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tvbobby
New user
69 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 2:19am
Rarely had I been so excited to buy a trick as I did when I purchased RATTLED. I must've checked outside my front door to see if a package had arrived five times a day. I felt like a little kid waiting for Christmas. After all, the demo was incredible. And the WPR review said it was a gimmick "as indispensible as the thumb tip!" And then it arrived. I ripped open the package... watched the DVD... marveled at the simplicity and genius of the device... and then tried to put it into use. And it never worked as promised. There was NO WAY IN HELL the gimmick would EVER work in someone else's hand (as promised). The truth is, it was hard to make it work in my own hand without a certain about of unnatural looking exertion. Paul Harris was kind enough to replace one of the gimmicks... but sadly, it was EXACTLY the same. Of course, threads were filled with complaints... and RATTLED now takes its place at the bottom of my drawer along with many other disappointments. This was my big one from 2011.
What was yours?
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emyers99
Inner circle
Columbus, Ohio
2091 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 5:29am
My Rattled works fine bur I agree it got a ton of hype and, I'm guessing not many are using it. Your post made me wonder, has there been a PH Presents trick yet that has lived up to the hype? I cant think of one off top of my head.
Eric
www.ericmyersmagic.com
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Stucky
Special user
Still not banned after
821 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 5:54am
Gut Buster was pretty straight forward I thought.
Official Thread Killer
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KyleMacNeill
Inner circle
2762 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 8:03am
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On 2012-01-10 05:29, emyers99 wrote:
My Rattled works fine bur I agree it got a ton of hype and, I'm guessing not many are using it. Your post made me wonder, has there been a PH Presents trick yet that has lived up to the hype? I cant think of one off top of my head.
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HAUNTED, IMO is brilliant.
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Chris Piercy
Special user
Dorset, England
929 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 8:14am
Don't use Rattled at all, was really disappointed.
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nowyoucme
Veteran user
348 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 8:45am
Prue smoke.
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saysold1
Inner circle
Recovering Cafe addict with only
4134 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 9:53am
I agree 100% on Rattled.
The gimmick I thought wss pretty clever - but my initial set would lock properly either.
Even with the replacement the routines just didn't grab me. So I thankfully sold mine pronto. Just didn't rock my boat either.
Speaking of Paul Harris releases... Justin Miller's Freedom Pack was also just "meh."
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 10:03am
Also Shin Lim had a couple of doozies in 2011
I didn't care for "Think" - certainly not the Best ACAAN ever for my taste.
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Andrew Zuber
Inner circle
Manhattan Beach, CA
2406 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 10:32am
I actually really like Rattled, and my set works perfectly. I just haven't found a place in my set for it and haven't work on it much for some reason, though I'm not really sure why.
I too found Freedom Pack to not really be my thing. Again, it did exactly what it was supposed to do and worked, but just didn't excite me as I initially thought it would. However, I can't say any trick this year thoroughly disappointed me. Then again I didn't buy a ton since I was living overseas and knew I had to cart it back with me to the states.
While I don't believe it was released in 2011, Pro Flite was a total dud for me. I was incredibly underwhelmed.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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emyers99
Inner circle
Columbus, Ohio
2091 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 12:53pm
This could be a great thread. I love my Pure Smoke, Freedom Pack and ProFlite. So it's interesting to see the trash/treaure comparisons. I do have to agree though on Think. Very weak in my opinion. Same goes for the rubber band dvd Touch. Now that I think about it, I bought Touch, Think and Rattled all based on glowing reviews Penn and Petty gave them on the Wizard Product Review and all three have been complete duds in my book.
Eric
www.ericmyersmagic.com
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ted french
Inner circle
Columbus Ohio
1750 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 1:05pm
EVERYTHING put out by www.papercranemagic.com LOL
P3
practice practice perform.
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Prager
Inner circle
eMentalism.com
1620 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 1:13pm
PaperCrane had some of the best releases of the year.
eMentalism.com: SECRET PRODUCTS FOR MENTALISTS
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The great Gumbini
Inner circle
1207 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 1:24pm
Mental Delivery---what a waste.
Good magic to all,
Eric
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fbnc
Loyal user
Memphis
227 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 2:28pm
I bought Rattled based on all the hype and the reveiw on WPR. My gimmicks worked great and thought it was a good effect......but the caps just don't look right,there huge compared to any other cap.
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shadowman
New user
56 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 7:27pm
Rattled
Think
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motown
Inner circle
Atlanta by way of Detroit
4782 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 8:46pm
Postage Matrix
Worst product I've bought in a long long time.
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain
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TonyPorter
Regular user
158 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 9:26pm
The confetti shooter from Vernet. Absolute rubbish.
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yin_howe
Special user
Malaysia
550 Posts
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 11:53pm
Dave & Craig of the WPR try to give a fair review and what they think of a product, but they are also human/magic geeks like us, no fault of theirs.
"Talent without passion is talent wasted.."
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Sammy J.
Inner circle
Castle Rock, Colorado
1731 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 12:00am
For me it was Nathan Krazo's "No Smoking Zone". I guess I may be able to see it working for some, but not for me.
