Canaday, can you answer the question that I sent you in p.m.?

Chris,
Thanks so much for your comments. I am sure this will make it more clear to everyone here. Also, thank you for the additional tips video.

Posted this on the other thread as well. I would very much like to see a review from someone who has recently purchased this.

Also have a question about language restriction

Thank you very Chris
Am trying Staples this time for printing,
on some of the releases when I open the .jpg in photoshop it is 72 dpi, You've explained that shouldn't matter. Hopefully I can get all sorted, thanks

How soon is Mind Thief shipping?
Ordered from your site on 12/3, I know the post/shipping is slow currently.

Thanks again

Aligator,
Sorry, Been really backed up but PM has been sent. Any others, let me know.

I wonder if John C has received his yet?

Hey Vick,

It's on its way, but if you don't get it within a week, please let me know. Thanks.

With regard to what the reviewer stated: there are no Slights. There are no physical slights but there are mind slights. Slights of a different kind.

Most of us though have been exposed to these types of slights.

Basically every effect has some sort of "work" in it. Nothing, or not much, is free of any and every method. There's method to everything even to madness. Some easier than others.

Good job Chris

Thank you for the comments John. As one who prefers mind sleights to physical ones, I will conntinue to consider this as a possible purchase. I do like presentations with a psychological bent.

Ordered.

Have now received this and looked it over and am not sure what to think just yet. There is much to digest. My first reaction is that there is a lot of material here and a lot of work went into this for the lowly price of $39. The presentation is beautifully set on 14 pages of glossy paper with a small crib on the back cover. There are extensive instructions and differing presentations possible. There is also a slew of online files if you wish to make up a more personalized version. My only hesitation in fully recommending this is that I am not yet sure how it will play in the real world with an active audience. It seems suitable for close-up or parlour but not out of the question for a larger audience. It is something you need to play with a bit in order to figure the best way to present it and some audience management might be necessary. However it costs little for what you get and if the sound of it or the trailer appeals to you, I see no reason for not giving it a try. I will.

Anyone come up with any alternative presentations for this complex demonstration? I am working on one now but may not be able to test drive it for awhile as I think this is more suited to a larger room than a smaller one. Might as well take advantage of the dual reality if you can but I see no need to try and make it an absolute miracle by totally disguising something which no-one will sniff out anyway. I prefer to have a better idea of exactly where the participant is looking and might deliver the psychologial profile as we go rather than using the identity theft idea just before the final reveal.

Any thoughts from those actively performing this?

Thanks John C!

Hey Aligator -- I kind of like the twist in the story where you reveal what the visualization meant, but I imagine it could be done revealing what each choice means as you go through it. But you have to be careful since, if you're using DR, your language has to be very exact so it conforms to both what the audience sees and the spectator sees.

And I just want to reiterate that DR is totally not necessary in this effect -- it just kicks it up a notch.

There's a new review on this -- Magic Orthodoxy says:

"This is a fleshed out routine for both close up and stage, Chris Philpott does it again!"

Thanks for that, Magic Orthodoxy!

As the DR is there, might as well use it. I am still experimenting with this but so far prefer a presentation revealing the various psychologies of choices as we go rather than all at the end.

Hard to believe this has garnered over 3600 views but it is a great trick.

I like the principle and the DR used in this, but to me the climax isn't worth the long process.

Here are quotes from two more reviews:

"Chris Philpott, who put the "100th Monkey" family of effects into the magicians' arsenal of tools, has released many other intriguing items, and "Mind Thief" is one of them. With "Mind Thief," Mr. Philpott takes a very old principle and adds layers of subtlety and sophistication to such a degree that the modus operandi is cloaked in invisibility." -David Regal, Genii Magazine

"For the innovative mindreader looking for something that no one else is doing, and is highly customizable, I'd seriously give this a go." -Payne, M-U-M Magazine

Thanks David and Payne!

Hello, I think the question if this is restricted to English has been asked three times, but was never answered...