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Chris Aguilar Special user 540 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2019, silbo wrote: Sure. Book is nearly 300 pages. |
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silbo New user 60 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2019, learachel wrote: Any closer to release? Now that we're into November... |
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learachel Elite user 446 Posts |
12 novembre
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RCarruth Veteran user Spartanburg, S.C. 341 Posts |
TRIX is in two days in Charlotte NC.. I hope to see his book for sale at the convention. A treat for attendees...
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Drtriage Elite user My garden fence has 463 Posts |
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On Nov 5, 2019, learachel wrote: latest from Vanishing Inc: possibly early December - newsletter will announce when it is due (answer via online chat query) |
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Drtriage Elite user My garden fence has 463 Posts |
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On Nov 11, 2019, Drtriage wrote: Just got a further response - confirming it is actually going to be released tomorrow (12 Dec) !!! |
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CopperChopCup Loyal user 213 Posts |
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On Nov 11, 2019, Drtriage wrote: He debuted it at TRICS this weekend. Sold out every copy. It’s a beautiful book. When they go on sale, grab one. I bet they’ll sell out the first printing. |
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mayniac Special user 616 Posts |
Looks great! All card effects? Coins and cards? Other items?
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lumberjohn Special user Memphis, TN 626 Posts |
The book contains coin and card effects. Scott is known primarily for his coin work but Pure Imagination contains plenty of card material as well and it is all outstanding. Scott is a perfectionist who has been creating and refining his material for decades. He is a legend in the magic community, extremely well respected by his peers, and this book reflects the depth of his knowledge not only of the methods of magic but of making magic entertaining. These effects and utility moves range from technically simple to knuckle busters that will take months to capably perform, but they are all commercial and powerful. I was repeatedly impressed by the cleverness of the effects, but just as taken by the compelling presentations which is especially rare for coin effects. This is a book that you can spend years with and learn an incredible amount even if you never perform any of the material as written. And the book is absolutely beautiful. VanishingInc has made this into a work of art with a purple satin cover and thick glossy pages of photos that scream quality. It’s the type thing anyone would be proud to display on a coffee table, especially if your room happens to have a Willie Wonka theme (we all have that room, right?). This is the most stunning magic book I’ve ever seen.
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MurphysNEW Elite user 457 Posts |
Pure Imagination by Scott Robinson is now available at your favorite Murphy's Magic retailer
https://www.murphysmagic.com/Product.aspx?id=64075 |
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lumberjohn Special user Memphis, TN 626 Posts |
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Daren Inner circle 2051 Posts |
Can anyone describe some of the effects in the book other than queen thing or differences? Especially the card effects
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lumberjohn Special user Memphis, TN 626 Posts |
Here are my descriptions of most of the effects:
The Toy: Two cards are folded into interesting shapes from which they switch orientations and then pass through one another. The cards can be examined or given away. The effect is unique and has a playful quality. You will enjoy folding these "toys" and playing with them. The Willie Wonka Card Trick: Similar in feel to Roy Walton's Card Warp, a card is turned face-up, placed between two face-down cards, and moved back and forth between them. At the magic moment, the performer pushes the face-up card through once more, but this time, it disappears. The performer shows both face-down cards, and the face-up card is gone. Finally, the performer aligns the two remaining cards and the face-up re-appears between them. You can purchase the video instruction for this one on Vanishing Inc. Willie in Your Pocket: The performer isolates three cards and has one signed. The signed card is then made to vanish (turn invisible) as in the Willie Wonka Card trick. The card is removed from the performer's pocket, confirming his claim of an invisible card. After replacing the signed card to the packet, the performer then makes the other two cards vanish as well. The cards then reappear, one in each pocket. Different Differences: A transposition of one coin for three. Three silver coins are placed inside a coin purse while a lone copper coin remains on the table. The performer causes the copper coin to vanish and almost instantly, the three silver coins appear on the table in a triangular formation. The copper coin is found inside the coin purse. Sucker Monte: A Monte effect with just three regular cards. Loose Change: A two-coin transposition with a nickel and penny. You need only an ordinary nickel and penny to perform this quick and visual transposition. It is an impromptu handling of B.J. Bueno's handling of Steve Duschek's copper silver transposition, "Digital Dissolve," which used a gimmick, but with Loose Change, you get almost the same effect with no gimmick. The Queen Thing: A card is selected and added to the four queens. With a snap, the performer causes the selection to disappear, leaving only the queens. After showing his hand empty, the performer then removes a card from his pocket, which the spectator