I would give this 5 stars because everything about it is more than I expected but I had to drop a star for the stickers. Opened the box, felt the heft of this thing (feels more like steel than aluminum, especially the weight), turned it a couple times (surprisingly smooth for a chunk of metal) and i noticed the stickers were not playing nicely with the metal. As soon as I saw the extra sticker pack I knew there was gonna be an issue. To be fair, metal and stickers can be a rough combination to unite competently. I will have to search for some stickers that may stick better or possibly assist the adhesive with some third party adhesive.
Once you get past the sticker issue though, this is a far better quality metal cube that I had expected, especially for the price. I may buy a couple or few more so I can play with different color solutions.
I haven't had the factory lubrication smell that others have mentioned, but I have already replaced the lube with my own so that may be why.
If you're looking for a metal cube, this is an awesome candidate!!!

Cube is fantastic, 294g, no cornercut, but the metal is not so much polished as appears in the pictures, also it is not solid since you see the core and internal part of pieces made in white plastic, but it is a must have puzze for collectors.

If you want one to peel off stickers and have silver cube - don't. Under the stickers it's all messed up - with scratches, damage and silver cover actually missing exposed rusted metal. It only looks good when stickered.
Works best with metallic stickers.

Been playing with this for a while and my only gripe is the fact that it smells awful and leaves the smell on my hands. The lube they used feels like it's all over the cube, with only 1 or 2 minutes of handling leaving my hands feeling sticky and having that strong lubricant odour. I find myself washing my hands after handling the cube, but otherwise there's not too much to fault.

Don't expect it to cut corners or do any type of speed cubing. It's bloody heavy and feels extremely nice to play with outside of the whole lube situation.

The cube itself I'm completely happy with. Been looking for a good metal cube for a while and the weight and mechanics of this one do not disappoint. Gotta knock off a star though for the stickers. I love the textured stickers, but I've only been playing with this cube casually (not even treating it like a speed cube, it sits on my desk at work and I casually spin it around throughout the day), and I've only had it about 3 days and 3 stickers are already peeling. There seems to be a sticker layer then a clear texture layer. The texture layer peels off super easy, then once it comes off the color wears off the sticker layer. It comes with replacement stickers, which is nice, but ultimately I'm going to have to go with a different kind of sticker, or paint it or something.

Despite that though I'm very happy with the cube and definitely recommend buying it if you're looking for a metal cube. It's nice and heavy and turns real smoothly, and I haven't had any problems with it locking up. I did drop it once and the faceplate on a center piece popped up (revealing a screw, neat!) but that popped right back on with no trouble.

Side note, this ships from China, so if you go with standard shipping expect it to take a while. Took about a month and a half to get here.