What does everyone think of the magic producers that basically help spark an interest in magic for younger kids or people just getting started? Some popular ones now are Marvin's Magic, Fantasma, could possibly include Tenyo in it also... I think these are good ideas because the three above produce their effects in very high quality items. I started Magic with those Magic Works a years back. So, what does everyone think? Good idea or bad?

When I first started- ha - it was real to real to buy the Harry Blackstone starter magic sets. Wow- you don't see many of those still in good condition- anywho that and Marshall Brodien Magic Sets. Those sets are good for a little kid who just wants a trick to show Mom or Dad. They are good sets that include a lot of concepts in magic, but only skim the surface.

Keep it up:)

Tomasko

Those magic tricks are great. I like to use them and collect them.

Newb2,
Everybody starts magic somewhere, buy what you like, some will be great effects & some will be garbage (any hobby cost money); After awhile you will have an urge to get more sophisticated effects as your personal performing style develops; If not you just might end up like that fellow Dawai, a professional collector; Best wishes and have fun!
Aloha,
BWind

Bwind,Thats rights you get alot of magic by just buying them. But you get alot of information from just buying and collecting him.

The first few tricks I bought were from Royal Magic. These things are great for getting started but the more I learned, the more I wanted equipment of a better quality.

Today,

I recommend Tenyo. Adams and Royal were around whe I was starting out, but Tenyo, IMO...well, I only wish they'd been around in 1970!

Doug

The new stuff from Fantasma is pretty good for the money.

But once you have a magic set and a couple of tricks under your belt, it's time to hit the books -- get Tarbell volume 1 and the Mark Wilson Course in Magic.

I started on Magic Works which were so innovative and original. Unfortunatley they are very very difficult to find. I keep in touch with the man who created those, and he told me they sold out so fast that not even he got enough for himself. A darn shame really, very fine effects.

Go Tenyo...

-- Topher

Here was my first magic set:
http://www.thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_Set/toy-p......how.html
Got it when I was 6 or 7 years old I think.

oh and here was my first magic book: http://www.ronjo.com/thestore/prods/8010205702.html

I wouldn't recommend Marvin's Magic to anyone, even a small child.

Blackstone's early sets were great, I believe I had one, but I cannot recall for sure.

Why wouldn't you recommend Marvin's Magic Rob?

I've found that it's well made, the instructions are better than most and it's reasonably priced?

Items such as The Energised Coin, Great British Coin Trick and the Himber Wallet are as good as any other items deemed 'professional magic' (whatever that is)!!

You do realize that you are replying to a posting that was made six years ago?

I bought a couple of the Marvin's magic executive kits back in 1999 when I went to England. They were really well made and I still perform a few things out of them. Don't know if the quality has slipped since then, but what I bought then I liked.

One thing about buying in England that really blew me away was that the price I saw on an item was the actual price I paid. None of this $29.95+tax garbage that is done here in America. And the prices were in whole Pounds!

Tenyo and Fantasma Magic.
When I start all my stuff was Royal!