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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts |
What are the best of the following Trost packet effects:
Born Loser Eight Card Brainwave Mini Maze Wild Deuce Triple Climax 4Gone |
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Magiguy Inner circle Seattle, WA 5467 Posts |
Eight Card Brainwave
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Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts |
I always liked Mini Maze myself, though I think the best Nick Trost packet trick was Razzle Dazzle.
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
What Paul said...
And if you are willing to purchase some handmade cards you can have it made up so that the faces change instead of the backs and you have a nice double change wild card effect. |
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joseph Eternal Order Please ignore my 17407 Posts |
Is his stuff still available?..
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Einstein)...
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1826 Posts |
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On 2007-12-23 07:41, joseph wrote: Purchase the book "The Card Magic of Nick Trost" and you will a good start on the genius of Nick Trost. Rennie
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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jonnyboy Inner circle San Diego 1021 Posts |
Rennie- I've seen numerous posts by you in many threads extolling this book, and have tried to act on your recommendation. However, I've not been able to find a copy to purchase anywhere. Do you know where one can be found?
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ejohn Special user Atlanta 720 Posts |
Also check out Nick's "Trick-Kards" in "The Card Magic of NT." It's an easy, twisting-the-aces-type effect with two back changes AND a face-color change.
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1826 Posts |
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On 2007-12-24 14:49, jonnyboy wrote: John, I keep seeing them come up on E-Bay, very rarely but I have seen them and I keep saying to myself" Buy it because someone will be looking for it". Seriously it is my very favorite card book as it relies mainly on sublety and very entertaining card magic. Rennie
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts |
There are some Trost packet effects currently available at mickeyhades -only half a dozen left as I bought 6 the end of last week.
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
A lot of his best known packet tricks are still available from L&L Publishing.
BUT, if you can get your hands on his book, you can put together "Abra-Card-Abra" which quite honestly you will do for the rest of your life simply to see the look on your specs faces at the end of the trick. I see "The Card Magic of Nick Trost" on ebay on occasion. It usually goes for around $100.00. A last minute bid of $150.00 would likely have secured the last few I've seen up for auction. I'd gladly pay $200.00 if I hadn't already purchased one, and the book is actually "worth" far more than that. |
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
What is the effect of Abra-card-Abra, briefly?
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
In Nick's words the trick was inspired by Vernon's "Do as I Do":
"the performer hands a packet of red backed cards to a spec while he holds a packet of blue backed cards. The spec hands the performer any red backed card, and the performer gives the spec one of his blue backed cards. When the cards are shown, they match. (say both 9 of Hearts) "Many people imagine that all the cards are the same" the performer remarks. "Well, they are." With that, the performer turns over both packets, showing that ALL the other cards in both packets are blank". (or whatever "same card" you choose, as you construct this effect yourself). I know the Magic Café is often overloaded with overstatement when it comes to tricks, but this contribution from Nick really looks like magic. BTW, like most Trost magic, this is sleight free, with the exception of a single very basic move (I hesitate to call it a sleight) that is even easier than it otherwise would be due to the effects design. |
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Number One Regular user Mike J Kelly 164 Posts |
I have just got 'Match' by Wayne Dobson. Is this the same as Nick's 'Abra-card-Abra'.
How many times should you show the 'match' before revealing 'all the same' Mike
Guess which hand the frog is in.
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jonnyboy Inner circle San Diego 1021 Posts |
An ad for a new Nick Trost book, Subtle Card Creations, Vol. 1, was just published in Genii, for all you Trost fans, and there seem to be many.
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Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts |
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On 2008-01-20 11:11, jonnyboy wrote: Yes, this will contain some packet tricks too. H & R Books are producing it. Considering the last hard cover Trost book is out of print I predict this will be a quick seller, I believe there are offering a post free deal for pre-orders being taken now. The book is away at the printers and expected back the first week in March. Paul. |
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
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As do I. You should already have your orders in folks. |
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danielrhall Regular user NH, where some days I feel as dumb as 181 Posts |
I put this in another forum here but I'll add it here as well so folks thinking about buying this book can get the best deal I've seen.
FYI... Hank Lee is offering a 20% discount on books until January 31st. I just ordered this book and the discount was applied to the pre-order. And shipping is free! -Dan |
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danielrhall Regular user NH, where some days I feel as dumb as 181 Posts |
If anyone placed an order to Hank Lee for the new Trost book based on the info I provided, I apologize. I just looked at my Visa statement online and discovered that a day after Hank Lee charged my card for the transaction, they took it upon themselves to charge $6.95 to my card for shipping the book. This in spite of the fact that they clearly offered free shipping with the pre-order. I called them and they told me they won't combine discounts. Too bad their online system said nothing of the kind.
The only real problems I've ever had ordering magic online have been with Hank Lee. Maybe it's time I learned my lesson! |
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
You might consider purchasing your reading material from H&R Books.
Nothing but straight up goods from the management, NEVER any surprises, and personal service from Richard to ensure everything goes perfectly. There's hundreds of folks here on the Café who tell stories similar to my own about H&R..............there's probably a lesson buried in there somewhere. |
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