Sammy J. Teague
When the Docs give your wife 18 months to live and it has been 10 years, that is a miracle!
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tvbobby
New user
69 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 12:58am
How funny - Think has worked very well for me. The ONTOLOGY PROJECT is just far too complex. Great tricks. Too much work.
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Zombie Magic
Inner circle
I went out for a beer and now have
6571 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 1:10am
Anyone remember buying out of catalogs after reading the amazing description? 6-8 weeks later your package arrived and....it was a box of junk. lol.
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roblane
Veteran user
Say 'toast' five times, toast toast.....
339 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 1:44am
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On 2012-01-11 01:10, Zombie Magic wrote:
Anyone remember buying out of catalogs after reading the amazing description? 6-8 weeks later your package arrived and....it was a box of junk. lol.
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Oh yes!
Definition of a Freudian slip; Saying one thing and meaning a "mother"!
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Roger Kelly
Inner circle
Kent, England
3313 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 1:54am
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On 2012-01-10 23:53, yin_howe wrote:
Dave & Craig of the WPR try to give a fair review and what they think of a product, but they are also human/magic geeks like us, no fault of theirs.
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I'm not too sure about this. I've fallen for their BS hype before and read too many disagreements of opinions that I don't even watch the programme any more. Dave's 'acting ' on some of the 'reviews' is an insult to one's intelligence!
They are in a prime position to inflate sales of anything they choose. Just sayin!
Wenger MUST go!
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Failed Magician
Inner circle
Still working on the DL even after made
1919 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 2:28am
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On 2012-01-10 13:24, The great Gumbini wrote:
Mental Delivery---what a waste.
Good magic to all,
Eric
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Wow, I almost bought it from a promo in website. Didn't get the chance but I'm glad I didn't, I guess.
Magic comes through perception. -HS
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Xiqual
Inner circle
Upper left quadrant
3791 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 2:29am
Absolutely Tony. Rubbish. Really let down on that one.
James
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On 2012-01-10 21:26, TonyPorter wrote:
The confetti shooter from Vernet. Absolute rubbish.
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Still with the Chinese circus 
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Nicolino
Inner circle
2016 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 3:04am
What a great and informative thread!
Why couldn't it have been published at the BEGINNING of 2011? Then we would have saved a lot of dough....! 
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Roger Kelly
Inner circle
Kent, England
3313 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 5:46am
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On 2012-01-11 03:04, Nicolino wrote:
What a great and informative thread!
Why couldn't it have been published at the BEGINNING of 2011? Then we would have saved a lot of dough....!
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Ha! Nice one Nicolino - maybe we should ask the question NOW for 2012 and post it in the "Penny For Your Thoughts" section? 
Wenger MUST go!
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magicgettogether
Special user
Michigan
529 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 9:38am
The most disappointing trick of 2011 for me was my Little Man routine. Most of it was my fault though, I had wanted to create a miniature Frankenstein made out of clay, but the small props I bought looked silly with the clay guy (who never looked like Frankensteins monster no matter how I molded him) and although I thought the gimmicks were ingenious I could never get the creepy effect I wanted. Add to that the somewhat complexity of the routine, trying to make Frankenstein boots out of 2D material, it just did not work for me.
But more had to do with my application for it than the prop which I though was pretty creative
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Nicolino
Inner circle
2016 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 9:42am
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On 2012-01-11 05:46, Roger Kelly wrote:
... maybe we should ask the question NOW for 2012 and post it in the "Penny For Your Thoughts" section?
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Indeed, that's the only logical consequence, Roger!
My first entry for "The most disappointing trick of 2012" would cover all those tricks that will be sold as pre-order, then delayed and a little prolongated until - after another minor time lag - it finally shows in 2013 that they are.......rehashed crap!
The Mati Envelope
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Tarot cards in a scenic piece of mystery.....
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GaryLee
Loyal user
276 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 9:50am
Little Man was the most unethical advertised piece of garbage ever. The false advertising, claims that no strings or magnets were used, then change the ad to remove no magnets used. "YES, HE'S MOVING FORWARD AND ACTUALLY WALKING... ONE ASTONISHING STEP AT A TIME!" As we know it glides using magnets, just like everyone suspected right from the start. No mystery to how it's done because it's the first thought that comes to many minds when they see the demo.
Then, a few people came on the Café to say they bought it and give it a review. Those few people gave wrong and misleading info about Little Man, and it was suspected that PhP had something to do with getting false reviews out becaus of all the bad publicity Little Man had got. One dealer claimed they were almost sold out, another dealer who worked with PH on Little Man also lied when telling people that there was only a few left at PHP and once they were gone, the price would go up. A few other members who did purchase Little Man came on to correct the false reviews and did not seem impressed with it. There was a lot of dishonesty in regards to Little Man, and I don't ever trust Paul Harris products anymore. No presales especially. By the way, Little Man can still be bought from several dealers who seem to not be able to sell them. Gee, I wonder why?
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Zombie Magic
Inner circle
I went out for a beer and now have
6571 Posts
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Posted: Jan 11, 2012 11:06am
In reading these pages, it seems pre-ordering never works out the way we think it will. You never get it first and never save money.
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