One of the earliest tricks I purchased was a version of Ribbon Fantastique by the amazing Ed Massey. This version has an interesting approach, looks great, and has a great patter story.
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I own the exact vampire escape trick down to blood on the stake. It is so deceptive it can fool the actual performer go figure. I love it! The photos do not do this effect justice compared to seeing it in person.
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The beautiful magic apparatus crafted by Willi Wessel from Germany is now very collectible. He stopped building many years ago, and even then, his releases were in extremely limited quantities.
This is a fantastic multi-phase routine involving decorative wooden rings that penetrate a ribbon and then change color. The props are precision made and the finish on them is beautiful.
Includes two special bonuses – a nice cardboard box, velvet lined inside with compartments – made by Willi himself to carry the props PLUS a special video by Willi demonstrating the routines and clearly explaining all. It makes learning the effects a breeze. Mint condition. With photocopy of the original German instructions as well.
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This is an amazing add-on to Tenyo’s Mystic Scope (T-230) by Tomoyuki Shimomura and really takes the effect to the next level and beyond. This is easily my favorite of the Jenzo Harmonics effects I have seen, and apparently is quite popular. There is no force and yet you can predict two levels of outcome – who was the killer and how did they do it. And once you get comfortable with the basic version there is also an advanced version to squeeze even more out of the effect.
Performed in the right setting this will 100% freak out the audience, it looks so genuine with such authentic looking props. Effects like this are few and far between for sure.
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This is one of the most interesting things that the talented German Craftsman, Thomas Pohle, has released this year. Just watch the video that Madison has put together – it looks amazing! It just looks magical and even when you know how it works, you aren’t quite sure why it works 🙂
Great Job Thomas!
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What a clever piece of magic from the amazing Pavel. He gets a lot of mileage out of this fairly simple set of props, and it is easy to do filled with striking and visual transformations. This is one you probably haven’t seen. Everything is self contained and because of the holes in the dice you can see right into the cubes and everything appears to be above board.
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This effect is one of Tommy Wonder’s most amazing achievements and truly one of his signature pieces – it is Tommy’s version of the Oswald Williams Hold-up premise*. There have been a number of versions of this effect over the years by various builders, but this one, by Ken Winters, is considered the best. Ken has followed every detail in Tommy Wonder’s routine and spared no expense or detail. This version even work’s smoother than Tommy’s own unit that retailed for $5000.
This unit is the very first set that Ken Winters created in 2007 with a plaque stating #1 and comes complete with all necessary props to perform Tommy’s full routine: the regular watch, the incredibly gaffed watch, the reel, the harness, the notched wallet and even the ring. Also included is a template for correctly gaffing the envelope which is simple and just requires two cuts in the right place. It also includes the full and detailed instructions from the Books of Wonder.
If you ever wanted to perform this amazing routine, this would be the set to do it with. Here are some words from Tommy Wonder explaining why the trick is so effective:
I’ve used this trick to open my close-up and parlor acts for years, and I’m pleased to say it seems to fool everyone-even well-posted magicians- as thoroughly as I hoped it would.
The main reason the trick is so deceptive is because, although all three items are seemingly placed into the envelope, each is vanished from it by a different method. Each method cancels thoughts of another of the methods employed, thus strengthening the whole and making the procedure impossible to reconstruct.
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Michael Baker is one of the very few craftsmen left who not only creates beautiful parlor and stage sized collectible magic, he is also a performer in his own right. Whenever you purchase an item from Michael you know he has thought through the routine such that each move and design decision make it as smooth as possible to entertain and perform.
This is Michael’s take on the Silkola effect invented by Lennart Bondesson of Sweden c. 1966 and sold to Supreme Magic Co. of England when it was first marketed c. 1967.
This is quite simply the most stunning version of Silkola you will ever see – it stands at 18.5″ high and even the bottle is ornate and beautiful. The routine is a wonderful story and the moves are timed perfectly with the action – this really is a miracle and it comes with everything you need except for the vanish of the silk (use your favorite method).
The market for this type of magic is tiny, but God bless Michael for continuing to create his beauties, we’ll all be worse off when these types of effect are no longer produced. They beat a slick download, a fancy deck of cards or the latest computerized watch any day!
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Duel was built by Tim Wisseman for Outlaw Effects who seem to have a rather spotty record (for example, see this thread of the cafe). Which is a shame because Tim’s work is perfect and this device is no different – works like a dream and looks so authentic.
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Talk about the Land of Missed Opportunities! Total Serendipity is a really amazing, clean and beautiful switching device. The feature effect it is shipped with could have been so much better if Magic Wagon had spent just a little more time with the props and routine, instead of stampeding to produce the most beautiful prop without spending an equal amount of time with the finished product 🙁
I reported when Magic Wagon created the Utopia Prediction how they they have a great effect and method, but did not think it through and created a box that held only half the deck, when in fact if the device had held the whole deck it would have made so much more sense. Well, I feel this effect is even more so – you have this neat looking box with close-up pad area and the place to hold two packets of cards – but the holes for the cards are so small the only way you can easily remove the cards is to place a rubber band around the packet and lift the packet via the band. But this means you can’t use the device as a way to draw cards one by one, which if you did would allow you to streamline the routine AND provide a reason why you stored the cards in the base in the first place. These changes to the props or the routine are not hard but they can often be the difference between a contrived routine and a killer one.
That being said, if you ignore the provided presentation you have the opportunity to create some amazing routines with things like: dice, billets, coins, bills, etc. Although I don’t love the shipped routine I do think that this unit is so well made that it is worth it. I hope to find time to create some cool ideas with small articles such as: dice, billets, coins, and bills. In fact, I’ve just ordered a second one of these because I think it has so much potential.
Even though they miss an opportunity here, the device is so good I will not ding a point this time. But please Magic Wagon, spend a little more time on the routines before you go to production, because with a little bit of extra thought you could really blow them away!
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