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This weeks new magic review features NEW Magic by Matthew Johnson & Christopher Taylor, Steve Haynes and Chris Webb. Plus, an E-book by Ben Harris! So let’s check it out!
ALONE By Matthew Johnson and Christopher Taylor
From the creative minds of Matthew Johnson and Christopher Taylor comes a device so devious that it will change the way you do mentalism forever. The world of mentalism is about to change. Get ready to open the gateway to the human mind, get ready to experience ALONE!
Its power is in its simplicity. The device is right there in front of the spectator but it looks so ordinary that they will never suspect a thing.
Here are just a few of the things you can do with ALONE:
-Repeatedly locate a hidden object in a spectator’s hands while wearing short sleeves!
-Find a hidden object anywhere in a room without the use of a confederate!
-Name a playing card that a spectator simply thinks of!
-Psychically solve a crime with weapons, victims and locations that the spectator has in their mind!
-Be able to tell how many times a tossed borrowed coin lands on heads or tails and predict the date on the coin before it was ever borrowed!
ALONE is an incredible electronic device built by Taylor Imagineering and comes with a fully comprehensive instructional DVD, the device, batteries and everything you need to get started right out of the box.
Availability: www.Hocus-Pocus.com
Price: $300.00
Hand Out 500 By Steve Haynes Presented By Paul Harris
Steve Haynes’ Hand Out 500 starts off like all the other wonderful versions of Pat Page’s easy money; you display four or five single dollar bills, then in a flash, the ones visibly change into hundreds.
The Big Handout Happiness is that you can now immediately hand out all of the hundreds for examination!
If you’ve performed other versions, you’ve probably heard that little voice in your head saying “Boy, it sure would be sweet to hand out all the hundreds at the end and not have to deal with hanging onto that thick gaffed bill.”
With Haynes’ Hand Out 500, that little voice is joyously silent as you naturally and cleanly hand out all the hundreds to your spectator! No palming, no pulls, no complicated moves. The audience simply sees you change the ones into hundreds and place them onto the spectator’s hand. All of the hundreds are completely normal… so there’s nothing to find but pure astonishment! Even with the glorious hand-out ending, Steve’s radically new gimmick would still make this the bill change of choice.
Hand Out 500 is actually easier and safer to handle than previous versions. There are no bad angles. You never have to worry about your audience seeing any extra thickness!
And for the final big hunk of Haynes’ Hand-Out Happiness: Because of the unique construction of the gimmick, you save hundreds of dollars in gaffed bills. It’s a whole new approach to easy money.
Availability: All Major Dealers
Price: $34.95
GumSlinger By Chris Webb
align="right" alt="DVD-2417" title="DVD-2417" width="111" height="160" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2200" hspace="10" vspace="10" />GUMSLINGER is a visual transformation using chewing gum. You remove the sticks of gum from the box, gum
in one hand, sticks in the other, and they change places instantly!
After three live performances on the streets, it’s back to the studio so Chris can take you through all the techniques needed to create the GumSlinger magic that will simply mess with people’s heads!
This is eye popping magic at its best from UK magician Chris Webb and the guys at Wizard FX Productions.
‘The transposition used in GUMSLINGER is one of those rare do that again moments. Great visual magic!’
- Marc Oberon – World Champion Magician
‘I’ve been using this as an opener since Chris first showed me this. It just gets great reactions every time!’
- Craig Petty- Creator of Quarantine and The Mirage Coin Set
Availability: All Major Dealers
Price: $25.00
BANDS OF GOLD (1987) By Ben Harris
“Ben’s Band Book is some of the best band and card magic ever.
Some could be plucked out and used as single trick downloads. Highly recommended.”
***** 5/5 Stars – Jamie Daws”
The opening trick in this gorgeous book is just cool. A mini bet in which 2 bands are shown around the card case width ways. One will win the spectator $100 and the other one will win the magician $100. One is selected by the spectator without equivoque. Of course it’s just a normal band. The other is removed and there is a $100 bill attached. Such a mini trick but so hard hitting. The best thing? It’s brilliantly clever. Very simple and uses some very old methods in band magic but in a completely new way.
A couple of effects follow suit and indeed use the same sort of principle. Sleight of Band. Another stunning effect and really can be imagined as a one trick download on one of these new polished sites. It’s just wicked. A band that’s wrapped around the deck lengthways rises up and down them deck. It begins wrapped around the whole deck. With a wave, it’s seen to jump up through the deck and now be wrapped around just half of the deck. It continues to jump up and down the deck in an incredible way. It really is an awesome trick. Rising card plots have been on the increase in recent years. But what better way to do it then with the elastic band. It’s fast growing to take over my normal rising card trick.
The final is one of he best in the book. A card visually slices through a rubber band and restores. It looks mad. Another one for the download generation. A great stand alone effect or in a routine. Of course every single one of the effects can be used as part of a routine and Ben gives credits and additional thoughts all the way through his book. As with every Ben Harris eBook of wonder, it’s beautifully laid out with lots of photos to help you along. (excerpt from Jamie’s Review at The Magic Cafe).
Availability: www.WOWBound.com
Price: $9.95
New Magic This Week is compiled by Edward Upthegrove. Send any listings for your new effects to NewMagic@iTricks.com for inclusion. Remember to check our New Magic section for a constantly updated list of new products