I can't bear SansMind anymore ! Yes, thank you for that, it exorcised me ; I feel like I'm possessed... So, Chakkan ! What's new since the next episode ? (The one we were sitting exactly the same place, with exactly the same clothes... ) We will speak about THE ARCHITECT, by Michael KAMINSKAS (who also produced FUSION)...first deposit new zealand
But this time it's just to make the suspens go up, because... It will be in the next episode ! We have to digest it first... Now ! We have to talk about... as promised... Wallets ! 2 products, very similar, even if the packaging is different. Two way of making a card reappear inside the wallet. OMG NO ! Don't say that : we can make it with many other materials ! -OK, I admit it. Damn ! Let's do with WALLET TRANSFORMER. It works better with the kind of wallets where the credit cards go horizontally, like that. And, what happens... Is this : you have a card in the wallet, whose back is visible, like that. Then The magician does a routine with a signed card from the deck, blablabla... And, at the end of the trick, the wallet's card is revealed, and it is the signed card ! What is interested is that with this non-classic method, the card is clearly visible since the beginning of the routine. There is one gimmick... I would say a false credit card. it's not expensive and you can do the effect each time you want. The advantage is that you can also make it with a JOL, in this side. Chakkan, what is the advantage of it ? Only to show the card since the beginning of the routine ? - Well, I don't know, you seem to already have your answer, don't you ? Aha. I would say, when you open your wallet, all the focus is on the card, which helps you making difficulties moves during your routine. And, another thing is, the reset is really easy to do, and you can even make it in front of the spectators, don't you think ? -Yes, I do. It's lasting, you can trust your material... It's EASY, simple, original, practice... Now, WALLET WEAPON ! Same thing, but you have just the DVD required. BUT, with this one... You will have, either a card or a paper, folded in 4, and placed right here. At the end, you show everything openly like this... And when you show what the paper, or cards, says, it is, either the signed card, or your prediction, or a hint for something else, a message, etc. I think it is a little more versatile ; you can easily do other things than cards. Also, the card is shown above the wallet, which makes the wallet don't seems gimmicked at all. The problem : you have to gimmick your wallet, and in a way that will damage it, but just a little. And there is a thing that, while it is not fragile in itself, will worn out little by little. I would make a parallel with... for example your rubber bands... well, you have to change them regularly. Same thing here, or kind of. Well, if you want a 100% effect, I would go o the other one. Because, here, in the DVD, he is gimmicking the wallet, and, when he tries to show effects, it doesn't work perfectly. -Well, I didn't find it was a problem : he says you have to adjust it after making the gimmick the first time... But I hear you. Let's say, it a little more visual, but with a little more risk for you... And the card is folded, and in the spectator's mind, it one more impossibility : you don't seem to have the time to fold a card and insert it in your wallet in front of their eyes so easily... "So could it be some magic ?" BUT I will have difficulties to choose between those two. I think I would go for WALLET WEAPON, because it's more visual... It also made me wanna have a WIP WALLET, because with my JOL, it didn't work very good. So... Congratulations ! For me the two are 10/10. - I personally would say 4/5 for this one, because of the "100% stuff", and because in a professional performance, it's better. And I can do the reset in front of the spectators, go to the next table, etc. But me, I like the possibility to make it with a piece of paper, or something else. -Yes ! If you wanna do something else, this one is definitively for you. I think it's a little like the KENNY, with something more in it. - Oh ! To talk about it, I just found that the KENNY do not work ! It's a great idea, but too dangerous, because I couldn't use the mechanism in it... 5/5 and 5/5 according to Chakkan, 4/5 and 5/5 according to Calix ! What about talking about this excellent DVD, Technopolis? Oh God, stop with this sh** ! Just to finish with, both are approximately the same price, about 37 $ (30 €). Next ! IGNITION ! It's from MURPHY'S. We show you the product, which is a key ring, the same size than a dollar... You receive just this, and a password with it, which allows you downloading tutorials and videos. Can you show us what you can do with it ? Well, no, I can't, now... This is a basic stuff... Removing it, and relinking it like that... If you wanna do spellbounds, copper/silver, as it's also the size of a 10 Francs coin (French currency, before 2002), it works perfectly. And they also have a certain weight, which is important for manipulation. So the basic idea is the coin that can be removed from the