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Johnny_Dee Loyal user 225 Posts |
Hi all, I'm suprised nobody as mentionned that Andrew Mayne has released a new magic book : Magic & mischief. Its been a while since his last released and by reading the description of all the effects it look like a great book for parlor and stage magic. I have ordered and hope to received it soon. In the meantime if anyone has received the book let me know your thought.
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ziffkher New user 40 Posts |
So how do you find Mayne's illusions in his latest book?
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Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts |
It's here.
http://andrew-mayne-mischief-magic.mysho......mischief Looks pretty good. Wish there was a demo. James
Still with the Chinese circus
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Johnny_Dee Loyal user 225 Posts |
I have not reveived it yet
Johnny |
MagicBrent Inner circle 2574 Posts |
Any reviews?
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Johnny_Dee Loyal user 225 Posts |
Still waiting to receive it
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magicjoe Special user 758 Posts |
Anything yet?
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Johnny_Dee Loyal user 225 Posts |
Well I'm not good at reviewing but have to say that I really like this book. There is great routines for those of you who look for paylor size effects. Highly recommended.
Johnny |
MagicBrent Inner circle 2574 Posts |
Can you describe what the audience experiences with the BB and unicorn trick?
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askinner New user 17 Posts |
Can anyone tell me about the iPhone to water routine? I'd like to know the effect before I purchase. Not asking about the method.
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Kay99 New user 59 Posts |
I really want to hear more about the iPhone to water too??
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shooz Loyal user Mercer, PA 269 Posts |
Brent.... Both play well.
BB effect.... I put a single bb in the glass before filling with chain. Say I am using 2500 bb's at the start. Pretend to count as they all spill out. Say 2000 thousand,400 and 99 bb's. Then swirl the glass and the single bb spins around in glass and make it ring. Nice picture with sound! Spill it out and say 2500. Audience seem to like that and the single bb makes it seem that there were singles in the glass. Unicorn effect.... Once I have the Unicorn enter the room and stand by my helper and me, I say that Unicorns like to be scratched under the chin and would they scratch him. Once they do I say" a www....he's smiling....know why's? Cause his chins over here!" and point to his other end. Gets a laugh from adults and flys by children. These 3 effects and another by Andrew, where he uses X-RAY specs to read a serial # will be in my performances foe awhile. I really like this book! Shooz
With you in thought(s)
Scott Shoemaker... Shooz |
MagicBrent Inner circle 2574 Posts |
Thanks Shooz...i''lol have to check it out
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AriTheMan New user Atlanta, GA 68 Posts |
This is a great book! In my show, I perform iPain (from the book) and then I go into the digital version of the Silent Treatment (separate product from Jon Allen)!
- Ari |
Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts |
Great idea Ari! I have this book and there is a lot of great magic. I have almost everything Andrew put out. Love his magic. SHOCKING!!!
James Quote: On Jun 26, 2016, AriTheMan wrote:
Still with the Chinese circus
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ollybollydobdob New user UK 80 Posts |
Ok, so I finally got round to purchasing this book, and I am so glad I did, it's good, very good!
Lets look briefly at the effects, IPAIN you have an envelope and you shove around a dozen pencils through it, pull them out again and then reach in and pull out an IPAD! Excellent effect, easy to do, fast, visual, great opener and so commercial. BOWLING BALL TELEPORTATION a full size examined bowling ball passes from one paper bag on one side of the stage to another paper bag on the other side of the stage. Easy, funny routine and fooling. ENTRAPMENT a 3 phase escape routine using 2 volunteers from the audience and 2 sets of leg cuffs, although you can use some rope or any other 'restraint' first you escape from one volunteer, then he escapes from YOU then the 2 volunteers escape from each other. Plays massive onstage, no covers are necessary, and it's a funny routine, Andrew presents it as a puzzle, and I think this works really well and plays for a good 10 mins. #TRENDING a very old mentalism effect bought right up to date using celebrity Tweets. It plays really well, can be really funny reading out celebrity Tweets, I think audiences love hearing tweets from celebrities, especially any funny, stupid or controversial ones! you can have a lot of fun with this, Andrew has added a couple of subtleties on the old effect too. I will be using this. TTTTTT CHALLENGE a load of loose BBs (tiny ball bearings) all link together and 'fly' through the air. Not keen on the method for this, However, what is amazing, is how the BBs seem to jump out of the glass and cascade as if flying, looks truly amazing and magical. SPIRIT HOOP a 'Hula Hoop' levitates around your body. Nice story with this one about your childhood friend, but this is definitely not a stand alone effect, I think you would need to incorporate it into another routine or add something more magical to it. it's a nice 'quick' bit. oh, and no thread! GHOST WRITER A mix between a Book Test and Spirit Writing. Nothing new here in methods, but combining all the methods and effects you have a really nice bit of mentalism, which is both visual and funny, a nice idea. MOBIUS RING giant loops of paper link and spectators ring is connected in between them. Really nice effect, you vanish the ring using well known method, two large paper loops magically link together, again using an old, but seldom used or seen nowadays method, but Andrew has added a nice little 'bit' and the vanished ring appears linked between them. Something different in terms of item to impossible location! WARRANTY VIOLATION this is the best effect in the book, I don't want to give too much away, but you borrow a spectators smart phone and take some styrofoam cups and fill one with water, the cups are mixed up so no one knows which one has the water in it. You drop the phone, one at a time into each cup as directed by the person who you borrowed the phone from . . there is a GREAT surprise ending. This is brilliant and worth the purchase alone, I haven't done it justice in my description but don't want to give anything away, it's sooooooo entertaining, much more entertaining than similar effects with a Spike, without any physical danger, but a more humorous danger involving eh spectators phone getting wet! this will play massive, has a few surprises along the way (dont want to give it away) and an amazing ending, I can't wait to get this into my act, this will play for 10 mins easily, has laughs, suspense, magic, it's so visual, easy to understand and very, very clever. THE UNICORN TRICK a very unusual card trick. This is really strange, I can imagine this would be great for Restaurant workers performing for a table of kids and adults. A Unicorn hoof print appears on a paper napkin and the unicorn 'smashes' through a chosen card using it's Horn. Again, a bit vague, but don't want to give too much away. This book is highly recommended, there is not one bad effect or routine in it. I love it. All the effects are easy to do, play big, have inbuilt comedy and are really original and different from the usual run of the mill effects everyone is doing. It's an easy read, loads of photo's, Andrew always explains why he has done something a certain way and how and why he created each effect, it's really interesting without ever being boring! Any questions please ask, Have fun, Darren |
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