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Andrew McMillan New user Melbourne Australia 63 Posts |
As per my other posts, I've just joined the forum and am getting back into magic since doing it in my teenage years. Quite simply I'd like some advice on buying some 'classic' close-up tricks and/or new works that I can perform in front of colleagues, friends etc without too much reliance on sleight of hand, setup or gimmicks. Most of the stuff I have from my younger years are Tenyo products and looking back, some are just awful such as the pencil through a pencil, many relying on ‘gimmicks’ too much. Some gimmicks are helpful, whilst others simply destroy the illusion and decrease an audiences ability to suspend their disbelief. Does anyone, esp professional magicians use Tenyo products?
What are people top 5 'wow' 'must have' pieces that never fail to amaze, both classic and new. I’d esp be interested in pieces that don’t arouse suspicion or can even be handed out for inspection. Andrew What are people top 5 'wow' pieces that never fail to amaze. Classic or new? Andrew |
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Mark Wilden Veteran user San Francisco 375 Posts |
Without a doubt, Out of This World. No sleights - slays.
///ark |
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rorythegreat Veteran user Seattle, WA 393 Posts |
I'd have to say the invisible deck.
My card collection
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Andy the cardician Inner circle A street named after my dad 3362 Posts |
Andrew,
get a dek of cards and work on some self-working tricks. Scarne on Cards is a great resource and a bargain. Andy
Cards never lie
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DomKabala Inner circle I've grown old after diggin' holes for 2827 Posts |
1. Scotch & Soda.
2. Sponge Balls. 3. Vanishing hanky (T.T.). 4. Color Monte. 5. Floating Bill. (I.T.) These are just a few that are examinable. Cardamagically, <<<KRaZy4KaRdZ>>>DOM :)
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Justin R Veteran user 303 Posts |
If you want to buy a book instead of indivual tricks, It's a must that you get 'Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic', if you haven't already.
It has tons of effects that are great and not hard but are still very good. Somebody please back me up here. |
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sethb Inner circle The Jersey Shore 2719 Posts |
Andrew, I'd suggest two things: first, a good paddle trick like a Money Paddle (click HERE to view) or the Jumping Gems (click HERE to view).
Next, as others have suggested, get a book of tricks, as opposed to single tricks. Not only is it a better value, but you'll be exposed to a wide variety of effects and can pick and choose what you like. This way, you'll have some surefire "mechanical" effects that are easy to perform, and you can start learning some sleight of hand so you won't need lots of fancy gadgets. You can try Volume One of the Tarbell Course or "Hugard's Magic Manual," a $15 Dover reprint of Jean Hugard's 1939 "Modern Magic Manual," which is available through Amazon, click HERE for more info. BTW, if you like sleight of hand, the Cups and Balls is a very good place to start. And remember, a trick is only as amazing as you, the magician, make it. SETH
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Hearttau Elite user New Jersey: Exit 15 E 423 Posts |
You can't go wrong with the above. I picked up an easy great looking effect just yesterday at Fantasma. It's their "Ring-Scape" or ring through rope. Here's a link to the demo.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/488859/fan......ugh_rope
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valueduser New user Batavia, ny 77 Posts |
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On 2007-05-15 11:56, Justin R wrote: Without a doubt, this book is worth it's weight in gold. Not only is it jam packed with great effects it will also teach the prerequisites to more advanced material you may learn down the road. |
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munkywrench Loyal user Conway, SC 298 Posts |
Be careful on buying stuff that looks cool or maybe easy. Get books, DVDS, lecture notes, and try and find a mentor. This will save you from buying stuff, that once you get in the groove, you will never use. I have a ton of crap that I collected before I hunkered down with books and videos. My mentor told me that everyone does it...part of the learning process. Any questions just let me know I have a lot of reference material.
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Bande Elite user 430 Posts |
Just adding my $.02. I too am a beginner. I am not all that cash constrained, so take that into consideration -- but for me big bang for the buck effects:
1. WoW by Masuda. Easy to do, still have to practice some small sleights (which is good in my opinion) and killer effect. Up close, personal and people love it. 2. Prohibition by Charlie Justice (I think). Again very cool trick, pretty easy and takes a little practice. Take a look at their demo videos and see if you like the effect -- if you do then I would highly reccomend them. |
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Magic1 Elite user Los Angeles 408 Posts |
The book "Now You See it, Now you don't" by Bill Tarr has a wealth of great tricks and sleights. "Fraud" is a pretty great (but will require some prep at home) wow-elliciting trick.
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pradell Special user Alaska 560 Posts |
There is another post of the "5 best pocket tricks magicians always carry" in the Café. At one point I went through all of the previous posts and compiled a list...It may be enjoyable to review it in this thread too, so here it is...
