The West Die Box (Natural Wood) by Mel Babcock, Bud West

Another great stage item from Magic House of Babcock, better known as Shenanigan’s Die Box or Bud West’s Die Box and it was originally invented by Bud West and sold by Abbott’s c. 1971.

Mel apparently made less than a dozen of these natural wood versions and it is perfect. Mel really has created the gold standard for Die Boxes of all shapes and sizes.

Effect: A box which has two front doors. There one lid on top. Both doors and the lid are opened and the box is shown to be empty. A white die is shown and placed in a hat or some other container. All the doors now closed. The magician says that he will cause the die to magically return to the box. The box is tipped to one side and a loud clunk is heard from the box. Both front doors are opened and the die can be seen in the box. Both doors are shut and magician says that the die will go back to the hat.

Only one front door is opened to show the empty box. However, the audience can see a little of one side of the die behind the closed door. The magician closes the open door, tilts the box and then opens the other door. This sucker bit can continue a bit. Finally all doors are again opened to show the die vanished. It is removed from the hat.

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