expects to be her card, but when it is revealed, it is seen to be a queen. The performer goes back to the pocket and removes . . . the three remaining queens. The cards which the spectator believed to be the queens are revealed to be only a single card - the selection. Quick Kings and Aces: Four aces are placed on the table while the performer holds the four kings. The performer exchanges one card from each packet. The packets are immediately turned face up to show that the kings and aces have switched places. Trading Spaces: Four aces and four kings are removed from the deck. The performer allows the spectator to choose kings or aces and explains that whichever packet he chooses will change places with the other under conditions precluding slight of hand. The performer inserts the chosen cards into the deck face-down to isolate them and picks up the remaining packet. The performer simply waves the deck over the face-up packet and the face card instantly changes. The packet is displayed to show that all four cards have changed. The deck is then spread to show that the isolated cards have changed as well. Sliding Scale: The cards are spread vertically, front to back. With a flick, the performer squares the deck, leaving the selected card face-up protruding from the back of the deck. Just One Move: The performer offers to demonstrate an effect using "just one move." A card is selected and replaced into the deck. With just a tap of the spectator's finger, the card has risen to the top of the deck. With another tap, the mate of that card has reversed itself in the deck. The spectator is invited to perform the "one move," which consists of cutting the deck. Instantly, the deck is ribbon spread to show two cards sandwiched between the face up selection and mate. They are the remaining two cards of the same value, making four of a kind. Who's Counting: A card is selected and returned to the deck. The spectator names a number. The performer instantly pulls a packet of cards from the middle of the deck. The packet contains the exact number of cards named by the spectator. What's more, the last card counted is the spectator's selection. Bill Me: A bill and four quarters transpose. A coin purse is opened revealing four quarters and a dollar bill. All are removed from the purse. The coins are placed on the table and the bill is placed back in the purse, which is then closed and placed on the table. The coins are picked up and openly displayed. With a rub of the hand, the coins are replaced by the bill. The spectator can open the purse to find the four quarters inside. Over the Hills and Back Again: Three coins are fanned at the fingertips. The coins vanish one by one until all are gone. The performer then brings each of the coins back again. A three coin vanish and reappearance using no gimmicks, this is a very simple and commercial plot, and one that is within the reach of performers with even mediocre coin handling skills. 100% Probability Sandwich: A card is selected and replaced back in the deck. Two face-up kings are placed on top. The bottom king travels through the deck three times to sandwich larger and larger groups of cards as the performer announces his increasing confidence that the spectator's card is within the sandwich, culminating in the entire face-down deck being sandwiched between the kings. Finally, the kings are pulled from the deck and found to have only one card sandwiched between them - the selection. Severance Pay: A selected card penetrates through a folded borrowed bill. All of the items can be borrowed. The penetration is slow and visual. You can even stop mid-penetration and allow visual inspection of all sides. Automated Teller Card: The performer identifies a playing card as his "Automatic Teller Card," after which he produces a coin from behind the card. Almost immediately, the performer produces four more coins at the corners of the close up mat. A Buttery Spread: After a card has been selected and returned to the deck, the deck is spread at chest height for the audience to see the faces and confirm the cards have actually been lost in the middle. In the process of lowering and closing the spread, the selection is controlled to the top. Manifold: A visual transposition of an isolated red backed "mystery card" and a selected blue backed card from a blue deck. The red backed mystery card is shown to be an ace of spades and then placed face-down between two face-up blue backed kings and set aside. A card is selected from the blue backed deck and placed at a position from the top of the deck determined by the spectator. After a magical gesture, the three isolated cards are spread to show the blue backed selection in the middle where the red backed ace of spades was just shown. Finally, the performer counts down to the named position and finds the red backed ace of spades. Repackaged Prediction: An envelope containing a prediction is inserted into the middle of the deck by the spectator. To compose his "hand," the spectator chooses five cards from the insertion point. The spectator is then asked to repeat the procedure, selecting a "random" five card hand for the performer. An imaginary game is played, which reveals that the values of the performer's hand match the values of the spectator's. Finally, the values are added together, and found to match the prediction in the envelope. Triple Crown: The performer displays three coins: copper, silver, and brass. He places them into a coin purse, which is closed and tabled. After touching the purse the performer places his fingertip to the table at which appears the silver coin. This action is repeated and a copper coin appears at the fingertip. It is repeated again and the brass coin appears. The actions are now performed in reverse, and the coins vanish one by one. The performer opens the purse from which all three coins drop to the table. Top Slop Gag: The performer spreads the deck and notes that a card is reversed in the middle. He flips the card face-down and spreads again, but appears frustrated when more and more cards begin