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snedglow New user Pine Grove, PA 94 Posts 
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Hocus Pocus sells a trick called Animated Card Thru Balloon of Death and I was wondering if anyone has seen the illusion and can comment on how it well it performs, value for the price, etc.
They have a video of this trick at http://www.hocus-pocus.com/magicshop/pro......19966611 and the trick looks good. Thanks everyone!
-Randy
[email]rsnedden@closeupmagic.org[/email] 
~~~~~ “Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases which He does not choose to subscribe to openly with His own signature ... ” |
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magic-markus Loyal user 212 Posts
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I like this trick . There is a lot of comedy. So when you a comedy magician buy it. So I think the price is ok. Good price, good routine, lot's of comedy. What else do you want ??
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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Another Kevin James rip off. A nice expensive joke on magi.
pass on this one.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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p.b.jones Inner circle Milford Haven. Pembrokeshire wales U.K. 2642 Posts
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Another Kevin James rip off. A nice expensive joke on magi.
pass on this one. Hi, Chris I think you are showing a slight lack of thought here. the effect plays extremely well for lay people particularly in a cabaret situation and you can here the gasps when the card penatrates the balloon. comersial magic with a comersial plot. well worth the money if you are going to use it Phillip |
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snedglow New user Pine Grove, PA 94 Posts
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I appreciate everyone's input. The trick does look good when you take a look at the video, but sometimes that's still not a good judge of a trick's value.
I've learned to run it by the café before buying. I think I may take a look at the trick after all.
-Randy
[email]rsnedden@closeupmagic.org[/email]
~~~~~ “Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases which He does not choose to subscribe to openly with His own signature ... ” |
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Munseys_Magic Special user 520 Posts
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It's been my opening act for 10 years. You haave to be willing to buy certain supplies - more than just balloons - but worth the cost.
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RandomEffects Veteran user Boston, MA 323 Posts
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On 2004-03-02 09:51, MagicChris wrote: I have to disagree, this trick is wonderful. Having worked in magic shops for 5+ years I always thought it looked ok on paper until I saw one of our regular performers do it at the Mystery Lounge (Tuesdays in cambridge, ma). Even knowing what was coming I still laughed and was amazed at what I saw. Mat Random |
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Chance Wolf Inner circle 2425 Posts
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I bought this effect when it first came out many years ago. If you give it the proper rehearsal and can deal with the set-up then you have one heck of a visual effect.
Chance
Creator of Wacky Wolf Productions & Fine Collectibles
A DECADE of building Magic and we're just getting started! http://www.wolfsmagic.com |
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FloridaMagic1 New user 8 Posts
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Hi everyone,
I don't think this is a KJ Rip-off as someone mentioned. This is an official release from Kevin James - and a pretty neat effect. |
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Highland New user 41 Posts
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If you like the demo then you should get it.
This is a real showpiece. Very well routined and worth the effort. Once you get by the set-up it is a lot of fun. Good for pros. |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12967 Posts
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On 2004-03-02 09:51, MagicChris wrote: I kind of agree. Not as harshly though. It's not easy to get together and my cards fell apart fairly early on. I agree with Chance, if you don't mind working with it a bit you may have better luck with it than I did. hmmmm, maybe I'm just lazy. John |
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yosef_dov Loyal user NYC area 242 Posts
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Greetings...
I bought this about a year ago and haven't used it in a show... I've had a lot of trouble with the setup and essentially ruined the cards that came with it... I can't divulge more without giving things away. Does anyone who uses this have trouble with wrinkled cards? Joe |
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snedglow New user Pine Grove, PA 94 Posts
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It seems like we're leaning towards "it's a great effect ... but"
And the buts are mostly that the setup is rather tedious, but well worth the effort. I think I'm going to check this one out. After all, tell me the name of a trick that doesn't require practice. -R
-Randy
[email]rsnedden@closeupmagic.org[/email]
~~~~~ “Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases which He does not choose to subscribe to openly with His own signature ... ” |
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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I just don't think it's worth the money. Has anyone seen folks perfoming this? I doubt it.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12967 Posts
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On 2004-03-09 11:32, snedglow wrote: It wasn't the practice that turned *me* away from the effect. It was the setup VS the reward. For me it was just too hard to work with. John |
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p.b.jones Inner circle Milford Haven. Pembrokeshire wales U.K. 2642 Posts
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HI Chris,
I use it at least 200 times a year Phillip |
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Munseys_Magic Special user 520 Posts
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I use it 100 times a yeaar. The cards last fairly long if you handle them well. You also have to always have a few spares for when they DO become too wrinkled.
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armagician Regular user 146 Posts
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I just got mine today. I love it. It will take a little pratice but it looks wee worth the effect.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts
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So, let me see, we have a fellow who knocked his performing name off complaining that the trick is a Kevin James ripoff. I see.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Mac_Stone Inner circle Miami, FL 1424 Posts
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Can this be preformed close-up?
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