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joeKing Special user United States 979 Posts |
Pinnacle by Russ Niedzwiecki (DVD)
Price: $17.95 (@ Penguin Magic) Skill: Intermediate (don't let that throw you off) The Effect - A borrowed ring and a completely normal (NOT GIMMICKED) rubber band are used...The magican magically make the ring penetrate the first band, then VISUALLY the ring seems to melt through the second band. The magician then penetrates the ring back through so it on the first strand again...Then finally the ring visually penetrates the final strand and the ring is given back! Inspectable?: If you don't do the Miracle Finish (making the trick COMPLETELY impromtu) your left COMPLETELY clean, but even if you do the Miracle Finish a simple switch is all you need . 9.5/10 Easy?: I got the trick today at 1:00 pm and I could successfully do it by 7:00 pm (6hrs of practice) but that was just to know exactly what I need to do..I'm going to practice awhile before I do this trick to a spectator. Keep in mind that I have started magic a lil' over 3 months ago so I'm pretty new to magic but I still got this trick down...Shows that if you really want to learn a trick and you're willing to practice you can always get it down. 8/10 Pros: -A very high impact routine! -Completely impromtu and no gimmicks (with the exception of Miracle Finish, which really isn't needed) -A lot of fun to perform -Great organization on the DVD -Russ is a great teacher -Comes with 2 HIGH quality rubber bands -$17.95 is REALLY cheap for a dvd Cons: -Phase 2 of the trick is pretty confusing. -In the demo it shows that there are extra effects and tricks given on this DVD...which is misleading because they only show names of other products you could buy to learn more tricks -Miracle Finish isn't realistic to do while borrowing a ring and is not examinable. Final Score: 9.5/10 I highly recommend this trick! Just look at the demo http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=625 it looks EXTREMELY convincing and at the end of the routine when I let the spectator pull of his ring from the last strand...The reactions are going to be PRICELESS...I'll probably preform this on Thursday and I'll post the reactions...I hope this review helped...if you have any question...Don't bother asking...lol jk thanks for reading this LONG post
~joeKing
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Barrett_James Loyal user Southern Arizona 242 Posts |
Great review, very well thought out and presented. If you already keep rubberbands around your wrist PINNACLE is totally impromptu (umm, ok with out the 'miracle finish' but the first four phases just kill when you have borrowed someones ring). Killer effect and although I did struggle a bit with Phase II, the magi at my local shop (WILLIAM's MAGIC in Tucson AZ) helped me over the hump. PINNACLE gets two TTs way up!!
Hmm, its been like two years since your post - how did the show go?!?!
"...let us now rejoin our foolish friends and commence the book properly." G.H.
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