1. I.T. 2. Crazy Horseman Cuff 3. Star gazer 4. Deck of cards,stacked deck, crash course 1, Aces stacked on bottom 5. Trilogy Dirty Pool (Michel Huot) – 6. 3 ball (Garrett Thomas) 7. Divided Attention (Sankey) 8. Design Duplication (Osterlind) 9. Hundy 500 10. Thumb tip, loaded w/$2 bill, black silk, $100 bill switch,Sugar packs, 11. Scotch and Soda 12. PK/PTK ring 13. Quarter for "STUCK" 14. Silk hanky 15. Osterlind Watch routine 16. Betting game with yes/no card 17. Divine a thought of telephone number 18. Pulse stop 19. Pen through quarter gimmick, normal quarter, pen 20. One or two half dollars 21. My card to wallet is my everyday wallet 22. Flash Cotton 23. "Questionable Trick" 24. "Recap" 25. "Cigarama" 26. "Florida Keys" 27. "Torn & Restored Bill" 28. Entourage 29. Two Dollar Window 30. Wonderland Dollar/Bill 31. Hypnotic Choice 32. flipping dollars, 33. MagiCard 34. Mental Yarn 35. Mark Jenest's No 2 Pencil 36. Gaffed Sharpie 37. 1-2 quarter gaffed coins 38. Two Ones to a Two 39. Two Pennies on Knee 40. Tenkai Pennies (see Bobo's) 41. Invisable Deck 42. 2 Card Monte 43. Fant-a-Stick 44. Ike Dollar Coin & Sudbury Penny (Spellbound) 45. Lubor Lens (Reality Twister) 46. 3-Ring Circus (Jay Sankey) 47. Mismade Dollar Bill (Four Corners) 48. Gimmick for doing Cap In Glass Bottle (Prohibition) 49. pens (Flip Stick), 50. Rubberbands (CMH), crazy man handcuffs, penetrating and linking bands 51. Color Changing Knives 52. $1 & $5 bill transposition 53. Card Warp 54. Pinnacle (ring & rubberband) 55. KK (Kenton Kneppers card in wallet) 56. Flaming wallet 57. Two Green Sponge Balls for Balls in the Mouth 58. Hopping Halves 59. Pinky tip 60. McDonald's aces 61. floating cigarette/match/toothpick card. 62. Hot Rod 63. Bite quarter 64. Nickels to Dimes 65. color monte 66. mini cups and balls 67. ash pen 68. lit cigarette vanish 69. Loops, (something I do with cards). 70. Greed. 71. BWind 72. Alien Autopsy. 73. Two dice for a dice addition trick 74. Two paper clips for the linking paper clips 75. Kollosal Killer in heirloom wallet 76. Slow burn (Sanders) on a exotic looking money clip 77. a half, a copper penny, and an expanded shell half 78. psychokenetic pen and duplicate 79. 3 Fly III 80. Outlaw wallet 81. p***et writer 82. Bryn Reynolds' "Business Coin Prediction" 83. small pad of PCT paper 84. Banachek's "M.I.N.D" opener 85. dollar bill w/ pre-written prediction of serial number that will be selected 86. Stealth Assassin Wallet with 4-card version of KK 87. magic square prediction 88. PK Time (usually using the spec's watch, mind), 89. 3 phase coin routine, 90. a coin transposition, 91. The Magic Traffic Light 92. 5" or 50 sponge bunnies 93. Magnetic Silver Copper 94. Lethal Tender 95. Cigarette thru Quarter 96. Brainwave Deck, B'Wave, 8 card brainwave 97. Perfect Pen 98. PK Pen 99. Paperclipped card for Jay Sankey's effect 100. Rubberbands for Kenner's Missing Link 101. Invisible Deck 102. Standard Bicycle Deck in Osterlind Breakthrough order 103. 2 quarters for repeat coin under watch 104. Silver dollar for a 1 coin routine using muscle pass and Backpalming 119. Daryls no touch card trick 120. Business card prediction. 121. "What's Next?" 124. Raven 125. Folding coin 126. 'Pick a card, any card' Kipp Sherry 127. P-PIK Prediction Cards 128. Spider Pen 129. Dime & Penny 130. Disappearing Card Deck 132. Leaving Home 133. Princess Card Trick 134. 3 half dollars for "3 Coins Across," 137. Sponge Ball Routine 138. Mystic Chips 139. Colour Changing Silks 140. 4 Coins (dollars or halves) 141. Blue deck (with blue and red dup) 143. Coin purse 144. Okito box 145. copper, copper/silver 146. Multiplying balls 147. Ellis ring 148. Gaffed knit balls 149. Ammar's ETMC |
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F-Hmagic New user 56 Posts |
Wow, that's quite a list! I don't think I have that many pockets (and I don't believe I'd be a beginner once I mastered half of that list!)
What?! How'd that get there?!
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Justin R Veteran user 303 Posts |
Wow! Great list, pradell. Thanks for taking the time to compile it and share it with us.
A few of them I'm going to have to do a search to find out just what they are. |
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Andrew McMillan New user Melbourne Australia 63 Posts |
Thanks for the replies everyone. I think these lists will keep me busy for some time hunting down the effect. I gather some titles are more generic, rather than belonging to just one person.
On a tangent, has anyone subscribed to CardTricks 101 or know much about this or similar pay to enter magic sites? I've posted a message in the Mgrs area asking Steve for advice about general internet sites / links and reviews of sites. Keep the lists coming! Try to mention creator if possible. Andrew |
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Mark Wilden Veteran user San Francisco 375 Posts |
Out of This World is by Paul Curry, and can be found in his Magician's Magic, which, as it's published by Dover, is easily and cheaply available.
There's a pretty similar version called Intuition in Roberto Giobbi's Card College Light. I would highly recommend this book to a beginner. It contains only self-working tricks, but also includes tips on how to use sleights to improve them when you're ready. The tricks are arranged into routines, which (especially in the case of T.N.T and Intuition) set each other up nicely. ///ark |
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cybersmudge1393 New user 35 Posts |
Mark Wilsons complete course in magic. This is a great book with a lot of effects. They can also be modernized with a little creativity.
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Bande Elite user 430 Posts |
I would second the Mark Wilson suggestion. Resisted it for a long time thinking it would be hard to understand tricks from a book -- boy was I wrong -- great investment
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F-Hmagic New user 56 Posts |
I will have to jump on the bandwagon and third the Mark Wilson suggestion. This is the book that first led me into learning magic after talking my parents into getting it for me years ago. I still have that book, and it is well worn and dog eared, but still lots of great information. I was actually reading through it last night, thinking that is is about time for me to start learning the cups and balls.
What?! How'd that get there?!
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