My family always does our Christmas the weekend before the holiday so that everyone can make it. Until today, I have only had a few 3x3s and a megaminx.

• Sengso Helicopter Dodecahedron: I thought this would be the easiest when I looked at photos, but it might be the hardest after partially scrambling. Turn quality is terrible out of the box and two center caps had fallen off in the box. I haven't lubed it yet but I'm not sure how much that will help. You have to align the "wings" or whatever they're called very carefully to get it turning.
• Moyu Redicube: I managed to solve all but the last layer while chatting with family. I was surprised that it is a rather soft plastic, nothing like my other cubes. Very nice feeling. I think I will probably figure this out tonight.
• Moyu Puppet Cube V1: this thing is trippy. If anyone has one, I assume there are screws in there somewhere. Does it turn better loosened? Some pieces I have to force to get past each other. Somehow I briefly got it back in to cube shape, but it was no where close to solved.​ Very fun to play with and see the shape-shifting, but I have not tried to solve yet.
• QY Mirror Blocks: I haven't messed with trying to solve this one yet, just played around scrambling it. Very over-lubed out of the box, the whole thing was greasy. Nice turn quality though.
• Meffert's Skewb Xtreme: this one is going to be tough I think. The solved state had each X a solid color, then the smaller inside edge pieces are one part of the X one color and the other part a different color, so just understanding what goes where seems hard. This is the highest quality feeling of these puzzles. It is surprisingly heavy and has nice strong magnets. There's a fairly loud click on each turn as it locks in to place.
• Calvin's Puzzle Double2 Mini: I'm not sure if that's the correct name for this, it only says Calvin's Puzzle on the box, a sticker on the bottom says Double2 Mini. This one and the Skewb Xtreme were not on my list. I don't know if my Dad decided it looked cool or what. Also somehow there were two of them. Does Speedcubeshop sometimes toss you an extra puzzle on a big order? I gave the extra to my niece. Turns like an original Rubik's brand but hopefully lube helps some. Also on one of them, a center cap fell off in shipping, but it was easy to pop back in. I haven't played with it much, seems much harder than a normal 3x3 though.