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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
There has only been 100 sets produced.
That's not to say that there won't be more produced in the future, but I may make a slight alteration so that the first 100 will be identifiable. Reports should be coming in soon from beta testers. But any of you who have anything from Paralabs will know the quality of their workmanship. I do now have a banner up on the Mentally Speaking page, but I think it is still not the done thing to start shouting about prices and availability and basically saying "buy my stuff" So people can find the site and make their own mind up. I honestly believe this is a wonderful thing, though I may be a little biased. Friday noon European time is the go-live time. http://www.thoughtillusions.com steve |
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Nicolino Inner circle 2893 Posts |
In plain excitement I just shot a (blurry) picture for you to show the dimensions in comparison to Bicycle and PLF cards:
Think of Paralabs quality in every sense - awesome!
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Myke Phillips Inner circle Myke Phillips 1213 Posts |
Thanks for the pictures Nicolino. They look awesome!
Myke |
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Myke Phillips Inner circle Myke Phillips 1213 Posts |
Thanks for the pictures Nicolino. They look awesome!
Myke |
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Magical Dimensions Inner circle 5001 Posts |
Wow, these cards are BIG!
I like the size because it makes it look more of a testing card. Steve did good coming up with this set of cards. Ray |
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ParaLabs - Thomas Special user 913 Posts |
When Steve introduced his work on this effect to us, I was immediately taken by the ingeniousness of his way to determine a whole pile of informations based on one tiny single piece that can secretly investigated on the fly. This is really great!
So it was an honor for us to support him in the production of his cards. And for we printed them and I know the production costs, I can tell you that his pricing makes the ESPy-onage set rather a present than a deal. Steve, you should rethink this! @Nicolino The PLF card that you use as a size reference is one of the old prototypes you got from us, right? Because the frame on the back isn't as precise as our standard cards. Cheers Th. |
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Nicolino Inner circle 2893 Posts |
Touché, Thomas!
The Mati Envelope
A brandnew peek device for the working mentalist! Chance's Token Tarot cards in a scenic piece of mystery..... |
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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
Thanks to Thomas at Paralabs the cards are absolutely fantastic.
The backs can be seen on the thought illusions website. The simple, uncluttered design by Thomas perfectly compliments the scientific look of the face of the cards. And once you read the back story everything makes sense. Steve |
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NeilS Inner circle 3225 Posts |
In recent days I have been giving a fair amount of thought to these cards and what I especially - or should that be ESPecially - like are the interpretive possibilities. Last night I had a friend select a card and think of one of the categories. They chose date and I then asked them to concentrate on the month, its weather characteristics, whether they knew anybody born in that month etc etc before finally revealing the month and then day. They were mightily impressed.
Similarly time can also lend itself open to interpretation and, depending on your watch, you could alter the hands of the watch to the time the spectator was thinking of or, perhaps draw a watch showing the time on a business card. I really like these cards, the scope they offer, the fact they are different from the norm and look so authentic and the many effects possible. Steve has done a wonderful job here. Neil |
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DutchFrank Special user Has a fence with 541 Posts |
Other possibility is to discover, whether they think in words, numbers or pictures, colour or black/white. Whatever it is, that's what they transmit the best and clearest.
Many, many possibilities for effects. Frank
Forgive me any language mistakes.
I'm Dutch. |
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Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12059 Posts |
Great job Steve! The creative genius has been in hibernation but now is finally coming alive!
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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
Thank you for the comments.
This has been three years in planning. Though I have been working on more than one version of it as will be seen soon. Lots more stuff in the pipeline. steve |
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Myke Phillips Inner circle Myke Phillips 1213 Posts |
I keep checking the post box. At one point, I forgot the key, so I prised it open to see. I put the post box back together so it looks like it hasn't been tampered with.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow. I will let you know what they are like ASAP. Myke |
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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
ESPy-onage has gone live 1 hour ahead of schedule!
No doubt due to my unwavering commitment and desire to fulfil my promise of launching today. (Well that and the slave labour as I got my two kids packing stuff up ready to post out) There is a banner at the top of the Mentally Speaking page or hit this link. http://www.thoughtillusions.com/espy-onage.html I will shortly be announcing details of a competition in which you could get the cost of ESPy-onage refunded, and win the very first DEATH ROW I. Dead Man Walking edition. Regards Steve PS. I really hope you get your package today Myke |
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DutchFrank Special user Has a fence with 541 Posts |
Congratulations with your release!
Forgive me any language mistakes.
I'm Dutch. |
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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
I've been asked, via pm, what is the overall premise of these cards and comparison was made with a couple of existing effects. I thought I'd answer here in case anyone else was thinking of asking the same question.
We are constantly advised that we must make our mentalism resonate with the audience. Make it meaningful, personal. Get their emotions involved. I've come at things from the opposite direction. There is a back story that peeks into the murky world of Cold War experiments into psychic espionage (a back story you can choose not to use if you wish) A world where there is no room for feelings or emotion. The only thing that matters is accessing information. I decided to play with this concept and produced cards which contain cold hard data. Times. dates, numbers, symbols etc. That's not to say they can't be used for emotional mentalism. On the contrary, the instructions contain plenty of ideas in this area. But they can also be used in a more clinical, experimental type of performance. There is even a presentation where you make one of your audience a potential recruit for a secret intelligence service. And who's never wanted to be James Bond? Use the cards one-on-one or for a full theatre. I am completely biased of course, but these cards are killers. steve |
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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts |
Congrats Steve. Will likely be ordering these soon.
JP |
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drphil Elite user 444 Posts |
This sounds and looks awesome. Next paycheck for sure.
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Myke Phillips Inner circle Myke Phillips 1213 Posts |
I'm still up playing with them now.
Very clever! Myke |
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drphil Elite user 444 Posts |
Steve Death row sounds to have the same method as ESPy-onage. With 40 prisoner profile cards. Is it the same only darker, or is it a differant method that just happens to use 40 cards. Either way it sounds like a great idea. It reminds me of the Outlaw Effects book tests without the book. When do you expect to have this out?
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