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Abacus New user Australia 44 Posts |
Hi all!
Ok, I’ve gone over the Ammar beginners DVD a couple times (and I will go over them a few more, no doubt) and have decided to move on to one of his Money Miracle videos. I’m thinking of getting Number 1 or 2. I’d love to learn his shadow coins routine, it looks cool I’ve noticed a few of the routines use notes. How many, if any, of these would work on Australian money? (our notes are plastic). Anyway, at $80 bucks a pop, which would you go for?? Ben |
Steve Brooks Founder / Manager Northern California - United States 3780 Posts |
Wow...a very tough choice to make indeed.
$80 seems a little high, is that per volume? Anyway, all of Ammar’s videos are top notch (in my opinion), so any volume will do, it’s all a matter of opinion I guess. I personally would start with one, then get the second, and so on. It’s been a while since I’ve watched them, so I can not recall if the "paper money" segments would be usuable with your currency. However, I believe that even if you can not use the paper money effects, there is still plenty of material to make the purchase a sound investment. Let us know how it works out! _________________ Life is not a problem to be solved... but a mystery to be lived.
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Bernard Sim Inner circle Singapore 1095 Posts |
Ammar’s tape is fine except that for paper money, you’ll have some problems as your currency is in plastic. BTW how do you do a $100 bill switch with your currrency
Anyway, David Roth’s Basic Coin Magic has a routine "Chink a Chink" which has the same effect but different method as Ammar’s Shadow Coin. For Ammar’s routine, you’ll need something which I think you should already have. If you do not have it, it’ll set you back by another $40 or so to learn this routine.
Bernard Sim
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Mark V New user 12 Posts |
I saw Ammar perform Shadow Coins at a lecture a few years ago and you're right, it does look cool. You should know that it isn't suitable for all performance situations due to angles.
If you want to learn it, it's on volume two. Mark V |
donaldlaporte New user new hampshire 46 Posts |
If you're interested in doing a few timeless classics at the table, check out the Johnny Thompson videos. He is a great teacher, talking about all the effects to give you a little history. Really top notch stuff.
don |
hobbymagic New user Houston, Texas 61 Posts |
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craig fothers Loyal user 215 Posts |
80 bucks a piece is the price in Aussie dollars... it's thanks to the price of importing the darn things and also because PAL is a little more costly than NTSC format.
Abacus, I looked at buying some vids mail order from the States but I'm not sure just how much 'cheaper' it actually ends up being... I couldn't decide whether to get his intro to coins dvd or to start collecting 'easy to master card miracles'. I ended up getting one of each - and they are both really, really excellent. makes it hard to choose hey? I've now got volume 2 of card miracles and in the next month I'll aim at buying volume 3... I really think that they are fantastic. I've heard his easy to master money miracles are really great too... Do you buy from Sean Taylor? He's watched just about every video he sells... he might be able to help |
Abacus New user Australia 44 Posts |
I've emailed Sean once or twice about stuff, but haven't checked on a price for this. I'll give it a go... His shop is VERY cool.. but so far away from Bondi..
The only on-line place I have ever used to buy things was magictricks.com.au (same as those UK guys). They were really good, even got me John Lovicks video from the UK at no extra charge.. Thanks for the advice all Ben Bernard Sim: Can't say I know exactly how the "Bill Switch" is done, except that it uses a TT, so I can't say if it would work on our currency or not... I did see Joe Labero do it on stage though. It can still be folded, but it must be held firmly because it springs back. Maybe you could use the Gypsi Switch?? Ben |
craig fothers Loyal user 215 Posts |
In Australia the bill switch isn't as flashy. You take 2 hundred dollar notes and change them into 100 U.S. dollars... at your local money exchange.
how I hate the economy. Abacus - Sean is open on Thursday nights till 9 and most of Saturday. He's expensive. But his shop *** well rocks. If he weren't so good at demoing, I'd be a wealthier man I'm sure |
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