First of all, before we ever see a full performance, the performer introduces himself three or four times, and describes each effect. The live performance of the first effect shows him ‘fusing’ a piece of foil of one gum wrapper onto a different gum wrapper, and leaving it as a souvenir. The spectators don’t react, they just try to peel the piece of foil off.

The method is actually kind of clever, but it’s not a particularly amazing souvenir. It’s not something that the spectator will keep and remember forever, nor does it really mean anything.

We are then treated to another explanation of the effect instead of just being shown the effect. However, once I was finally shown the second effect, it was actually quite deceptive, and quite practical. There aren’t any gimmicks, but there is a slight preparation that takes maybe 30 seconds maximum. It’s a visual piece of incidental magic, where you give someone a piece of gum by causing it to penetrate through the packaging. The perfect thing to do while hanging out with friends.

For the third effect, we are once again treated to a description of the effect, rather than just being shown what we’ve paid our hard earned money for. This is a mentalism effect where you show you predicted what piece of gum your spectator will ‘choose.’ My main problem with this is that it uses another prop (a marker) and it uses a gimmick that is a little obvious in my opinion. I might be thinking like a magician, but I spotted the method for this right away. However, there’s a bigger issue. If you have the mental powers to predict a spectators decision, why something as meaningless as what piece of gum they will choose?

The fourth effect is basically the same effect, you predict what piece of gum they’ll choose, but the image here is a bit stronger, and gets the strongest reaction from the live audience. I’ll also admit this puzzled me the most, and I think it’s the most clever. I had an idea of how it worked, but there are some logical disconnects. The presentation is that you only have one piece of gum left, and if they guess which compartment it’s in, they get the last piece as a prize. Not a bone crushing piece of mentalism, but a fun game, and a clean effect that makes sense. It’s also a nice effect to ‘test’ a spectator’s psychic ability for a bigger effect like Out of the World.

The price is a little steep for four effects, especially when I feel only two are worth it. However, the two effects are REALLY good, so if you want some nice incidental pieces of magic with pieces of gum, you will get your money’s worth!