Month: May 2010

Underrated and Overlooked

I can’t understand why this effect has been around so long and hasn’t received more attention. Maybe that’s good for people like me, who love using this innocent, but devious contraption.

Imagine a box with valuables inside and keys freely… honestly freely… chosen and even traded amongst the audience members. You can be given a key that they select. They can even change their minds mid-way through the performance, and trade their keys, or your key. It doesn’t matter. What does matter… and this is the key difference… is that your key always works. But, you never need to touch the box. Yep. That’s right. Unlike other tricky lock effects where the magician takes the last key and is able to open the lock, this effect is entirely self-working. You always get everything in the box, and you do absolutely nothing.

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Blown Away by the Quality

I just opened mine and without even performing with it, I am blown away by the quality. No surprise, considering The Trickery is driving the bus and Magic Wagon is supplying the bus. That is THE A-Team in my mind. So far, this match up between The Trickery and Magic Wagon has produced only winners.

This gets an A+ for craftsmanship, but I still need to work with it to grade it further. Perfect finish on all surfaces…wood, metal, and interior. Even the weight feels right. It’s elegant, but substantial. Even after purchasing at least 75% of Magic Wagon’s offerings (including The Trickery/Magic Wagon team-ups), I still can’t get over their consistent quality. And, couple that with Howard’s (of The Trickery) devious mind…look out!!!

My one, and only complaint is the same one I have with all the items Magic Wagon produces.. they look so darn good I want to hoard them away rather than use them. And I know, that’s not good. So, I’m going to make myself use this effect. It really does "look" and "act" like a winner. I’m very sure it will perform like one.

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