{"id":3844,"date":"2017-02-21T23:19:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2017-02-21T23:19:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:19:09","slug":"fidget-cubes-kickstarter-vs-knockoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2017\/02\/21\/fidget-cubes-kickstarter-vs-knockoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidget Cubes – Kickstarter vs Knockoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKnockoff on the left, Kickstarter on the right.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve seen a number of friends post about fidget cubes, both the Kickstarter<\/a> and the knockoffs<\/a>. Since I have both, I wanted to share this very brief comparison. <\/p>\n

My understanding is that the original developers didn’t patent their creation in a way to prevent the copies, and using Chinese factories to build prototypes and mass produce the final versions didn’t help.<\/p>\n

That said, the different cubes I received did have specific production differences even if they included the same overall functions. Both have their strengths. <\/p>\n

For example, the Kickstarter Fidget is quieter and has more options on the die face buttons and a better spin dial. While I like the build quality of the Kickstarter overall, I prefer the toggle switch on the knockoff, and there are times where I enjoy the noise the counter dials make as you spin them. <\/p>\n

And of course, there’s the price difference, with the Kickstarter running $22 per cube, while the knockoff can be had for about $4 and arrived well before the official order did. <\/p>\n

Be wary, though. I ordered knockoffs from two separate sellers and noticed production differences there as well. The one that I preferred can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knockoff on the left, Kickstarter on the right. I’ve seen a number of friends post about fidget cubes, both the Kickstarter and the knockoffs. Since I have both, I wanted to share this very brief comparison. My understanding is that the original developers didn’t patent their creation in a way to prevent the copies, and … Continue reading “Fidget Cubes – Kickstarter vs Knockoff”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[521,522],"class_list":["post-3844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fidget-toys","tag-kickstarter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3846,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3844\/revisions\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}