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Michael Peterson Inner circle is where I'm trapped, because of my 4071 Posts |
Very cool indeed! You can get the plans on Ebay or from download magic.com (usually chaper on Ebay).
You have to build it yourself & it will cost you less than $20.00 (it only cost me about $7.00). I had most of what was needed lying around the house & it took me less than an hour to build & I was levitating. Highly recommended! |
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Magicman0323 Special user Just outside parts unknown. 713 Posts |
I agree with you Ichazod, very cool effect. And lightweight too.
You'll wonder when I'm coming, you'll wonder even more when I'm gone. - Max Malini
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robsigns New user Southern California 73 Posts |
can anyone describe the exact effect and what it is?
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Scott F. Guinn Inner circle "Great Scott!" aka "Palms of Putty" & "Poof Daddy G" 6586 Posts |
You step into a simple milk crate, which you explain is an anti-gravity box. You slowly rise several inches into the air. The spectators very clearly see BOTH of your feet rise--they can see that both are completely off the ground. After you come down, you put a rope (both ends of which are tied to the crate) around your shoulders. You rise again, this time taking the box off the ground with you!
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Burt Yaroch Inner circle Dallas,TX 1097 Posts |
I can’t figure out if I like the second levitation or not. I feel like it tips the illusion.
And what is the reason for putting a rope around your shoulders? I don't think you are in any danger of flying out. Is that the premise? Any thoughts? Otherwise, this thing is killer! (Kinda left that part out.)
Yakworld.
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Scott F. Guinn Inner circle "Great Scott!" aka "Palms of Putty" & "Poof Daddy G" 6586 Posts |
The premise is that you float off the ground when you’re in the box. By putting the rope around you, the box is floating up with you. If you don’t like it, don’t do it--it’s still a VERY strong effect without the second phase!
"Love God, laugh more, spend more time with the ones you love, play with children, do good to those in need, and eat more ice cream. There is more to life than magic tricks." - Scott F. Guinn
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Megatherion Regular user 146 Posts |
Hi,
Can you perform it surrounded? I usually have people on 3 sides. How high can you levitate? Yours faithfully Dan Kirsch |
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RangeCowboy Regular user Long Beach 198 Posts |
Its an angly view at best about 20 degrees at ten to twenty feet.
You cant do it 3/4 surrounded Depending on the crate and/or the box you will get at least 10" levitation if you try Go look at JBTV demo and see for yourself. Whats exciting about this is the whole concept is begging to be enlarged into a bigger illusion. I got the secret something only bigger and some black velvet and am currently thinking of a routine which might go 45 inches However that needs some visual interference so I am looking at a waist line frame like the old cinema ice-cream sales gal carried along with hanging tinsel and flashing lights to confuse the specs. |
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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
You can see the video clip HERE
It was not hard to build. I spent $7.00 at Home Depot for the gimmick and used stuff I had around the house. Attacked a video Controller to it and Wa-La another levitation. I'll have fun with it with my Cub Scout Boys, but I can't see this in a Birthday Party or my Stage Show. It is a conversational piece at the most. To easily to figure out. Bad angles all over the place. Limited working range. My feet are also to big for it to work properly. However, my 8-year old son fooled his grandmother with it completely! Wiggling the feet makes a difference, and acts as a distractor. My dog had to sniff it out and gave it away to those looking.
Dennis Michael
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Philemon Vanderbeck Inner circle Seattle, WA 4694 Posts |
Quote:
On 2002-04-04 17:55, RangeCowboy wrote: Check out the ads in the recent issue of MAGIC magazine.
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
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Mr. Magician Regular user 126 Posts |
JBTV hasn´t got yhe demo....
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Mack Magic Loyal user The Burgh' Pittsburgh, PA 268 Posts |
I also got the instructions off of Ebay and built it for very cheap. I think it's a pretty good levitation trick and is well worth the money, and you don't have to spend much.
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DoctorAmazo Special user Florida 643 Posts |
RE: the rope...
The few times I've done this for others, I did the first levitation, then said "Whoa! I forgot the seatbelt and almost flew out of the box!" That one statement sets up the need for a second "flight", explains the rope, AND plants the idea that you could have actually left the box. I dunno if the manuscript says anything like that. (Perhaps it should!) I didn't buy it. Viewing the clip made the method fairly obvious. Unfortunately, the "gizmo" has since cracked, and pretty much tips the whole thing, so I don't use it anymore. |
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Damion Corbett Regular user 115 Posts |
Does anyone have a clip of this in MPEG format?
I can't view the one on fearson's site. |
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RangeCowboy Regular user Long Beach 198 Posts |
re- Cant see the Fearson Video
Try right-clicking on the link on the webpage (link says 56k modem) and then Save Target As... to a folder on your own pc. The file will then be downloaded to be permanently in your pc. I use Windows 2000 and I have this same problem with many videos and it works every time. |
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mikeB New user UK 84 Posts |
If you do that then you can save the high resolution image anyway. The file is in wmv format (Windows Media Player). The latest version of this is on the Microsoft site. Version 7 does not run on NT but should run ok on other operating systems. All this presumes you have a windows PC. I don't know if there is a version for the MAC. IF you really want to see it as an mpeg, I'll see what I can do. (basically capture it from the screen).
Cheers
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Damion Corbett Regular user 115 Posts |
Cheers Mike,
I am running Windows NT, and have tried the save target as option. I still am unable to play it. |
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thinkofacard Regular user UK 178 Posts |
I think this is a real killer!
It's not often you do a trick you knock up in your garage that totally spins people out. Yeah, it is very angle dependent, but do it just right and it's a knock-out.
If you can't stand the blood, get out of the slaughterhouse!
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Steve New user Belgium 89 Posts |
How do you guys cover the getting into the box part ?
Steve |
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CENDRE Veteran user FRANCE 334 Posts |
Jump !
That's all, if you jump in the box, nobody will suspect the trickery because both feet will fall at the same time in the box. And for the angles, they are far, far, far better that a balducci, and moreover people can look under the feet. See you soon,
Il était une fois...
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