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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Hey Everyone,
I am looking for a source for small, mechanical moving goldfish. I am producing a small bowl of goldfish, and I want them to move. Any recommendation for best sources. Yes, of course I have Googled. I am looking for recommendations from people who have actually owned them and been pleased with them. Thanks in advance! Lou |
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
I have a solution for your problem but I have been forbidden to discuss it with you here by the "management" of the Magic Café because I wrote about it in an e-Book that is sold, so if you are interested in learning about my solution, you'll have to contact me where we can communicate freely.
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Hi Jim,
PM with my email address sent. Lou |
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danfreed Inner circle West Chester PA 1354 Posts |
There are battery operated mechanical toy fish that start swimming when they get wet. They look kind of real from a distance. You can get them on Amazon for $15 or so. I've tried them, they make noise if I remember right. You have to take them out of the water right after the trick or the battery wears out and so they don't keep making noise, if I remember right.
Dan Freed
AKA The Amazing Spaghetti https://www.magiciandanfreed.com/birthday-party-magician-for-kids http://thecaricatureartist.com http://danieljayfreed.com |
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Frank Yuen Elite user 454 Posts |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Hi Frank,
Have you used these? Lou |
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
I've used those. They are great if you don't pretend they are live fish, but robotic fish with lights and all. They look very pretty but exactly like what they are, not live fish. Still, you can catch a robotic fish on a line baited with a magnet. You can toss it in a bowl of water and it wiggles around like a robotic fish and blinks its light. You can feed them to a robotic cat. The kids love it, but it's a robotic act all the way through. Goes nicely with my Rubber Duckies act. There are also swimming turtles, but those are wind up, not battery operated.
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Thanks Jim.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
If you are thinking of performing the Catching Fish effect, the best method is Alan Shaxon, it is published in his book. All the details to make the rod and gimmicks is given. It uses real fish.
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
One advantage with producing robotic fish is that is when the batteries die, they can be replaced so the fish don't "die" unless they are smashed. Live fish can die from a variety of causes, most of them not under your control when using the old methods of "Catching Fish from Air".
One of the tricks I describe in my "Where Do the Duckies Go?" e-Book is how to produce robotic fish, one by one on a fishing line, then drop each one into a bowl of water to "bring them to life" swimming, and finally, transform the entire bowl of robot fish to live goldfish that have been treated gently throughout, leaving the robot fish to take the brunt of the handling. It's worth thinking about. Or you can just end the routine with a bowl of robot fish and avoid the problems of dealing with livestock if you prefer. Only the adults in the audience are impressed with the live fish, anyway. The kids are happy with winking blinking robots.
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Hi Bill,
Thanks, but I am not looking to perform Aerial Fishing. I am producing a goldfish bowl and need a realistic looking fish in the bowl so that I don’t have to deal with goldfish. Thanks though! Lou |
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
Https://www.amazon.com/XMHF-Aquarium-Art......7H5J249C These are not robotic, but just decorative goldfish, but you could make them move about using the method I described to you privately in my PM. I'm not sure they would really fool anyone, but having them move around might give them a better chance.
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Okay, you are about 20 or so years to late. Abbott's Magic use to make a nice plastic gold fish with a weight. The movement of the water made it look really good. I use to use them in my bowl productions.
Okay, I did a quick search, found they are available for fish tanks, just search plastic gold fish for fish tanks. You can attach a fishing weight with clear fishing line from Wal-Mart. Put 3 in a bowl and they look good. Here is one site I checked, but there are others. https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Aquarium-G......1BGLTRM8 As far as movement, all you need to do is move the water or bowl a little, the water will move the fish. No need for a mechanical fish. Also a table with a light in a stand makes the bowl look great from stage. This method does not require the water to be neutralized. |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Thanks for all of your suggestions Bill!
Warm regards, Lou |
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Frank Yuen Elite user 454 Posts |
No, I haven't used the fish I linked to before just did the search for you. I hadn't read enough to realize that they have lights but I would just paint over them myself. I think they are cheap enough to gve them a try.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7655 Posts |
I have made the Shaxon pole (with permission) and also have another in the works.
I just saw some of the Abbott fish on the eBay and week or so ago. They did not go cheap. As Bill said the key is the light in the bowl.
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
www.hughesmagic.com email-hugmagic@raex.com Write direct as I will be turning off my PM's. |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Thank you Jim, Bill, Frank, and Richard!
I ended up buying a nice, non-mechanical version that I found on Amazon. I appreciate all of the suggestions and input! Lou |
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
Don't forget to come back and tell us how you like using the goldfish you bought. Maybe some photos?
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
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illusions & reality Special user Saskatoon, SK, CANADA 859 Posts |
Will do!
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Ihop Inner circle Glen Spey, NY 1604 Posts |
Amazon sells a mechanical swimming goldfish.
I bought one last year for an effect where you pull a goldfish from a chosen photo in a book and put it in water where it swims.
Ihor
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