Slightly Dark but Unique Art!
This set of prints from the talented artist Kreg Yingst are wonderful for the magic Den. He has 52 different designs and if you are looking to create a new Rainbow deck then contact Kreg as he would love to work with someone in the industry who could spearhead their publication.
He has some other amazing paintings and magic related artwork on his website. Be sure to check them out!
He’s a real nice guy too!
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Wow! This is incredible!
One look at the Collector’s Workshop Spirit Cabinet from Master Craftsman George Robinson makes you fall in love with beautiful magic all over again!
What a rare treat to open up a box and be totally blown away by the craftsmanship. Not only is this little cabinet incredible to behold, it comes with a box full of goodies too, with 9 pages of instructions and 7 routines. Talk about incredible value for your dollar.
This has to be one of the best buys in magic on all levels: value, sheer beauty, number of routines. I honestly don’t know how George can produce these at such a low price. You should get one before they run out.
I’ll post a longer review when I have studied the detailed instructions that come with this. In the meantime, if you have any doubts that Viking/Collector’s Workshop are producing some of the finest magic today – just buy this single piece and you will understand.
So very highly recomended, it hurts!
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George Robinson is to be congratulated on this one
This item took nearly a year to receive, but it was more than well worth it. When I first learned of this new CW item, I couldn’t believe the price. Rather than ordering online, I had to call George at Viking to verify the price and wasted no time to be the second person ordering it.
Well, the chest is a BEAUTY, practically museum quality, and a testament to skilled woodworking. The images on the Viking site definitely do not do justice to this prop. The choice of SOLID hardwoods is to be commended. Dark walnut contrasts wonderfully with the lighter colored maple. The maple used for the doors is matched, nicely grained, figured on one side, and inlayed with walnut accents..gorgeous. The Japanese design to the chest is most attractive and should get the stares.
The chest is subtlety gimmicked in three places, and yes, you will need to read the instructions to find them. Quality accessories, some gimmicked, come with the chest to perform the SEVEN effects described in the well-written multi-page instructions.
The first effect is the classic "Astro-Ball" done with a gold/black cloth ball and a turned wood Japanese bowl. Second, is "Ring on Wand" – borrowed ring followed by large brass ring penetrate solid brass wand running across the chest with tips clearly visible protruding on both walls. George added his own improvement to this old Grant effect. Third, is "Samurai’s Legacy", a large Chinese coins and cord penetration effect. Fourth, is "Sefalaljia" – a classic single ring on cord using the "hook" method plus a bonus non-hook alternative called "Massecar Variation" is described. "Life’s Lesson/The Marriage Ceremony" is the two-loop rope linking effect popular in another apparatus, Dean’s Box. The remaining two are old effects, "Hindu Ring Mystery" by Eddie Joseph and "Block Cord", done in style with this chest. The supplied block has a red lacquered finish with brass Chinese coins inlayed on 4 sides..very nice!
The effects are not necessarily "originals" but definitely first class acts in the context of this versatile chest. As mentioned in the instructions, the Spirit Chest represents a "unique theatre". It turns otherwise "simple" effects into a truly magical experience. A worthy addition to the CW line, I would have paid twice the asking price, if not more. Now, hopefully, ideas and new effects can be gathered, in due time, for a manuscript. What do you think, George?
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Now, this is an Imp Bottle!
I just this received this "little" magic. I had ordered it based on the review from Andy Martin. I love natural wood magic apparatus and I had owned, as a kid, the Adams Imp Bottle. So this was nostalgia calling to me when I first heared of it. First, it’s definitely a good sized, "hefty", bottle compared to the plastic Imp Bottle from Adams and the working is similar but the gimmick is not the same as in the original. I would give the handling a 4 star (sorry, I can’t say more without devulging the secret), but the craftsmanship of the bottle and the innovation on the method are first class, so I give the overall effect a 5 star rating.
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Practical and "adaptable" prop!
I bought this because I own Khartoum Ring Fantasy and Tang Dynasty Chest so I needed a practical prop for the ring vanish segment of these effects. Well, I am very pleased with this offering from Viking. The method is simple and right to the point. I love the adaptibility of the prop in that the ring the spectator is feeling under the hank can be changed to what is best suited in anticipation of the performance. The vanish is effortless and rather quite convincing because of the method. A definite must-buy for any ring based effect where a vanish is required.
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Perfect Match – Every Time!
I love this effect! It is based on the same principle used in one of the phases in Larry Becker’s Casino Royale, but this effect is much more impromptu.
You basically talk about how you’ve been collection matchbooks for each hotel you stay at and clearly show a bag full of different books. You pull out a few of the books to show they are all different and to wax and wane fondly about what you did at that hotel! The spectator then has a free choice out of any of the matchbooks and of course it matches the door key that you were left with.
Reset is instant and it is very easy to do. There is no switching of matchbooks or using clear forcing bags or any such madness! This makes a lot of sense and is a wonderful effect.
Highly Recommended!
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Very nice watch, and surprising revelation!
This watch looks like a nice quality dress watch. But it has the wonderful property of behing able to make a selected card (forced of course) appear beneath the watch face.
It works very quietly and smoothly and is a great utility prop that can be used at anytime in your act. Seeing the card on the watch face is a real surprise and fools them everytime!
The only downside is that you cannot use the watch to tell the time. This is kind of a silly thing, but that is how it goes I guess.
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This looks like hard-core Sleight of Hand!
This is a great matrix like effect with 3 coins and 3 cards. It looks like you are a very accomplished sleight of hand expert, but it is very easy to do. Reset is easy too. It does need to be performed on a close-up mat.
You could even do it with one hand, which is the way Wayne Dobson demonstrated it to me at the recent TAOM convention, and it totally fooled me.
What a talented and truly nice guy Mr. Dobson is!
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If you like Big Red you’ll love this one!
This is a simple but surprising revelation of the spectator’s (forced) card, using a picture of a flasher!
The wallet that comes with it is specially made such that it appears that you really are pulling out the "unexposed" view of the flasher, but it allows you to switch it for the full frontal version.
Very easy to do, and makes a nice break from the other heavy magic I’m sure you are performing 🙂
This is not offensive, and comes from the fertlie mind of Wayne Dobson.
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This had me fooled!
This is a clever little miracle from Wayne Dobson and I love it!
You show a domino with 6 dots that can freely be moved around and ask a spectator to position them in any combination they fancy. Then as a gag you talk about how magicians use mirrors all the time in their acts. You bring out a mirror and explain how you had made a prediction of the domino they would create – just look in the mirror and there is the reflection of their chosen domino!
Of course they are not impressed, so then the magician turns over the mirror and their is there choice printed on the back!
This is a very sweet fool proof prediction, with instant reset and very easy to do. It will fool you too!
This is my favorite of the Wayne Dobson miracles I recently purchased. Keep an eye on this guy – he has some wonderful magic!
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