4 Stars

Quite clever and amazing to watch

I picked this up from my good pre-owned magic man Ron Allesi and it does look quite uncanny: you stare at the glass and without going anywhere near it, it slowly but surely bends. You can then hand out the glass to the audience – it truly is bent!

This is a remote control electronic marvel – there goes those magic words again remote and electronic. The electronics are very quiet and I think this is convincing – haven’t tried it on the old wife yet, but it has some potential.

Like so many electronic tricks it needs some cool routine, but has some real potential.

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This is funny!

This is not meant to be a huge illusion, but has great entertainment potential as a bit of filler in almost any act. The finger stretcher is used to see how much magical dexterity you have. If you can go all the way to six inches you are the best!

Some of these old ideas can certainly take you places!

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Four Mummies, Lights, Camera, but not enough Action!

Ok so this is a well made, clever effect using 4 colorful mummies.

The basic premise is: you show the 4 mummies and the pedestal. Whilst your back is turned a specatator removes any one of the mummies and places it into a coffin on the pedestal and covers it up. When you turn around you lift the second cover to expose the crystal. As the spectator stares into the crystal it glows the color of the selected mummy. Then it mysteriously stops. No matter how they try they cannot get it to light again with any of the other mummies.

So all sounds very cool. The box and pedestal are made of wood with some heavy duty coating to give them a stone like look and finish. Making them of exotic woods would have made them look nicer, but they are still attractive as they are. The mummies appear to be made of some sort of chalky like material but painted with a high gloss finish. These are fine, except they are brittle so can easily chip if not handled carefully.

The electronics is self working, and once the first mummy has illuminated the light, without resetting the unit, it is not possible for the spectator to cause the light to come on again. So far so good.

This effect does exactly what it says it will do and there really are no complaints except for: so what. Clearly there is some sort of electronics in the box … its a puzzle that you can’t then get it to light again, but I don’t think people are going to walk away amazed. What this effect needs, like so many “clever” effects is more mystery, more magic, more story, more action!

As a part of a larger routine I think this could be made into something very cool. As a cool, different prop to show off in your den it is cool, but as something that is going to amaze your audience I don’t think so. Maybe I’m getting too jaded in my old age. Don’t get me wrong I like this prop, but what we need is cool electronics and entertainment. Not just cool electronics.

Well that is my opinion, and I’m sticking to it!

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A Bill Tube for Any Can

This is one of those effects that if routined the right way can be a real riot. I recently had a conversation with a working pro – whose name eludes me – who had a wonderful routine with this effect.

The gimmick bascially allows you to make a Bill Tube out of almost any can, from which you can make a watch or other small object appear in an apparently sealed can – the only way to get in being to use a can opener.

Nicely made, great value, and huge entertainment potential!

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A Fun Classic!

I’ve always been intrigued by this effect, so when I saw that my good man Ron Allesi had one up for sale I snapped it up!

The effect is simple enough: the square die turns into a round die as you bash the round tube into the box with the mallet! The method is clever and it is easy to do.

It has one angle issue, but this can be a very effective, entertaining piece of magic.

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Nicely made and many uses!

This is a great little prop for the mentalist and magician. You can cause little notes, cards, coins, etc to appear in the box even though it is on the table in front of their very eyes all the time.

Very well made and solid – another winner from Collector’s Workshop!

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Novel and Cute!

When I first received this from my main rare and used magic man Ron Allesi, I was a bit dissappointed. However, knowing Ron pretty well I knew he wouldn’t sell me a dud so I cleaned it up, tightened the bolts and was pleasantly surprised!

It really does look effective when the card slowly, but surely appears on the web until it is held by the spider. The only real downside to this effect is that it does take a few minutes to prepare the card. But nothing too crazy. It did take me a bit of time working out the best length too – that should have been in the instructions.

This baby is a bit different and looks great in performance and in the magic den. Thanks Ron!

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Not your usual Milk Jug

This milk jug is very well made and although it can be used as a traditional Milk Jug it is really designed to visibly empty, and for the milk to appear somewhere else.

I tend to steer away from liquid effects, even the beautiful Gerlitz Goldfish was too much for me due to the liquids, but I think having a Milk Jug always comes in handy. This particularly one is one of the prettiest ones I’ve seen.

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Well made and Effective!

I have been meaning to buy this effect for a long time, but felt I was going to be dissappointed! Well it is actually a lot better than I expected and I believe this can work out to be a very effective routine.

There is one move you have to learn that is not difficult, and a miniscule amount of memory work. It can have a different result every time and you do not need to know the specators star sign in advance.

Very well made, and a fooler!

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