Year: 2014

A Beautiful 3-Way Card Box

More beautiful inlayed teak boxes from Magic Wagon. What is neat about this beautiful item is it allows you three outs instead of two with a normal card box. It also allows you to do multiple changes should you want to do that. In some sense it is similar to CW’s Psychic Sword, but it has three options and you can go back to any of them right in front of the spectators if you so desired (although I’m not sure you would).

If you wanted to collect beautiful teak boxes that work perfectly and look amazing, Magic Wagon would be a great place to start.

Highly Recommended for Magic Collectors everywhere!

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Clever Dixon Does it Again!

Rewind about ten years and you’ll find a review from me about perhaps one of the greatest card effects of all time: Carpe Cajones. I still love that effect and wish I did it more as it is so mind blowing. Well I recently picked up an ebook from Doc again called: Psychic Cents and although this is not as mind blowing as Carpe Cajones, it is an amazing effect for walk around with instant reset and really no way to figure it out.

You basically predict the outcome of what appears to be a randomly selected two digit number, and unlike so many of these types of effects it is really clean and does not require a complex choosing procedure or handling. You don’t even need a Himber Wallet, but I think this works great with the original style of Mini-Himber from Jerry.

I’m honing in on nine effects for my walk around shows this year and Psychic Cents is one of the first in line.

Highly Recommended for walk around and close-up performers and anyone who appreciates a smart mind.

Great Job Doc Dixon!

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Anverdi’s Finest Hour?

This has to be my favorite Anverdi effect! For years I ignored it because I thought I knew what it was and didn’t want to pay for it. However, I’m so glad I recently purchased one because it really is a beauty and a 100% fooler!

It looks like a nice looking petty cash box – in fact I load it up with cash so it IS a cash box. You’ll notice when you open the box there is the cash and a smaller box inside – this holds the 7 keys. I show the cash and then take out the little box and rattle it ask the audience what do they think is inside – they invariably say coins. So I say no and tip out the keys and locate the one with the purple key fob (you could use a ribbon etc, but I like the idea of a fob as you could also have a prediction on there if you so desired). I give this to the spectator to lock the box – you never need touch it again after it is closed and locked by the spectator.

I then take off the key fob and shake up the keys so that no one knows which key opens the box. Then I tell the spectator they have 6 chances out of 7 to choose the correct key, and if they do they can keep all of the cash. This gets them interested for sure. Each time they chose a key and they try to open the box I ask them to discard the key in the little box so that we know we tried it. They can change their mind as many times as they want and they can try each key as many times as they want – there is no chance that the box will open. But when they finally leave you with one key, they can pick it up and amazingly the box opens.

This is so clean – nothing added or taken away and it just looks as clean as can be. A real miracle!

Highly Recommended for Collectors and Performers everywhere!

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Better than Bob Kline’s Model?

Copenetro is Bob Kline’s masterpiece and although there have been many versions from numerous manufacturers over the years, none have come close to Bob’s original version. None, until my good friend George Robinson at Viking produced his own version.

George’s version looks beautiful, works perfectly, and is the first really worthy successor to Bob’s own. I’m quite sure Bob Kline would be proud to see how much love and care George put into producing these.

Highly Recommended for both Collectors and Performers everywhere!

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Simply Unbelievable

I’ve been a big fan of LabcoMagic and the amazing inventions of Soren Harbo for many years. When I first read about E.S.P I was truly awestruck: was it really possible to create a tiny device that could tell you every time how many cards were cut from a deck and the name of the card? When I received the unit and saw how easy it was to use and how accurate it was – in all my testing it has never once failed me – I realized not only was it possible but we were playing at a whole new level of sophistication.

It really is mind boggling to use this device. It works not just with playing cards, but pretty much any small uniform items: coins, marbles, scrabble tiles, even pieces of paper or card. It is easy to program for all of these items and more.

It is not a walk-around or impromptu device – suited best to formal close-up, parlor or even small stage venues. But it is small, silent and 100% reliable and with some thought can easily be the cornerstone of the most amazing routines possible.

Highly Recommended for anyone who loves amazing inventions and ideas, and who want to create mind-blowing effects!

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