_EF This effect has all the ingredients necessary for successful children’s entertainment – COLOUR, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, and A VERY STRONG, OFTEN AMUSING STORY-LINE. Shamus’ black silhouette mysteriously disappears from his hutch and reappears in one of seven colourful silhouette top hats; however, in between Shamus’ disappearance and reappearance, the performer and his audience have a …
This clever mechanical slate was created by the prolific British magician, author, and inventor Peter Warlock. It was released by Harry Stanley c. 1956 and then reissued by Supreme Magic c. 1978. This is the original version sold by Harry Stanley and it looks and works perfectly. There are two phases to the effect: the …
For more details on Willi Wessel’s unique Alan Warner collection click here. One of Alan’s rarer items from his early painted period. Easy to do and very convincing with instant reset. Interestingly enough this does not work the same way as Eddy Taytelbaum’s Bomba Atomica and other similar items as the wand is 100% ungimmicked, …
If you have ever loved playing with the beautiful brass chips of Per Clausen, Eddie Gibson, El Duco and many others you have good old Sam Dalal to thank for that. Sam created a series of ground breaking chip effects in the late 1970’s and they have been copied and improved ever since. But Rainbow …
If you have ever loved playing with the beautiful brass chips of Per Clausen, Eddie Gibson, El Duco and many others you have good old Sam Dalal to thank for that. Sam created a series of ground breaking chip effects in the late 1970’s and they have been copied and improved ever since. This is …
_EF To complete a trio, Third Dimension offers more of the same ingenuity and clever adaptations. Several mental items are included in the book, and the ‘stand up’ performer working for small groups or caberet will find much from which to choose. In the field of close-up magic, Roy Johnson excels and teh reader is …
I know that many British magicians and authors like to say that Wild Card was created by Peter Kane but this is simply not true. It is true that when Wild Card was first released by Lou Tannen there was no mention of Peter Kane’s inspiration which ruffled a lot of feathers and that is …
In 1939 the Englishman Harry Leat invented what became one of the best and most enduring children’s effect of all time, to read more about the routine for this classic effect click here. This version of Run Rabbit Run is great because not only do you have all the fun of the original, but you …
If you read the Tannen’s ad below you would think this was a complete miracle, and I spent a couple of hours trying to understand the two pages of instructions but try as I did, I could not figure out how to do this. I have to assume it is possible, but I’d really like …
_EF From the talented mind of England’s Peter Kane comes a fascinating variation of the Universal Card. In “REFLECTIONS”an improvement is gained since the full faces of both cards are seen each time the odd card changes to one of the selected cards. Thus “REFLECTIONS” might also be called a “full face Universal Card” but …