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countrymaven Inner circle 1428 Posts 
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The hidden brilliance of the QP gimmick is that you can go from one coin to two coins. or two to three. and you can just as easily disappear one of the coins in your hand. you cannot easily do this with a shell, a flipper or split coin. I think the possibilities for this gimmick and its variants have hardly been tapped.
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castype New user 71 Posts
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Wizard Product Review gave this a great review. https://youtu.be/YTj-uhHqZ5E?t=463 . I couldn't agree more. At first I thought, "is that it?" But after watching the explanation and a bit of practice, I see major potential for other routines as well.
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 23, 2018, castype wrote: Well deserved. Got it yesterday. Played with it for about 30 minutes. Showed it a handful of times. So easy to do and what great eye candy. I sound like an ad copy but this is going in my pocket daily. |
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PendletonThe3rd Special user 973 Posts
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Yeah, it really is a great trick. When I first got QP, I started second guessing it. Thinking it may not be as strong as I hoped. And that certain parts of the routine may raise an eyebrow.
Every time I show it off though, it gets outstanding reactions. And the parts I was worried about fly right by the spec. They don't even question the things I thought they would. Been in my pocket every day since. This, Fit, and, indeed, Imagination Coins may be my quarter Trifecta! |
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warren Inner circle uk 4166 Posts
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Out of interest how many of those that are raving about this effect are performing the effect with foreign coins as apposed to their native coins ?
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2018, warren wrote: I'm in the US so quarters are native to where I am. LoL. Quote:
On Aug 28, 2018, PendletonThe3rd wrote: The response has consistently been "how did the coin get between your fingers so fast?" It's definitely a effect that is a demonstration of skill rather than Imagination where it's more magic as one typically thinks of magic. So the way I've been approaching QP is akin to the invisible palm where I indicate that I'm doing a move of sorts but in the end after the effect, they actually start to second guess if it was actually skill because skill would not explain how the coin was vanishing and appearing. For Imagination, I don't do the second and third phases suggested. I do just the first and last phase which structurally makes more sense and keeps the effect focused. I felt that the middle two phases for Imagination was pointless as they don't seem to really care or remember those two phases and only the first and last phases are remembered. |
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2018, warren wrote: As was stated on the WPR they will be performing with sterling currency. It is imperative imo that you always perform coin magic in your own currency whenever possible. |
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warren Inner circle uk 4166 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2018, pegasus wrote: For me yes as this would be more of an effect to show friends etc ie a little something you can have on you when out and about, if I was performing at a gig then it doesn't matter as much but then I wouldn't be performing this effect I would be performing something much more visual from my existing repertoire rather than using Quarter size coins. WPR stated they would be performing this with Sterling currency but does that mean it's something I can make myself if so then I would purchase it, if not then I don't see how it could be used with British 10p's as Dave suggested as others have already said on here there is quite a discrepancy between other coins. |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with performing with quarters at a strolling gig. This is something Paul has performed at his gigs for over 10 years! Quarters can easy be scene buy group of five or six.
RNK
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warren Inner circle uk 4166 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2018, RNK wrote: I never said there was but in my opinion there are much stronger effects I could do so this would be used more in informal situations for me personally if I could perform it with my own countries currency. |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2018, warren wrote: I believe the post above is from you referring to not performing this becuase of the size of the quarters? Unless I misunderstood what you wrote above but it sure sounds like you wouldn't perform this because the size of the quarters isn't visual enough for your audience?
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ma91cm1ke New user 85 Posts
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I agree with Warren. I also live in the UK and this effect would be perfect with 10 pence pieces.
I think that because there is so much attention focused on the edge of the coins, using a gimmick made to be used with US quarters could be problematic. 10p coins are steel and very shiny including the edges and I believe that quarters have copper edge or a much darker edge atleast (I could well be wrong here but I'm sure I remember handling some older quarters which were like this). Can anyone who owns this give a clear answer as to how easy it would be to have a gimmick made as it is a great effect and I would love to add it to my repertoire but I feel it's main strength is that it's a seemingly impromptu miracle. Thanks Michael |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts
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Of course it would be better if you could perform it in your own countries currency. Warren's statement was about the size of the quarters not being visual enough which is certainly not true when you have a group of five or six, it would be plenty visual for all to see.
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 29, 2018, ma91cm1ke wrote: If you have an adequate clamp to hold the coin in and a hacksaw it can be done. Better yet, if you have the adequate clamp and a circular power saw with a metal cutting blade, it will be a breeze. Better alternative is to buy the gimmick and then go to a currency exchange place to get yourself three quarters. Done. Technically you really only need 2 quarters if you use the bonus gaff. The regular gaff you will need 3 quarters. You can also use the bonus gaff with 3 regular quarters so that if you REALLY want to have 3 quarters examined, you will be able to do so. |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts
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Wow. Lets openly expose the method
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 29, 2018, RNK wrote: I don't see how. No methods were discussed. What do people think when one points out a gaff/gimmick is required? How did we talk about Svengali? How about when one states that a trick deck is needed or that you are buying a trick deck? Also, what needs to be done with the coin using the tools is only known when one knows what they are trying to make. |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts
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Well it is pretty obvious from the tools that you blatantly exposed what is happening.
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 29, 2018, RNK wrote: You'll need a clamp to be able to make a !@#$'er or the thing from the sea. Saw would be needed for the !@#$**r as well. Same goes for a sp**t coin. If you think about it, you probably need a clamp for almost all of them and a saw for a good chunk of them. There's several gaffs the QB can be and I don't think I've exposed the method here. Mods: Feel free to make edits or delete my posts if necessary 
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4748 Posts
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I'm not really a coin guy but picked this up because it looked good and I typically like Paul's releases. As mentioned, the gimmick is very simple but it fooled me so it did it's job. I can handle intermediate coin sleights but nothing intermediate needed here. The moves are pretty simple and straightforward. You basically just need to remember the sequence and focus on making the phases flow smoothly. A tad pricey but a solid release overall. It delivers as advertised.
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warren Inner circle uk 4166 Posts
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For what it's worth the descriptions didn't really tell me anything so I don't think methods were exposed.
As I perform a fair bit of coin magic both gimmicked and ungimmicked unless they come out with a version in my own currency I don't think I would purchase it as it just means I would have to get someone to do alterations to the gimmick for me and as I've said already there are much stronger effects I could and would perform at a paid gig. |
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