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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
In my experience, some good rubber band tricks that I have used for strolling, table hopping restaurant magic are souvenir linking rubber bands and ring heist by Marcus Eddie. Both of these tricks took a great deal of practice and experience to master, but I would recommend both of them to anybody who is looking to add rubber band tricks to their repertoire. Right now, I am looking to begin practice on rubber band tricks UTurn and Armband also both by Marcus Eddie. They both look like great tricks to add to my current repertoire.
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby." -unknown
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Have you a link to a source for these effects?
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
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On 2011-12-21 14:41, S2000magician wrote: Yes, I just didn't want to sound like a commercial for these effects, as I was offering my honest opinion. Here are some links: http://www.ellusionist.com/learn-now I attempted to provide a link to Marcus Eddie's specific rubber band tricks, but each specific trick shows up as the same link, so you will have to go through the downloadable videos to find Armband, UTurn and Ring Heist. Here is the link to Souvenir Linking Rubber Bands: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/1934 I will send you a PM with additional info/commentary on souvenir linking rubber bands that way I am not exposing any kind of secrets in any way for this particular trick. I think this is a great trick personally, but in order to make souvenir linking rubber bands a great trick, it's like any magic trick, you have to carefully consider your presentation and add good misdirection to your presentation. Currently, my presentation for souvenir linking rubber bands works very well and people enjoy it and can't figure out how I link them together. I will sometimes hand out the linked rubber bands as souvenirs.
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby." -unknown
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Ekuth Inner circle Floating above my 1538 Posts |
CMH, followed by CMH in spectator's hands, followed by Rubber Band Meltdown slays them every time.
I love the expressions on their faces after Meltdown and they're left with one singular rubber band.
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
THere are many excellent rubber band effects that can be used for strolling.
Not all have something interesting you can give away, but the magic is still strong.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Also take a look at Ringleader in Simon Aronson's Try the Impossible.
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Dr_J_Ayala Inner circle In search of Vlad Dracul and his 2169 Posts |
Ringleader is great to perform. I have a set where a rubber band is produced (any method can be used), I go into a series of penetrations (i.e. thumb, forefinger and wrist), then I use the old ruse of doubling a rubber band over to make it look like two bands, but when you separate them there really are two. This is followed by CMH and a few variations on that, break a band and do a transposition in the hands of a spectator, then restore the broken band. This is followed the Meltdown as mentioned by Ekuth, then with the last band I do the Spaghetti Up The Nose. This all gets me about a five minute routine.
The quick version of that set starts with the penetrations with one band, followed by CMH. If you look in the Elastrix books (2 volumes) there are some very nice puzzles, games and bets with rubber bands that can be used as a set (not really magical, but still fun), or as fillers in a magic routine. |
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
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On 2011-12-21 15:24, Ekuth wrote: What is CMH? I think I read where you mentioned it a few times here on the forum. Would you have a link to Meltdown and CMH?
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
CMH = Crazy Man's Handcuffs
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
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On 2011-12-21 16:35, S2000magician wrote: Ohh OK, my bad, yes I know CMH.
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Dr_J_Ayala Inner circle In search of Vlad Dracul and his 2169 Posts |
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On 2011-12-21 16:35, S2000magician wrote: What a great idea! Staff members - I second that. |
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
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On 2011-12-21 16:57, Dr_J_Ayala wrote: I third that
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
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Gulyás Imre Miklós Regular user Budapest, Hungary 185 Posts |
Where can I see/learn this meltdown thing?
I took the Pledge
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
There are several good DVDs on rubber band magic that you might want to check. Dan Harlan gas a few.
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
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On 2011-12-22 00:14, motown wrote: Yeah, I saw some of Dan Harlan's DVDs on Penguin. Wow, it's just amazing the endless material out there in the Art of Magic. I hope to one day invent my own magic trick (still studying "The Trick Brain"). The way I have been studying the Trick Brain is to take notes after I read every chapter and then re-read all the notes I took previously after finishing taking notes on the last chapter I have read. That way, I can retain more of the information from the book. It's time consuming, but I want to really retain and master the material from "The Trick Brain." This was the way I studied when I was in college long before I had to take an exam for a class (which helped tremendously in doing well on my exams) and thus why I study "The Trick Brain" in the same way now.
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joseph Eternal Order Please ignore my 17407 Posts |
Jumper dvd .. excellent...
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Einstein)...
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Dr_J_Ayala Inner circle In search of Vlad Dracul and his 2169 Posts |
I would be among the first in line to recommend the Dan Harlan videos, and to also remind you not to overlook/neglect the rubber band work published by Joe Rindfleisch - both of whom are members here on the Café.
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MagicJuggler Inner circle Anchorage, AK 1161 Posts |
I have the Dan Harlan videos, (actually I got them on VHS when they first came out) and I reccomend them if you're looking to expand the amount of rubberband magic you do. There's a lot of good practical routines on the videos (Though there's some not quite as practical tricks as well, they work but you wouldn't do them table hopping) I still do three of the routines from the videos whenever I am handed a few rubber bands, and considering how many videos I've gone through and picked up little practical material, that's saying something.
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mixman Loyal user Northern Colorado 294 Posts |
I start with CMH, go into Marcus Eddie's "Stairway", and then go into the first half of Daniel Garcia's "Jacobs Ladder". It takes just the right length of time, completely angle proof, and ends in the spectators hands.
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