahead and go into first turns.
Alright so here we go...
okay um this thing
really needs some work right now...this thing is terrible! Oh wow...
This thing is really bad out of the box, I'm not sure if it's just mine but
this thing is really bad. Uh, one thing I can say is that the turning
at this point feels very different from this cube. This cube out of the box
had a very, very small scratchy feeling
a very slight scratchy feeling but it also had sort of a
smooth bubbliness to it. And this cube,
it has, the scratchy feeling is a little bit more prominant
but because this thing is tensioned as
poorly as it is, it feels very tight
I guess I should mention that thing feels very tight
like the tensions are very tight
and it feels very scratchy, but it's barely turnable
so what I'm going to do right now, is I'm going to go
tension this right now. So the main thing about this cube though
before I do go tension this is the corner twisting. That was the one thing
that they said
was the one major improvement, was that they were going to make
a V2 because the V2 wouldn't corner twist. So I don't know if it still
will
but we will see.
So I'm going to go ahead and go tension this real quick because it's really bad right now.
Okay, so I am back. I just 
tensioned this cube, and it does feel a lot better, but
when I first took it out of the box it felt very slow and sluggish
and that feeling is still there, so I think that is just a characteristic of this puzzle.
 
Anyway it feels a lot better now that it is tensioned but it still
feels not as fast and still a little bit
sluggish. Now the one thing I forgot to mention when I unboxed it, is that this cube is
very dry.
It's extremely dry. Okay so now I'm going to compare these two, so I'm going to take them both apart
and compare the pieces because MoYu did say that
they were making some changes to these
cubes, so I'm going to go ahead and take
these two apart. So let me take this out and let me take
this out. Alright so let's start with the corners
Or maybe we will just start here. Alright so here is the insides. They basically look exactly the same.
 
pretty much I think they're basically
exactly the same
So let's look at the corners real quick, so here is the corners.
Um the only thing I can tell that is different
is they made this part here, the little dip, 
a lot bigger on the V2 but that is the only difference that I can see so far.
Other than that it looks pretty much exactly the same.
The only other difference besides that is that this 
cube the AoLong V2 is flatter than this one, so this one is a bit more rounded
but the only major difference is that
this part right here, the little dip here, is bigger
on the V2. Now let's take a look at the edges. I don't think they changed anything on the edges
but we will take a look anyway.
 
No, they pretty much look exactly the same, the edges do.
Alright so the only difference they really made, they made this puzzle flatter
they took away some of the roundness and they made
the little dip here a lot bigger.
Alright so there is both cubes,  alright so I'm going to go ahead and do some solves with this
just to try it out and then I'm going to give you guys my final opinion 
as of right now of this cube. Alright so I'll see you guys later.
[Loud cube sounds and Tina being an awesome cuber]
Alright so I just did about 50 or so solves on this cube
and I didn't get a single corner twist, but I have heard other people say that they have
gotten corner twists with this cube already, so I know that I eventually will
now that's okay except for the fact that
MoYu did say that this cube
would fix the corner twisting problem that the AoLong had, now I
in all honesty I only had about three or
four corner twists on the AoLong V1.
And it didn't bother me that much, but I understand why MoYu
wanted to make a version 2. Alright guys, so I've had this cube now
for about three-ish days
It's now Wednesday, I got this cube on Monday. So I've had about three days
to mess around with it
and so i think I'm ready to give my final first impressions of this cube.
So out of the box this cube, it was very sluggish
and it had a very prominent scratchy feeling, it was also very dry
which I think
is what helped make that scratchy feeling feel more prominent.
Mine was also tensioned very tightly so it was kind of difficult for me to turn.
But tensioning is something that can be solved pretty easily.
Altough one thing I do have to say is that tensioning this cube was a little bit tricky
because it was kind of hard to find the sweet spot on this cube.
So the best way to describe this cube I think is that it feels
very flat and cubic. And the turning on this cube
is somewhat scratchy
it's dry and it's a little bit more clickier than the AoLong V1, which is very smooth.
 
This cube is also somewhat sluggish, I think it's much slower than the v1.
And the corner cutting on this cube,
I think I didn't talk about it but the corner cutting on this cube is
somewhat lacking.
It can't really do line-to-line. It can do less than line-to-line
just fine, but once you do get to line-to-line, it kind of has a hard time doing it.
So that is basically it for this
cube. Overall, I think it's an okay cube.
But in all honesty, I'm not a huge fan of it
and I don't think it's worth the money to go and buy this cube.
If you already have the AoLong V1, stick with that one.
I think that cube is just fine.
The only reason why you may want to switch to the V2
or at least try the V2 is if you do not like the bubbly feeling
on the V1 at all. This cube does not have a bubbly feeling at all.
If you do not have a V1 or V2 and you are looking to get an AoLong,
 
I would highly suggest getting the
version 1 while you still can.
I'm not exactly sure how much longer the V1 is going to be in stock.
But I imagine that  once they are sold out, they might be a little hard to get ahold of.
 
Alright guys that is it for this unboxing.
In this video I unboxed MoYu's lastest 3x3, the MoYu AoLong V2.
I pre-ordered this puzzle from TheCubicle.us
I think maybe a week ago and they
shipped it this past Friday.
It is now Monday and I just received this puzzle in the mail.
So as always, very fast shipping from TheCubicle.
Now this puzzle costs $16 on TheCubicle website. You could probably find it for cheaper on other websites.
 
But if it's anything like the AoLong V1, it won't be 
that much cheaper but cheaper is cheaper, so there you go :)
Alright thank you guys so much for watching, I hope you guys enjoyed this video
 
and hopefully I'll see you guys in my
next video!
Bye guys!!!!!