turning face up. Changing Hands: Three coins are examined and shown to be distinct - an American half dollar, an English penny, and a Chinese coin. The Chinese coin is placed into the hand of Spectator One. The remaining two coins are placed into the hand of Spectator Two, who closes her hand and removes the penny. The performer takes the penny and visibly changes it into the half dollar. Spectator Two opens her hand to reveal the penny she thought she had discarded.The performer takes the half dollar and changes it into the Chinese coin. Spectator One opens his hand to reveal the half dollar. H.G.'s Pocket: The performer places two signed elections in his pocket, removes them, allowing the spectators to confirm their identity, and reinserts them into the deck. After reversing time, the deck is spread to show the selections have disappeared. The spectators can reach into the performer’s pocket and pull out their signed cards. Riding the Wave: A card is named by the spectator. The deck is spread to reveal a single reversed card - the same card named. Sound familiar? It should, but this uses a single, ungaffed deck. Changing a Fan Belt: A card is selected and returned to the lower half of the deck. The upper half is fanned with the explanation that the fanned cards will act as a filter. The lower half is apparently pushed through the fan from the top and appears to penetrate the fan and drop to the table from underneath it. The selected card is seen to be face up among the fanned face-down "filter" cards. Daily Double: Two versions of Dr. Daily's Last Trick. The two red aces transpose with the two black aces in the spectator's hands. Daily Double Change: This is a change of four cards to four other cards which Scott uses to change jokers into kings. Changeling Coin: A silver, copper, and brass coin are displayed. The performer places the silver coin against the brass coin, and suddenly both coins are silver. The performer then adds the copper coin and it turns silver as well. With a squeeze of the hand, the three coins go back to their original appearances. The three coins are placed into the right hand and squeezed, at which point the hand is opened and all three coins are shown to be copper. Dragnet Jacks: Two mated Jacks are turned face down and upjogged near opposite ends of a spread face-up deck. The spectator is invited to select one of the face-up cards between the jacks and the spread is closed and flipped face-down. The deck is re-spread until a face-up jack appears. The jack is removed and underneath it is a face-down card followed by the other face-up jack. The face-down card between the jacks is the card named by the spectator. The Tooth Fairy: Coins appear and multiply at your fingertips in a demonstration of the powers of the tooth fairy. Money Changers: Four kings and four spot cards are removed from the deck. Under the pretense of money being used to create misdirection, a bill is wrapped around the packet of spot cards, after which the face of one of the spot cards is clearly seen. The performer slides the packet backwards and forwards, at which point the face card instantly transforms into a king. The packet is removed from the folded bill and displayed to be four kings. The king packet on the table is spread to reveal the four spot cards. Coins By Golly: Two silver coins are taken in the right hand and a single Chinese coin in the left hand. After a magical word or gesture, the hands are opened, revealing that the single coin has transposed with the two silver coins. The hands are closed and when opened again, it is revealed that the coins have changed places again back to their original positions. Finally, the two silver coins merge into one while the Chinese coin splits into two. Heavy Metal: A technically challenging but beautiful Spellbound routine. A silver coin is shown at the fingertips. With just a rub, the coin changes to a copper coin. With another rub, it changes to brass Chinese coin. Another rub transforms the coin back to a copper coin at which point the coin is shown front and back. With three rubs in quick succession, the coin changes to silver, copper, brass, copper and finally, silver. |
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qkeli Special user paris,france 792 Posts |
Wow thanks for those details
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Strange differences in pricing in the uk for this...
magicshop have it for 49.50 vanishing inc for 55 alakazam a whopping 60 I wonder why?!
I've asked to be banned
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Any reason why on the cover, the By Andi gladwin and John Campbell is set to align to the right, yet the main title is centrally aligned?
It's annoying my designer eye...
I've asked to be banned
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dman11 Inner circle USA 1069 Posts |
New magic book day! what a beauty*, this is how to produce a book! I wont have time to really dig into the material until the weekend but its a dang nice looking book.
*my copy took a good hit on the bottom right cover. Its all kinked up but did not affect any pages. it was shipped already damaged for sure, the shipping box has zero damage and it was thoroughly bubble-wrapped inside the box as well. |
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mpilkey New user 52 Posts |
Waiting for mine to arrive. Several friends have it, and I’ve heard great things. So I can’t wait to check it out
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charliemartin Special user Rapid City, SD 779 Posts |
Got mine yesterday. Beautiful. I got some reading to do.
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Jared Inner circle Rhode Island, USA 1579 Posts |
I received my copy yesterday and this has to be the most beautiful magic book that I have ever seen...WOW!!! Of course, I hope the material matches the quality of the production. If yes, then between this and David Regal's new book, we'll have enough new card/coin material to last us for at least a decade.
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