5 Stars

This is Thomas’ version of the Mini Card Spider effect, made famous by another amazing German craftsman – Tony Lackner and his Crescensia The Card Spider.  But, as is often the case, Thomas has broken new ground and taken the effect to a whole new level.  Instead of having the chosen card appearing inside the Spider’s web, he first causes the card to appear face down and after making a suitable comment the card eventually turns face up and of course it is the spectator’s selected card.

A lot more work has gone into Oxana than previous mini versions and you will find this a joy to use – it is easy to do and although the props cannot be given out for examination there is nothing obvious to see even close-up.

This is the perfect way to launch the Bling Series – great job Thomas 🙂

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Don’t let the Bling fool you – this Color Die is a very finely crafted item, with amazing tolerances – the fact that Thomas gets three full changes out of this is quite amazing – where does he hide it all?  This ones takes a little practice to make the transitions smooth – (I’m talking minutes not hours) – but it won’t be long before you are fooling yourself.  Another really impressive effect for Thomas’ fortieth celebration.  There is no doubt Thomas still has plenty of kick left in him 🙂

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Thomas has really outdone himself on this release – the items inside this box are really amazing. Hard to believe that after forty years Thomas is still creating new and interesting items – but believe it he is 🙂

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The Magic Eye is probably my favorite of the Bling items – the method is really quite amazing and certainly unique.  Even if you think you might have seen something like this before, I guarantee you will be surprised and very happy with the method. Although you might be thinking of Ed Mellon’s Quantimental – you will be wrong, this is so much cleaner and better. The method is not only unique it is very practical and nigh on fool proof. If a spectator changes his mind and moves the chips around or doesn’t place a chip down and slips it in his pocket, it won’t matter you’ll be able to tell.

It is incredibly easy to do and automatic in operation. There is no reset and you can show everything all around. This is really a wonderful piece of magic with zero electronics and nothing added or taken away.

Really amazing Thomas 🙂

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This is another clever and very easy to perform illusion from Thomas. It works perfectly with no reset and nothing added or taken away. It really is a fooler.

These four items are amazing Thomas – I don’t know how you keep coming up with cool magic forty years later. Great job Thomas 🙂

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The earliest version of this type of drawer box I could find with the end of the box hinged was one by Thayer mentioned in Dr. Albo’s Vol. XI – Laboratories of Legerdemain (pg. 85) with a date c. 1910. The first catalog listing I could find was in Thayer’s Catalog 9 Volume 2 c. 1943. There it was called Thayer’s Ultra De Luxe Drawer Box. However, this box is not quite the same as the drawer itself does not lock. An Owen’s version was also pictured in Dr. Albo’s Classic Magic With Apparatus Vol. II.

This is a very pretty, interesting, and quite rare Drawer Box from Owen Magic Supreme that works perfectly.  It has the added feature of the hinged open back so after the production the drawer may be placed aside, and the arm shoved completely through the box and wave to the audience at the other end.

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This is the re-released version of Martin Breese’s Cyclops Box in a smaller size built to perfection by the Magic Wagon team.  The one thing that Magic Wagon can be relied upon is if you give them a project to build they will always create a mechanically perfect version of your vision. 

There is no doubt the Mini Cyclops Box is an improvement on Martin’s original box.  You can now control when the mechanism is used which means the box can easily be given to the spectator to handle and hold.  The mechanism is very clean and you will love how this version works.

This is a beautiful box that rarely comes up for sale and it is a great utility item that you’ll find lots of uses for and love to play with it 🙂

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This is easily the most advanced switch board available in terms of production, quality, extensibility, and function.  There is no doubt that Martin Andersen and the IDEAA Lab have done an amazing job and put their heart and soul into this project.

All the reviews I have seen about this rave about it and it really does deliver and then some.  It is a great product and would look right at home with products released by Apple.

However, as a collector and performer I can’t help wishing for something a little simpler like the original Illumin-Ace by Paul Bernhardt or Wellington’s beautiful Mini Magic Switchboard, or even the more recent Chips by Paul Picha.  The real problem when you create an effect that is clearly a modern electronic item is that most spectators have already seen lots of amazing and magical things with iPhones and Smart devices of all kinds, so the bar is set really high when it comes to creating real magic.  It doesn’t mean it can’t entertain, for sure it can, but to really convince the spectators you are performing magic (or at least doing something more than anyone else could with the same device) just takes a little more effort.

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