On 2012-06-25 14:39, boswellmagic wrote:
@zombie Magic,
Thank You for the very thorough review. It was good except for the wrong name.... Its fine though. Im horrible with names.

On 2012-06-25 18:25, JamieD wrote:
Eddie showed this to me a little while back and instantly I fell in love with it! The gimmick is so simple and devious it literally hurt to know how he was doing it. Live looks even better then in the video. This is one of those ones that in the mirror, you'll be as impressed then when you show it to your audience. A great great effect! I can't praise it enough!

Jamie Daws

On 2012-06-24 16:30, Zombie Magic wrote:
I watched this demo about 15 times. I wanted to order, but it seemed to good to be true for a $19 dvd. Plus, I never heard of Edward Boswell ( no disrespect meant to him ).

GeneTony's honest feelings had me swaying. Then one of my favorite magicians, Cody Fisher of Texas, commented after seeing it done live. I was close to ordering, but still felt uneasy. It's not the money, it's slipping on the oil slick ( or banana peel;-) I hate when that happens.

Took a deep breath and ordered.

I'm not a professional ( I only do about a dozen paid shows a year ) but I think I have a good sense of what is just ok and what is a fantastic piece of magic.

Rapture by Edward Boswell is a fantastic piece of magic! One of the best purchases I've ever made. If they included the gimmick and charged $39, I'd have been just as excited.

Eric, who has a very charming teaching personality, starts off with the history of the effect ( with credits ).

Then he shows the gimmick.Those with good knowledge in card magic history will recognize what's in play.

Next is the construction, which is very easy. If they had included it, it would have been at least extra $10 for the dvd. I was happy to make it myself.

The next segment is the entire construction process shown again, but without Eric talking. I liked that addition to the dvd.

Studio Solo Performance #1:

Eric shows the basic effect of the card box appearing and then vanishing. No edits or cuts and it STILL looks like real magic. I couldn't understand how he got the gimmick to do it.

Eric explains it and says it's his favorite method. WOW! It has an elegance about it.

Studio Solo Performance #2:
Eric changes the card box to a deck of cards. I prefer the first performance/method. This is not poor, but it's a bit more trouble to get into ( for me ).

Studio Solo Performance #3:
Eric does a transpo. He takes a deck out of the box. Spec gets a free choice and signs it. As he signs, Eric puts the deck in his pocket and takes out the card box. He places the signed card on the box and.....turns it into the deck of cards. lol. He removes the card box from his pocket and inside is the signed card.

This looks incredible! It's actually a transposition ( box to cards ) and a teleportation ( signed card into the box ). This MY favorite and the one I'll do!

BONUS effect: Uprising ( Eric's ambitious Card ).

This is actually why I bought this. I always wanted to do, but can't, Mr. Kosby's "Raise Rise". Eric's version could be called "Poor Man's Raise Rise". It will take practice to make the illusion look convincing. The jury is still out for me as I'll have to work on it to see if it's for me. If I could get it to look good, then I'll be excited about it. The BIG plus is that the gimmick is already in place if you choose to do it.

Eric, GREAT job. Your Dad is proud of you!

On 2012-06-29 01:02, Silver Glove Magic wrote:

Zombie you made that review an outstanding read for me. Thank you, "Performance #3" sounds to good to be true. I have to get this just to have that routine in my collection. Amongst the other effects for $20 bucks this is a STEAL. Hi-Five's and chest bumps.

On 2012-07-05 11:07, Zombie Magic wrote:
Penguin now carries this as a dvd. Still only $19.95 for this KILLER trick!

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2717

On 2012-07-11 08:52, madcats9 wrote:
I have fairly small hands, would this be a problem? Palming a card for example is quite difficult for me. I can do it with misdirection but not other than that my hands do not look natural at all.

On 2012-07-11 09:27, RNK wrote:

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On 2012-07-11 08:52, madcats9 wrote:
I have fairly small hands, would this be a problem? Palming a card for example is quite difficult for me. I can do it with misdirection but not other than that my hands do not look natural at all.

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