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Christopher Lyle Inner circle Dallas, Texas 5698 Posts |
One of my favorite columns of Magic Magazine is the Marketplace area. I always enjoy reading the reviews on what's hot (and more importantly...what's not) on the magic scene.
On Page 82 of the November Issue, on the far left side of the page is a throw back to a classic piece of magic. The piece they're featureing this month is Harry Roydon's Crazy Cube. I think that Magic put it best when they say that it's currently been reduced to "Magic Kit Fodder." I remember being fooled by this as a child and begging the Magician who fooled me (my mentor in later years) to teach me how it was done. I was certain that he had some kind of mental powers that allowed him to see into my brain and decipher the number I had placed up on the die. I have quite a lot of work on The Crazy Cube...serious work that I only hope would make Harry himself very proud. It's always been one of my favorite effects. Crazy Cube has ALWAYS been a part of my professional working repitore. Magic doesn't have to be knuckle busting-ly difficult or super visual to be amazing and entertaining. I have carried this with me to every restaurant and every strolling gig that I have played since the very beginning. It's small and it fits in your pocket taking up no space, and there is no reset. I always fall back to something that Danny Doyle told me many years ago and that was "it's not about the steak...it's about the sizzle!" This is very true and what I try and live by in my professional work. It's the perfect little pocket routine and with the correct presentation, is not only highly entertaining, but very amazing too. I have people "request" me to "do the trick with die." People love it and it's refreshing to know that in today's modern world, the classics still play. So the next time you're considering spending $50 and up on that new piece of shiney that's all the buzz in the magic community, take a look back a miracle from yesteryear and see if you can come up with a new way to present it. I will always perform Crazy Cube and I think in the minds of laymen, it's an absolute miracle. It's the best $3 I have ever spent...! Christopher
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I was with a friend many moons ago, and he fooled me so badly with this trick that I offered him a dollar for it. He sold it to me and we were both real happy. I then walked around the corner to the magic shop and saw that they were selling them for fifty cents.
~michael baker
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
This is one of those great little tricks.
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jimhlou Inner circle 3698 Posts |
There is now an electronic version for several hundred dollars.
Jim |
Balloon&MagicGuy New user 33 Posts |
I love the crazy cubes. Very inexpensive, but with the right patter, this can play very large. I actually sell lots of these too to many beginner magicians. When I first started magic, I remember buying it for $5 at a local magic shop. So, I sell it for the $5 price tag too.
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