Hello people of the interwebs its Steven again with yet another blog post. This post is going to be 100% aimed at magicians so apologies in advance to my non magician readers.
So recently as many magicians will know one of the biggest online magic stores have released a thing that they like to call “the iTunes of magic”. Yeah that’s right I am speaking about Theory11`s The Wire. So I thought in order to keep my blog modern I would review 2 downloads that are available on The Wire that friends of mine have released. As before just because the people who have released these effects are friends doesn’t mean I will give them a good review.
Anyways let’s get into product number one………
Name of product:
Sticker prediction by Joshua Geddes
Price:
$1.95 or £1.27
Available from:
http://www.theory11.com/wire/joshua-geddes/sticker-prediction/?ref=s?ref=s
Quick Description:
You take out a packet trick wallet which contains a sheet of stickers, a pair of black kings and a mystery card. You place the mystery card on the table underneath a glass so no one can touch it. You then have a card selected and a coloured sticker chosen. Then any letter of the spectator’s choice is written on the sticker. You then turnover the mystery card and it matches. No wires, no magnets, no threads, no palming, no memory work, resets instantly, works from all angles. Hope you enjoy and please download
Trailer:
Quality of the Download:
The quality of this download is good it is shot in HD and the audio is really clear. Only issue I had was the music used wasn`t to my taste but that is a personal opinion. The teaching of the effect is really well done and is simple and straight forward to follow what’s going on. There is also no live performance so you don’t get to see how people react in the real world.
Now like every other review I have done I am going to split it into the following 3 sections
1. Description of effect
2.My honest opinion on the effect
3. Rating out of 10
My honest opinion on the effect:
This effect is rather good but there is a few issues I have with it. The first issues is that using the sticker and only signing the sticker doesn’t add anything to the effect. The idea of signing a card is used for 2 reasons so they know there’s no duplicate and so they can keep it. In this trick there is no duplicate, but when I performed it people would want to either look at the card or keep it because it was personal to them with their name on it and because the trick uses a gaff card they can’t keep or inspect the prediction. Another issue I had with this trick was that I can do the same trick using sleight of hand therefore removing the use of the gaff cards. Although I do like this trick I feel there are better methods out there and some even let you have the card signed and you can then do another trick and then go back to the prediction.
Just to point out: This trick is a bit expensive for what you get. If it was 99 cents then I would consider buying it. Also this reminds me a lot of something I saw Caleb Wiles teach in his lecture a few months back (sorry but the name escapes me at the moment). Also this idea isn’t new and I feel it doesn`t bring anything new to the table.
Rating out of 10:
If you want to just do a Mystery Card trick and nothing else then I would give this a 7/10. However if you want to do a trick ( e.g. 75million phase ACR) then go into the Mystery Card then I would give this a 4/10
Overall rating:
Overall this is not a bad trick I would give it 5.5/10
Name of product:
Playback from Aaron Williams
Price:
$4.95 or £3.20
Available from:
www.theory11.com/wire/aaron-williams/playback/
Quick Description:
Imagine: You walk up to a random person. You ask if they have an iPhone or an iPod. They do. You turn around while you ask them to go through and pick any song they like. If they have earphones, great, if not - you supply them with your own. They fast forward the song to their favorite part just so it's fresh in their head. They turn off the music, the screen, and you turn back around. Instantly, by just looking into their eyes, you can tell them what song they picked. Sounds impossible right? Wrong. This is playBack.
playBack works with any iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, or iPod Classic. It doesn't require any set-up or gimmicks. It's 100% impromptu and can be done with their device. It's extremely easy to do and no one will ever suspect the method. Plus, the song they pick doesn't even need to be in the "Music" program. It can be used with Pandora, Youtube, or any program that allows music playback in the background.
NOTE: This is not to be confused with "Fate" by Geraint Clarke. Though they are both great iPhone/iPod magic effects, they are also VERY different in nature and method.
Trailer:
Quality of the Download:
The quality of this download is great looks like the explanation was filmed in a home studio and the live performance looks like its to people in a café and the second performance looks like its people in the street and the third looks like its in another café or maybe a social club or common room. The quality is great audio is clear and the music used fits my taste.
My honest opinion on the effect:
I remember when Aaron showed me this effect and I really liked the idea. I then performed it for a few friends in a casual setting the reactions were really good but for some reason I never performed it again. Aaron then released this effect and I restarted to do it and have done it almost every day since. This effect as I like to describe it as ”a peek for the apple music products” and because it can even be done with a borrowed it makes it so much better. With a bit of playing around with the routine you will have a super powerful routine. Really like this trick.
Rating out of 10:
I would give this an 8/10 reason it’s not a 10 is because if you have ever played around with any apple music product you will have probably came across the method without noticing.
Well that’s it from me for just now but I will be back in a few days with another blog post.
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