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KristoBall Regular user 112 Posts |
Hi everyone - first post here and I very much enjoy sipping at the Café. Scrolling around hocus pocus today I came upon a six dice effect called Problema that seems to be based on badlands bob. Does anyone have experience with this illusion and if so what are your opinions? Is it worth the price? And can it really be examined "with a little practice" as the description suggests? I'm surprised to find it noton penguin and barely a mention in these forums. If you aren't familiar here's a link to the trailer on YouTube:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1xPuIFFSP4 Thanks in advance for any advice on problema! |
Dale J. O'Neill Regular user I can't believe I only have 132 Posts |
I have one and I love it.
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john wills Special user 939 Posts |
Great classic!
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KristoBall Regular user 112 Posts |
Thanks for the replies! It's out of stock on Viking but hopefully I'll get a chance to buy it soon. Is it truly examinable?
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Dale J. O'Neill Regular user I can't believe I only have 132 Posts |
Yes it is examinable
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KarstenMeyerhoff New user Germany 92 Posts |
It is examinable afterwards, that much is true: At the beginning it is not, though. And it's a bit of a one-trick-pony, unless you follow it up with something that uses the dice from the box. I don't know/own the version discussed here - more a cheap, plasticky one - but I never used it, since the dice are so terrible.
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LeoH Elite user 437 Posts |
I have the Viking version and can only recommend it. It is examinable both before and after. I use it as a prelude to dice stacking.
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KristoBall Regular user 112 Posts |
I lost this posting and now have found it again - thanks for the recommendations - it's a very cool effect. I purchased one of the cheap versions from a local magic shop to see how it works and I can see how the premise mechanic could be greatly improved by Viking ingenuity and quality craftmanship. Might have to invest - I like it quite a bit.
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wulfiesmith Inner circle Beverley, UK 1339 Posts |
Can this be performed with a different result each time? or is it like the cheap version(s) which have a fixed result?
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indomagic Inner circle 1140 Posts |
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On Aug 1, 2020, wulfiesmith wrote: I think it should be with the same result. Unless you buy Winner Dice which you can control any number you want. |
martonikus Regular user 167 Posts |
Most sets on the market allow for two possible outcomes.
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Magic Mark Inner circle After this post I will have 1521 Posts |
The Viking one (when it was available) was a Collector's Workshop effect. I've owned one for at least 15 years. It's a fun effect. The Collector's Workshop version offers two outcomes, as Martonik mentioned.
Just an FYI.. at the time of my post, Hocus-Pocus has a gently used Viking Problema for sale ($49.95): https://www.hocus-pocus.com/magicshop/?p=83768 Get it while you can! (Once it is sold, the link will stop working.) Mark
Doing tricks can be easy, being an entertainer is much harder.
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dragonash Veteran user the sticks 380 Posts |
The cheap versions can only be examined after if something is lapped. The result is whatever the performer sets it up to be beforehand.
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
Badlands Bob and Problema are two different tricks/effects with two different unrelated methods...
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