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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
I've got the full-size Rabbid. I haven't started using it yet, as I'm still in the planning stages. Just wondering if there are any veteran users out there who can answer some questions:
-- How long can this stay folded before the show and still be sure of fully opening? -- Is there a way to make the ears stand up if you hold the Rabbid by the body? -- What do you do with it after you've produced it? Ed |
Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
It is dangerous to work with a rabbid. Rabbits, however, are fine to use, unless they become rabbid. Then they will have to be taken to the vet for rabies shots.
Now that you've had your spelling lesson, you usually don't have to worry about the length of time the rabbit is folded up before a show, as long as after the show and between shows you leave it opened up. Hold the rabbit around the belly with your fingers beneath it and your thumb just behind its ears. You'll have to practice a bit to make its ears move just by usiung your thumb. Don't overdo it. Real rabbits are not all that active after being produced, so small, timid movements will convince the audience the rabbit is real. It it jumps about too much, you may make them think the rabbit is rabbid. After producing it, imagine what you would do with it if it were real. You'd probably play with it a bit to let the kids see it, and then gently lower it into a cage to take it home. Have fun, and stay away from rabbid rabbits!
Professor Spellbinder
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Dr. Delusion Special user Eugene, Oregon. 733 Posts |
Hi there, I have a small size Rabbid. I produce from a tip over box along with several other items. I first have a spectator come up on stage to hold items from the box as I produce them. I grab it by the ears and hold it on the bottom. I just pulled it out and make a quick joke about him being one mad rabbit, and give it to the spectator to hold on to. It always gets a good laugh. I've had it folded up in the box for several days at a time and it has always pretty much regained it's shape fairly quickly. Not sure about getting the ears to stay sraight. Maybe wire ?
Bob. |
Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
Spellbinder -
You do know that they are talking about the rubber "nightmare rabbit on steroids" production item? Cheers!
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
jimhlou Inner circle 3698 Posts |
Apparently not.
Jim |
Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
Jeeze-louise! You mean I have to keep up with a new production item? Does anyone have a link to a photo?
Professor Spellbinder
Professor Emeritus at the Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik, Witchcraft and Wizardry http://www.magicnook.com Publisher of The Wizards' Journals |
DomKabala Inner circle I've grown old after diggin' holes for 2827 Posts |
http://www.magicproshop.com/rabbid-large-trick-p-1161.html
sshhh...I'm hunting wabbits er I mean Rabbids Cardamagically, DOM. :)
We don't stop playing when we grow old...we grow old when we stop playing.
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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
As long as you don't store the item in its compressed state, I think you should be okay to foldup at any time on the day of the show. (as long as its kept under normal temperature conditions)
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Brad Burt Inner circle 2675 Posts |
Ed:
Make sure you store it with some talc powder inside to help preserve the rubber and some newspaper. You could have it loaded for quite a while before the show without a problem, but the shorter the time the better. Just don't worry about it. On the ears.....hmmmmm........That's an interesting question....you might try to add some pipe cleaners to the back of the ears to give them stiffness, but that doesn't solve the problem of how to make them extend from the head without you supporting them in some manner. Hmmmmm..... Best,
Brad Burt
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themagiciansapprentice Inner circle Essex, UK 1381 Posts |
Ed:
To get the ears to stand up could you use air-pressure? Try using a small balloon pump (ball type) linked to plastic piping. For the small price you pay for the rabbid it's worth experimenting with a few dollars worth of stuff from a hard-ware shop.
Have wand will travel! Performing children's magic in the UK for Winter 2014 and Spring 2015.
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Brad Burt Inner circle 2675 Posts |
The air idea is a good one, but......it won't work because the ears are made from cloth and added to the latex Rabbid...there's nothing really to inflate. On the other hand...springing off that idea...maybe you could figure out a way in which to attach some kind of balloon, etc. to the back of the ears? Best,
Brad Burt
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Magicray69 Veteran user Tampa Bay 369 Posts |
Brad has the right idea. Tie a helium balloon to each ear and let the Rabbid sail off into the sunset.
After the show, go home and order another one from Brad.
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the reason was I had no shoes. Until I met upon the street a man who had no feet. |
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