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Another well made beauty from the highly productive Magic Wagon team.  If you are a fan of the amazing matchbox penetration you will love this bad boy.  There is no denying this effect is very well made, clever and a fooler.  The only issue I have with it is finding a routine that makes it entertaining instead of just a clever puzzle.  The matchbox penetration has the  exact same issue – coming up with a interesting routine is the tricky part.

Still for lovers of beautiful apparatus that doesn’t require any sleights or moves you can’t go wrong with this item.

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So I’ve seen quite a few switch board effects and I must say how much I like this one.  I’ve used the Wellington one many times with great impact but even the close-up version is fairly large.  What I like about the PVL Switch Box is that it is small and easily fits in my close-up case and yet the routine is interesting and really quite amazing.

Also, because the box is clear and can easily be handled by the audience members there really is very little heat on the box.  It just does amazing things.  This is truly one of the few electronic items I will work with these days and works perfectly every time.  It does take a little more memory work than the Wellington one, but not by much and after a few rounds you’ll quickly get used to it.

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Wow what a pretty little box this is! Easily the most beautiful Lippincott box I have ever seen.  I believe Mark is still creating his beautiful magic, but don’t think he has website which is a shame because more people should get to experience his craftsmanship.

If you ever were looking for the definitive Lippincott Box, you have now found it!

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Beautiful Table.

I’ve always fancied one of those tables they use in the L&L videos and now finally I have my very own Jim Zee Close-up Table.

What a beauty it is too, large enough for any complex card or close-up illusion and beautiful enough to keep my wife happy. It even has a little drawer at the front for cards and other smaller items. Hard to find these days, but worth the search and the price.

Highly Recommended for the magician who already has everything else!

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This is the second Jim Zee Close-up Table I have and it is even prettier than the first!

I’ve always fancied one of those tables they use in the L&L videos and now finally I have my very own Jim Zee Close-up Table.

What a beauty it is too, large enough for any complex card or close-up illusion and beautiful enough to keep my wife happy. It even has a little drawer at the front for cards and other smaller items. Hard to find these days, but worth the search and the price.

Highly Recommended for the magician who already has everything else!

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One of the most popular and mechanically perfect items from the amazing, and still unbeaten when it comes to really incredibly engineered props, Richard Gerlitz.

Watching this slow motion penetration is quite breathtaking. Like many of Richard’s masterpieces the method and mechanics used to bring about such a beautiful illusion is as rewarding as the effect itself. What I really appreciate is how easy the set-up is. Once you’ve watched the video once you are golden and you have a really beautiful “push button” illusion that looks amazing. There are no electronics to worry about and you can set the unit up and it is ready to wow them at the drop of a hat.

Another Highly Recommended masterpiece from Richard Gerlitz.

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I’ve always loved the Spirit Hand effect and although I’ve tried a few the best one is the Thayer Quality Magic one (which of course became Owen Magic Supreme).  The key to this effect is that it has to look authentic.  The props, the mechanism and the movement.  This version even looks better than the more recent boards from Owen’s because it has the benefit of age.  It just looks perfect and works perfectly with no possibility of detection.  The board is clean and nothing is added or taken away, and yet the hand raps on the board on demand.

If you ever wanted to perform some sort of seance or communicate with the other side, this is the tool to use. Highly Recommended!

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Ali Bongo made famous the Pom-Pom Prayer Stick and I have been performing it for over 40 years.  It is really a beautiful effect full of comedy and mystery.  My goto set for years has been the ones released by Kovari Magic and this is the first time I’ve actually held the Milson-Worth version.  They look amazing and are very well engineered.  In fact, this is the first set of pom-pom’s that I have seen that use actually pulleys inside if you know what I mean.  These may quickly become my goto set of sticks.  Highly Recommended!

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So Magic Wagon tried this effect a couple of times with Rhine’s Dice I and II, but to my mind Kreis Magic have really nailed it with this relatively expensive set.  The Dice are perfect, but make sure you get the “Perfect” ones because they can hold up to extreme investigation.  The dice are larger than the Magic Wagon ones too and look better.  In fact, because these dice are clear they even look better than the ones created by LabcoMagic for their Magic Dice Set.  They cost a little more, but the extra cash is worth it.  The ladder works very well, and unlike the Magic Wagon ones the glass can be locked into place so nothing moves.  I like the routine of having red and blue backed cards and the spectator choosing a card from each and then rolling the dice.  Makes for a colorful, impossible effect!

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