On 2012-03-26 18:55, Lloyd Barnes wrote:
AAARGH!!! This exact same effect (minus the postage touch) is something I have been working on for months! Only the past couple of weeks have I got it to somewhere where I was happy with performing it and then... I see this. Feeling pretty crushed right now.

Still, not Jesse or Paul's faut, I haven't shown mine to many magicians. Oh well back to the drawing board.

Good luck with it Fellas, this is gonna be huge!

Lloyd

You know as a creator that is the way it is sometimes man...Jesse has been working on this for over 5 years now...I am so happy to finally see A&R get to see the light of day. It is sooo *** clever!
JM

On 2012-03-26 19:41, Justin N. Miller wrote:

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On 2012-03-26 18:55, Lloyd Barnes wrote: AAARGH!!! This exact same effect (minus the postage touch) is something I have been working on for months! Only the past couple of weeks have I got it to somewhere where I was happy with performing it and then... I see this. Feeling pretty crushed right now. Still, not Jesse or Paul's faut, I haven't shown mine to many magicians. Oh well back to the drawing board. Good luck with it Fellas, this is gonna be huge! Lloyd You know as a creator that is the way it is sometimes man...Jesse has been working on this for over 5 years now...I am so happy to finally see A&R get to see the light of day. It is sooo *** clever! JM

On 2012-03-27 11:02, Gary Kosnitzky wrote:

Quote from ad.
"VISIBLY RE-ARRANGING THEMSELVES into a COMPLETE CARD!"

I'm sorry that is not what I saw.

Blasphemously, this video was tampered with at 1 minute and 31 seconds, right smack in the middle of the restoration. This part was edited in a way to blend into the jumpiness of the whole video in general or maybe the whole video is purposely jumpy to camouflage that cut. This particular edit is so subtle as to be practically undetectable.

At 1 minute and 32 seconds, the card is obviously not complete or even appearing to be complete.
The lower left corner is sticking out an angle prior to covering it with the envelope, making it obvious that the card is definitely not complete. So not only is the card not complete as it says in the ad ,it doesn't even appear complete.

On 2012-03-27 11:32, Zombie Magic wrote:

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On 2012-03-27 11:02, Gary Kosnitzky wrote: Quote from ad. "VISIBLY RE-ARRANGING THEMSELVES into a COMPLETE CARD!" I'm sorry that is not what I saw. Blasphemously, this video was tampered with at 1 minute and 31 seconds, right smack in the middle of the restoration. This part was edited in a way to blend into the jumpiness of the whole video in general or maybe the whole video is purposely jumpy to camouflage that cut. This particular edit is so subtle as to be practically undetectable. At 1 minute and 32 seconds, the card is obviously not complete or even appearing to be complete. The lower left corner is sticking out an angle prior to covering it with the envelope, making it obvious that the card is definitely not complete. So not only is the card not complete as it says in the ad ,it doesn't even appear complete.

Gary, If that didn't happen, then the pieces that joined would have been a true complete card and that would have been real magic. There has to be a switch. The REAL magic happening is those pieces moving. I can't stand misleading ads and demos, but try to give some leeway.

Mark Mason released the "Mirage Wallet" around 1998. The ad said "The signed card ends up actually fastened inside the wallet".

Well...not exactly. That was the illusion of what happened, but there was a switch. When I got it, I though it was so clever, I didn't balk at the ad.. I gave them some leeway.

Clarke

On 2012-03-27 11:02, Gary Kosnitzky wrote:
This is what I think of this:

Why do magician's spend more time trying to fool other magician's into handing over their hard earned money rather than getting paid the old fashioned way by performing for paying audiences?

Quote from ad.
"VISIBLY RE-ARRANGING THEMSELVES into a COMPLETE CARD!"

I'm sorry that is not what I saw.

Blasphemously, this video was tampered with at 1 minute and 31 seconds, right smack in the middle of the restoration. This part was edited in a way to blend into the jumpiness of the whole video in general or maybe the whole video is purposely jumpy to camouflage that cut. This particular edit is so subtle as to be practically undetectable.

At 1 minute and 32 seconds, the card is obviously not complete or even appearing to be complete.
The lower left corner is sticking out an angle prior to covering it with the envelope, making it obvious that the card is definitely not complete. So not only is the card not complete as it says in the ad ,it doesn't even appear complete.

This ad totally misleads you.
The video tells the complete (no pun intended) truth.

You did this in 2006 Jesse and didn't get away with it.
What makes you think you can do it now?

On 2012-03-29 16:00, Justin N. Miller wrote:
(this is NOT directed to any one person..just an observation)
It is such a shame to see magicians getting jaded and influenced by their own mind. The most dangerous place a magician can be is to think like a magician, and forget about what the audience experiences. Please do the art a favor before you kill it. go back to the first time you saw your first magical experience, not necessarily a magic effect. It could of been a sunset, the stars above, your first kiss, try to remember when you experienced something beyond you, that could not be explained but only FELT!

Magic is for them not us! Having an object that is broken and visually restores it self without any attributes of our physical world helping it along, is beyond explanation for them. It truly is a moment of astonishment, that they can examine and even KEEP if they want.
Please save our art and become what you first loved about that moment of astonishment you FELT..for the first time.
JM

On 2012-03-29 16:00, Justin N. Miller wrote:
(this is NOT directed to any one person..just an observation)
It is such a shame to see magicians getting jaded and influenced by their own mind. The most dangerous place a magician can be is to think like a magician, and forget about what the audience experiences. Please do the art a favor before you kill it. go back to the first time you saw your first magical experience, not necessarily a magic effect. It could of been a sunset, the stars above, your first kiss, try to remember when you experienced something beyond you, that could not be explained but only FELT!

Magic is for them not us! Having an object that is broken and visually restores it self without any attributes of our physical world helping it along, is beyond explanation for them. It truly is a moment of astonishment, that they can examine and even KEEP if they want.
Please save our art and become what you first loved about that moment of astonishment you FELT..for the first time.
JM