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Magicshore Regular user 182 Posts |
I have had a few E mail conversations with Rodger and he is sending me a new top. I should either get it tomorrow or saturday....or a couple weeks from now, since he has left for a two week vacation. I will post my findings as soon as I receive the new top.
It does bother me that he told me he has had no other problems with this, while similiar problems with this prop are now arising here. John |
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indomagic Inner circle 1140 Posts |
I do have similar experience with John. The gimmick certainly should be replaced.
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Magicshore Regular user 182 Posts |
I received a new top, for the Shaker, a few days ago and that has made all the difference. Apparently a small shipment of these had the wrong top and I was one of the unlucky ones' to get it. However, the replacement solves the problem and it works great. I used it at one of my restaurants last night and it " blew a few people away ". I'll be using it on a regular basis.
I also discovered that if I plant it on a table, just prior to customers sitting down, it has a really " Killer " effect with the patrons. After that initial " Teaser" performance, I take the " Shaker " away and return moments later with a real shaker filled with salt, apologizing for the mistake. Trust me, that shaker of salt gets loads of attention after that and also warrants my return to the table for more close-up magic. It's a winner !! John |
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emptycupmagic Loyal user 216 Posts |
Don't understand why people continue to support knock-offs! Get the original from Neal.
Bob Plaut
emptycupmagic@aol.com |
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magentano New user 13 Posts |
The cap is gimmicked? Wow. Then that's not only a ripoff. It's a WAY INFERIOR ripoff of Neal Prete's Shake Sphere. Nothing about the shaker is gimmicked with Shake Sphere. In fact, you can let spectators examine both the cap and body afterward without having to switch or ditch them. And I guess Lovin's package doesn't include the old Shake Sphere booklet from 1991 either. The booklet has 18 additional routines and applications of the basic principle. Contributions include a headline prediction by Richard Osterlind, a great looking Dave Williamson strike penetration by Chris Hurlbert, and a few others by Tim Trono, George Schindler, Paul Diamond, Ron Dayton, Bobby Plaut, Jason Whiting, and Bill Hoagland.
It's weird that Murphy's would distribute the Lovins product, since Tim should have known immediately that this was a ripoff. Heck, Tim actually contributed a couple of routines to the original 1991 Shakes Sphere booklet! Imagine that. |
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Robert Kohler Special user Fayetteville, Arkansas 520 Posts |
If the original is not gimmicked, how can this gimmicked version be a ripoff? Isn't it completely different in method? Does the original have claim over all effects that are penetrations into a salt/pepper shaker even if the methods vary? I own the Lovins trick and am appalled at how poorly it is made - it should be so incredibly easy to make properly with the perfect strength gimmick that is not visible thru the top. Lovins should be berated, but I question the rip off, but I could easily be convinced otherwise........and for $30!!
We judge ourselves by our intentions - others judge us by our actions.....
<BR> <BR>B. Wilson |
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DJG Inner circle The northern hemisphere of Earth 1294 Posts |
I know I am reviving an old thread, but The Shaker is great. It's a nice visual display for a chop cup effect. I am not sure why people are mentioning the gimmick thru the top. With the shaker I use it blends perfectly into the reflection of the metal, and is not all that noticable. Maybe mine is updated?
You can't really call it a knock off.
Your choices in life can be compared to watching a magic trick: You can continue to believe the illusion in front of you, find the intrigue and desire to learn more, or quit paying attention the moment you feel deceived.
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Adam Keisner Veteran user London 335 Posts |
Waist of money. DON NOT BUY.
I just received this and it's absolute crud. This is nothing you can't make your self by adhering a magnet to the inside of the top of a salt shaker. I realized this was the method obviously, but I actually thought the creator had integrated the magnet into the shakers cap in a more intelligent way, more fool me. He's just stuck a magnet onto the cap with glue and yes it's totally visible through the holes at the top.+ the strength of the magnet is not conducive with achieving the same effect repeatedly. |
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Zombie Magic Inner circle I went out for a beer and now have 8733 Posts |
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On 2006-12-19 10:09, emptycupmagic wrote: Murphy's still distributes it: http://www.murphysmagic.com/Product.aspx?id=40669 |
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Scott Fridinger Special user Gloucester Pt, VA 893 Posts |
I would go back to a previous post, if the method is different (gaffed top/vs non-gaffed top), it wouldn't be a knockoff. Otherwise, every version of triumph would be a knockoff (gaffed versions would fit here nicely.)
www.JustGreatMagic.com
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