chain, and there is no hole in in, then put them back together. This is the idea. It's funny, visual... It's also more an idea that a huge stuff... I would prefer have a FOB. But on the other hand, it's great, sometimes, when you do just a visual trick, and not an entiere routine with your cards, your FOB etc... Quality : very good (metal, not plastic). Originality, too... If you like the trailer of the DVD, go for it : it's exactly this. Let's go for PATRIFIED, from Patrick KUN. He's known for his technique ; very clean, well executed... Sometimes useless I think, like the routine "PK double" which is harder than a classic double lift... BUT ! There are very good, visual ideas ! The effects are very flash : a sandwich routine where a card X is put inside two others, and BOUM, it changes into the chosen card. Or routines where 4 cards become the 4 aces... Yes. I was like "Whoa" while watching the trailer. The DVD is well done, and even very well. Sometimes a little too quick for me, because I'm not enough skilled sometimes... This is like flourishes, but those are really MAGIC, it's not a beautiful move for the move itself; it's beautiful, visual magic, just simply. I personally found it difficult to do, that's why I would go for a 4/5 ; it's beautiful, but I would not take the time to do the routines. Which I regret. For me, it will be 5/5, because it is full of ideas. And there is a wonderful "spectator cut the aces", which requires no technique. And his white deck routine, which is fantastic. Well, this is Patrick Kun : it is extremely visual. - Yes, it's beautiful. Very, very beautiful. I think it's a kind of magic where you have to slow down, because there is so many powerful things, you can't do it the "Calix way", which is, in one word, fast, ahaha. Well done, good quality, no gimmick... I really liked it. It's 9/10 ! Congratulations! And, it have to be noticed : this is SansMind! What happened? Where is the "woaa, it's impressive, it's wonderful, it's awesome"-guy ? Aha, it's better this way! Congratulations! In the next episode, we will talk about CONSPIRATION(S), from Julien LOSA (mentalism). Now, it's time for TRUE MYSTERIES (Fraser PARKER). It's been a while I wanna talk about this one. There was the DVD, now there is the book, two years later. It's ONLY double-reality, but really well done. There are things for all levels, from simple to difficult. Nice effects, for the exemple the one the spectator can't remove his hands from the deck box. You can steal the ability to speak from your spectator, steal his strength. It seems to be hypnosis, but it is NOT. This is not real hypnosis, but it is so well done, I sometimes though "but, maybe, real hypnosis is this?" People say no, of course, but this is the idea. There is also an "Inception" effect, whoaa ! The spectator think of a card, and you can read his mind and say what he thinking, but, when we return the card you put in his hand BEFORE the routine, it appears that you have put the card into his mind. Another routine, which requires bowls... is making the spectator's belief change to an other... It's 42 $. For people who make just magic, it can be useful for you, to do simple "hypno-tricks". It will make more confident, and make people believe that you are "able to ..." So if you do hypnosis after that, it will work better. And a good thing is, he locks the dual reality! That is to say, if the spectators speak about it later, they will themselves be locked into their expectations. Which is one level higher, for the effect. If you read this, and Jermay, it's just... Whoaa! This stuff makes you think of all your routines, and ask yourself "this stuff is adaptable, I can add it to my routine X, and this one too, etc". I am very, very impressed by this book. 10/10 ! The best stuff of the week. Now, you have TRUE MYSTERIES, vol2 (2012) I didn't like the size, it's not like the first. It was made with an hypnotist, which developed ideas. You have to know how to control your spectator. They do effects, ask themselves, analyse it after public presentations, add new ideas, etc... We have all their creative process, which is very good. I didn't like, on the other hand, to have the "oh, thank you, your idea is so good, and thank you for that'' stuffs... There are enormous effects for stage, with all the spectators that can't move their foot, etc. Oh ! An other trick I liked! At a table, while speaking, he says "I have the power to make people know that I look at them". He turns his head, and a person, in an other group, come and say ''I felt you were staring at me, behind my back?" This is the kind of things, that are really good. It's subbtle, even in the texts. Here too, the effect are locked : the spectators can't understand the stuff while speaking, even if it's dual reality too. I would go for a 4/5, because the format, less practice than for the volume 1. - Same thing for me, but I would go for a / anyway he two are very interesting for people who want to use dual reality. 9/10! Other things will come soon, we just have to digest it a little.
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