Card Duckling (Original) by Collectors’ Workshop

This is one of the original Card Ducklings released by Rich Bloch c. 1984. I prefer it to the early ones created by George Robinson with the googly eyes however, I think recent releases from George are closer to the early CW ones.

There have been many versions of the Card Duck over the years. It was invented by Laurie Ireland and marketed by him as Otto, The Automaton Duck.

This duckling looks adorable and works well as long as you maintain the beak and ensure that the cards are not too sticky.  When I opened this the cards were clumping badly and the rubber pads on the beak were completely solid – forty years is a long time to wait between picking a card.  After trying various pieces of rubber and pads with no luck I placed a piece of black felt on the top and double sticky tape on the bottom beak and it started picking up very smoothly.

You do have to make sure his beak travels the full distance and don’t rush things. But after some trial and error my little guy was picking cards like a champ 🙂

Includes:

• CW Card Duckling
• Small Deck of Cards
• Soft Carrying Case
• Custom made 15 Diamonds and Daisy Duck (bonus).

Effect: The goal of Collector’s Workshop is to produce and/or supply materials that (1) you will use because they are compelling, commercial effects and that (2) you will enjoy and collect because they are beautifully crafted. These aims are nowhere better represented or accomplished than in the CARD DUCKLING.

The effect and the equipment are hardly new. Al Flosso raised their use to an art form. Most entertainers have used it as a children’s trick. But it’s much better than that-it’s proper stuff for any audience. And, we have shrunk the CARD DUCKLING! This hand-crafted precision piece of apparatus now fits in the palm of your hand and, more importantly, in your briefcase. It has, therefore, become a unique, funny and attractive complement to a close-up worker’s collection.

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