1 review for The Devil’s Card Box (Diabolus-Kassette) by Uli Kigele, Eckhard Boettcher
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Andy Martin –
What a striking and unique item Diabolus-Kassette is 🙂
I don’t know much about Uli Kigele but he has written for Eckhard Boettcher and also crafted less than 100 of these boxes. The box is based upon the one invented by Herbert Martin Paufler c. 1977 and subsequently published as the article “Die Augen links – die Augen rechts” (Zauberkunst, February, 1980). Paufler’s box is finished in natural wood, and Kigele’s box is a striking black and red and is very rich and colorful looking. The idea is clever and very unique. The routines provide by Eckhard Boettcher are more advanced than the basic effect provided originally by Paufler. But the genius in this item is the method, not the final routines. Once you have the box you could create quite a few routines – the principle is very flexible.
When I received the box it came with German instructions which I translated using Google which did an ok job, but you have to spend quite a lot of time figuring out what Google really means when referring to magic effect descriptions. I worked on the first routine provided, streamlined it, and created what I feel is a wonderful routine that my video hopefully demonstrates.
But I am just scratching the surface of what this box can do. It is a utility box that permits two specific events. But with some thought you can do even more. The reset is quick and you can show the box cleanly. You can make things appear, vanish or change and there are no flaps to deal with.