Month: March 2018

So I’m a huge fan of Stan Watson’s wonderful set of scissors put out by Supreme Magic in the 1980’s or maybe even 70’s.  Growing up I used to go to the Sussex Magic Circle and I remember when Stan joined the club, he was a real force to be reckoned with.  I picked up my set of scissors from Stan directly and have used them ever since.  They are perfect. So when I saw this other pair of scissors I was excited as I assumed they were also Stan Watson creations.  Sadly I was disappointed.

Stan’s signature is engraved on his scissors, and these are not engraved so I’m pretty sure they are not Stan’s.  My guess is Supreme put them out after Stan was not producing scissors for them.  If you hadn’t seen Stan’s I’m sure you would love these, but if you have they don’t compare.  These are closest in design to Stan’s Cut No Cut Scissors.  But the big difference is these Kan’t Kut Scissors don’t cut!  That is a big difference.

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This is a  beautiful effect inspired by Ed Mellon’s Quantimental with a method that has been significantly improved:

• Reducing the noise
• Increasing the visibility
• Allow free showing of the stand on both sides

With the performer’s back is turned, four spectators each remove one plaque from the stand and hide it on their person.  After showing how solid and opaque the stand is the performer immediately can name which symbol was selected by which spectator.  And no electronics are used and nothing is added or taken away.

This is another perfect item from Magic Wagon and one that you’ll love to own!

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These little beauties from Collectors’ Workshop are still the cutest Hip Hop variation I have seen.  Designed by Les Smith of Owen’s Magic about thirty years ago, there still has been nothing quite as cute as these little guys.  The covers and bases are solid walnut and the gimmicks are well built and function perfectly.  Very hard to come by these days and you’ll love them to display in your collection or to show the grand-kids 🙂

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So I missed this when it first came out in 2005, but typical of Joe’s work it is very precise and works perfectly. The price is quite high, but you do get what you pay for – there is some serious engineering employed in each box. It comes with 4×9″ silks and a large number of tiny sponge balls, and with care it works with 12″ silks and even 18″ diagonal cut silks. So the loads can certainly look impressive. What is particularly cool is how empty and innocent it looks, and because there is a special locking mechanism for each load chamber (of which there are four), it could even be handled by the spectator with little fear of them seeing anything.

If you are a lover of quality apparatus this is certainly for you.  I don’t know how many of them were built but I rarely see them come up so there can’t be many.  And it works so well!

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I’m a few months behind my Magic Wagon items so am trying to catch up! This beautiful effect is based on my favorite Anverdi item: The Key Box. But the genius of those cats at Magic Wagon is this bad boy has zero electronics and it really looks as clean as a whistle.

The wise man would save $1200 and the battery hassle and stick with this version. Of course most magic guys are not that wise when it comes to their favorite props.

But if you were looking for something almost as cool as Anverdi’s Key Box, your search is over and try to find one of these.  You won’t be disappointed.

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This is the original Bob Kline version of C.B.I (Can’t Believe It) which was later produced by Howard Hale (under license) and of course this is based upon the original Houlette Style Deck Vanish by Robert Jackson (which Bob Kline also created with Mr. Jackson’s permission). This is a popular item for the wood guys because last year Mel Babcock created his own version.

I think for just the sheer boldness of design this version wins 🙂  Really beautiful and the first one I have seen up close.  Very easy to do and very effective and realistic looking gimmick – where does the deck go?!

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Very nicely made and effective! This is easily one of the best card in balloon effects with any card chosen and appearing signed inside the balloon as it is popped. If you can control a card to the bottom you can perform this miracle with any signed card after just a small amount of handling practice. The components are very well made and lock tightly onto the card, and the spring load pops the balloon every time and delivers the card correctly right in place of the popping balloon.

Comes in a nicely made walnut presentation case which holds the deck, extra balloons, stand and gimmick.

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The hits keep on coming from 3D Magic Works!  The Hip Hop Rabbits in and all of its variations has proven to be very popular with Magicians and Spectators alike so it only made sense for Kent Bergmann to direct his printers to utilize this evergreen theme.  And what a beautiful job he has done.  Check out the video to see the magic.

This is one of my favorite items Kent has produced so far, and as usual Kent always likes to print off an extra item so this comes with a neat little paddle with matching colors which you can also incorporate into the routine.

Keep them coming Kent!

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A beautifully made and very clever version of the old UF Grant effect from Bill Schmeelk at Wellington Enterprises. As with all of Bill’s items in the Signature Series it improves upon the original in both construction and method. There were only fifty of these created and they are getting real hard to find these days.

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