Andy Martin

Another Anverdi classic that looks and works perfectly. I’ve been meaning to track one of these beauties down for a few years now, and finally found one in almost new condition that works flawlessly. When this came out 20-30 years ago (?) it was a sure fire miracle. Now of course there are probably dozens of similar effects and I’m not sure how convincing any of them are these days, with the amazing things you can do with smart phones.

Even if it is not as amazing as it once was due to technologies advances, it clearly shows how advanced Anverdi himself was. The fact that his electronic miracles still work so well today is a testament to his genius. With this die the transmitter is fairly large, but it has a long lead that allows you to hide the small LED output under your watch strap (for example) so you can easily see which side of the die up without apparently having anything in your hands or looking off stage. Works perfectly and in the right setting can still be a fooler for sure.

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One of Thomas Pohle’s best. Beautifully made precision boxes with various possible routines. My favorite is an amazing prediction effect where the spectator matches the colored chips previously hidden inside the boxes by the performer. In which the spectator places a different color chip in front of each box, with no force whatsoever, and yet every time they match with the chips inside each of the boxes.

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful clever magic for over thirty years!

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A rare natural wood beauty from the amazing Thomas Pohle. Thomas created a few versions of this clever effect, but this is certainly one of the prettiest. No matter how the numbers are stacked the numbers always rearrange to 1-2-3. What is particularly cool about this effect in all of its versions is that there are no shells or add on pieces, nothing it taken away or added, there are no covers or slides or even catches to release things. A very unique principle from the amazing mind of Thomas Pohle.

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful clever magic for over thirty years!

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Thomas Pohle started his magic manufacturing business around the same time as Eckhard Boettcher opened his Magic Dealership: Zauber Butike, and they worked closely together. As is often the case, the name of the dealer was featured and the name of the craftsman behind the magic was sadly neglected. So I’m trying to change that one trick at a time!

This is a wonderful effect, based on an original Ken Brooke idea in which coins travel from under one tea cup to another. Thomas’s idea to use two frames instead of the tea cups make this a more practical and more amazing effect. The props are beautifully made by Thomas and they are bright and colorful. The original effect used a standard Boston Box and half dollars, but Thomas has created a custom box with unique Chinese coins making this a very unique and interesting looking item.

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful clever magic for over thirty years!

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Another beauty from Thomas Pohle which not only looks amazing it is very clever in its method. The routine is a three-phase routine. In the first phase, the spectator places the cube inside of the box as you are turned away and you are able to reveal the color on top without touching the box. You then are able to turn the cube over inside of the box – yes one minute is has Blue (say) on top then it has Red (say) – and the cube itself fits very snugly inside the box. For a final phase and something that truly knocks their socks off, you place the cube back inside the box and it vanishes from the box only to penetrate the table and appear beneath. This really is an amazing effect. Built only the way Thomas Pohle knows how.

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful clever magic for over thirty years!

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Thomas Pohle started his magic manufacturing business around the same time as Eckhard Boettcher opened his Magic Dealership: Zauber Butike, and they worked closely together. As is often the case, the name of the dealer was featured and the name of the craftsman behind the magic was sadly neglected. So I’m trying to change that one trick at a time!

Another beauty from Thomas Pohle in the 90’s. A very clever penetration of three solid blocks held in place by wooden swords inside a small “jewel cupboard”. The blocks are shown locked in place until the moment of release. The cabinet is shown completely empty, and the blocks and swords may be handed for examination

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful, clever magic for over thirty years!

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Thomas Pohle creates some beautiful, clever magic and original that you don’t see so much of these days. This clever color changing box features a dramatic change from an all white box that can be shown all around to an all blue box. Nothing is added or taken away either, and reset is almost instant.

The amazing magic and craftsmanship of Thomas Pohle has long been unsung, and thanks to some initial exposure from Joe Long I am trying to help Thomas become a household name in the USA and beyond. Thomas certainly deserves it after creating beautiful, clever magic for over thirty years!

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Magic Wagon are still blazing the trail with beautiful and clever magic! 2014 was a great year for Magic Wagon and items like this amazing and versatile Monarch Prediction Chest are hard to beat. It is all self-contained and 100% examinable, and yet it is possible to deliver nine different predictions at the drop of a hat. Zero electronics are involved, no double key mechanisms, and you don’t need an assistant. I don’t keep much magic these days, but this is one of them for now for sure.

Highly Recommended for Collector’s everywhere!

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One of my favorite effects is the old spiked coin penetration. Bob Solari created a wonderful version in brass. And then along comes Magic Wagon. Those clever guys. When I first received this I was thinking how the heck could it work – it looks nothing like the old penetration. But work it does and a real fooler for sure. I love this! A very clean, and self-contained, and amazing penetration! Great job guys!

Highly Recommended for Collector’s everywhere!

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I know a lot of people (myself included) are not too keen on electronics for mentalism effects these days. There are so many amazing things done with smart phones and the like, it is easy to think a lot of mentalist type effects are done using similar technologies. That being said, if you were to use electronics to do things, this would be the way – beautiful clean box with easy, fool proof mechanism.This box is so pretty and the electronics are very clean with no visible signs from anywhere. If you want do do this type of effect, and who doesn’t, then this is the way to go!

Another beauty from the Magic Wagon team!

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