Month: July 2009

Wow What an Entertaining and Colorful Beauty this is!

So I’ve been watching Francois Danis grow for the last few years and it is very clear with this latest release how far he has come. This is a perfect collector’s piece of magic. Each part of the prop from the beautiful presentation box to each of the engaging pieces are intriguing and superbly crafted. In the past I would not have said that Francois was as good as Alan Warner – but I do believe this piece is worthy of comparison. Very intricate with everything finished flawlessly.

As with all of Francois’s items it comes with an interesting story to fit the props – I found the translation not quite as good as I would like, but it is workable for sure. The effects are not new and neither are the ideas but the way they have been incorporated into the props and story line is very fresh.

I would go as far as saying this is the best prop that Francois has made thus far and I look forward to his new items. One thing you can always rely on Francois is some new twist on an old idea, and in this the Treasurer is very consistent.

Highly Recommended for Collector’s everywhere!

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The Perfect Rattle Box!

What a wonder this little rattle box is – and I do mean little, it is a fraction of the size of regular rattle boxes. Craig Brooks has a real winner on his hands with this amazing little device. I have sold all my other rattle boxes and now only use this one. Unfortunately, this means I could not put a picture of a more traditional rattle box as a side by side comparison – but there is a huge difference in both height and length.

It looks beautiful and works perfectly too. This level of detail and very fine craftsmanship is something you rarely see these days, particularly for such an inexpensive item. The small size makes it all the more convincing as it is much closer in size to the coin you are vanishing. The new style rattle mechanism, which takes a little while to get used to, is unique to Craig’s box too and you soon realize what you’ve been missing all these years!

All in all, a very perfect addition to my collection – and this time I’ll keep it!

Highly Recommended!

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Ok, time for my New Favorite Wallet!

Thank-you Martin Breese for giving me a reason for buying yet another wallet. Good Bloody Night this is amazing!!! I thought I had enough wallets, but this one really is my favorite now. Honest!

The well written and well produced instruction booklet details 5 routines and I didn’t get past the first one before I just had to photograph and get this review up. You know that feeling when you buy an effect and just love everything about it: the price, the quality, the simplicity, the cunning, the versatility, and the totally mind blowing reaction that is surely going to happen whenever you perform it? This has all of this and more. The wallet is even a great size, instead of those huge wallets you sometimes see.

Yes you can still keep all of your other wallets, but you will use this one the most. I can’t wait to read the other routines.

The World’s Most Fantastic Card-in-Wallet is the first effect, and it truly is. It is a clean no palming version, where the wallet is clearly shown empty when you give it to the spectator and yet the freely chosen and signed card still appears slap bang in the wallet when they open it!

When you practice it you keep pinching yourself because it is so wonderful. Just beautiful.

I could not recommend this effect more.

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