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Ian Broadmore Special user 555 Posts |
Years ago Jimmy Bates magic shop in colchester sold a neat little close up matchbox effect.
You had two matchboxes which you placed on the table one open one closed , you placed a playing card between them and proceed to push a thumb tack into the side of the matchbox with the open drawer, as you did this the door obviously closed as the other matchbox mysteriously opened up, but the thumb tack had dissapeared from one side through the card and was now on the other box that was shown empty previously!. Any body have any idea who manufactured this mechanical marvel? |
Carducci Special user Denver 543 Posts |
Interesting. The opening/closing thing sounds like the sympathetic matchboxes, but I'm not sure about the thumbtack.
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Ian Broadmore Special user 555 Posts |
Its a really neat effect quite baffling to the spectator
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Magiguy Inner circle Seattle, WA 5467 Posts |
I've never seen the bit with the thumbtack, but check out Brad Burt's Haunted Matchboxes
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Ian Broadmore Special user 555 Posts |
Its not the same, the boxes were cleverly constructed (wish I could remember HOW exactly)
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Colonel Clark Regular user Mesa, AZ 127 Posts |
Vienna Magic (Austria) put out "Crazy Matchboxes" some time ago. Mine are still in good order.
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Colonel Clark Regular user Mesa, AZ 127 Posts |
I see that Viennamagic.com currently has "Jupiter's Crazy Minidecks" which works the same way.
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RS1963 Inner circle 2734 Posts |
I don't remember the drawer's of the matchboxes opening and closing in the effect but I do remember the thumb tack moving to the other box as described. Only seen this once in Las Vegas. Alan Alan had shown the effect to me. I have wanted one but have never seen it sold anywhere.
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skc417 Loyal user australia 226 Posts |
Danny Archer carried something similar called Matchbox Mambo I believe, saw this about 10 years ago. I've never seen the thumb tack sequence though, would love to find out more about it
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MarvinWang Loyal user 274 Posts |
Bob Swadling has his version on his DVD, go check it out.
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dragonash Veteran user the sticks 380 Posts |
This matchbox and thumbtack effect sounds like Pat Conway's "Pin-Etration" from Supreme Magic.
I managed to get one from U.S. Toy ( http://www.ustmagic.com ) back in the 90's. they had some Supreme stock at the time. it would be worth contacting them to see if anything is left. they also had a similar Supreme product with one matchbox in which the thumbtack would appear or vanish. The method is the same. |
MarvinWang Loyal user 274 Posts |
Sorry, I forgot to add. The sympathetic matchbox routine is in "Magic Moments" DVD Volume 1 by Bob Swadling, and it is only performance only.
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Ian Broadmore Special user 555 Posts |
Your right it is Pin-Etration, I thought the drawers moved, my memory is falling me it was over twenty years ago and Im 50 in a few weeks!
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dragonash Veteran user the sticks 380 Posts |
The drawers do move. the matchboxes are mechanical marvels.
the effect is of a red button and a white button transposing when placed in the boxes. |
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