Price$24.99
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedMay 24, 2014
Noted 2.0 Blue
Jones, Gary
Magic Tao
(Based on 1 review)
You can use this in any scenario, restaurants, corporate functions, bars, partys. It is limited to your own imagination.
You can even write on the gimmick, so you can use it for example at the beginning of your invisible deck routine. You ask a spectator to name any card. You write it on the Noted gimmick. You then say I will find your card, but you need a deck of cards. You then make the note pad turn into a deck of cards and then go into your invisible deck routine.
You can see that the possibilities with the Noted gimmick are endless.
You are supplied with a universal gimmick that makes all this possible. No slight of hand needed Custom made gimmick supplied You just supply your own deck. Comes with DVD with full explanations
Reviews
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It was hard to review this because I love the idea as it would make a great opener for any magician doing restaurant work or strolling magic.
The ad copy is dead on - you get exactly what it says. The gimmick I received is good quality but if the gimmick that Gary uses in the video is anything to go by, mine was attached in the wrong orientation. This in no way hinders the use or the effectiveness of the gimmick and does not hinder performance at all. One other thing I really appreciate about this gimmick is that it can be written on, which brings even more possibilities to its use.
After playing around with this I discovered a bunch of other possibilities with this gimmick. It really is quite versatile. Having said that, the DVD is quite short (about 8 minutes long total) but the teaching was good. The menu is laid out into four sections with a Play All option - easy to use and navigate. The production quality is mixed: Everything was well-lit and the video was good, but the audio was on the low side. I had to turn all of my volume controls up to hear what was being said. NOTE: I was previously alerted that Magic Tao said they received a batch of DVDs for Noted 2.0 on which the volume was poor, so this may or may not be one of the DVDs in that batch. That said, with the volume controls all the way up, I was able to hear/understand *most* of what was being said. If the audio were better, I would probably have given this 4 stars.
Gary shows the original handling for this as well as some variations, gives a few ideas to get you started and does an all-around good job with teaching. This effect is very easy and almost works itself.
This effect is not totally angle proof and there are a couple of the handling ideas that cannot be done surrounded, but there was nothing in the explanation section that was not completely doable in most situations.
If you like what you see in the trailer or what you read in the ad copy, you will probably have a good use for this product.
3.5 stars for a versatile idea.
The ad copy is dead on - you get exactly what it says. The gimmick I received is good quality but if the gimmick that Gary uses in the video is anything to go by, mine was attached in the wrong orientation. This in no way hinders the use or the effectiveness of the gimmick and does not hinder performance at all. One other thing I really appreciate about this gimmick is that it can be written on, which brings even more possibilities to its use.
After playing around with this I discovered a bunch of other possibilities with this gimmick. It really is quite versatile. Having said that, the DVD is quite short (about 8 minutes long total) but the teaching was good. The menu is laid out into four sections with a Play All option - easy to use and navigate. The production quality is mixed: Everything was well-lit and the video was good, but the audio was on the low side. I had to turn all of my volume controls up to hear what was being said. NOTE: I was previously alerted that Magic Tao said they received a batch of DVDs for Noted 2.0 on which the volume was poor, so this may or may not be one of the DVDs in that batch. That said, with the volume controls all the way up, I was able to hear/understand *most* of what was being said. If the audio were better, I would probably have given this 4 stars.
Gary shows the original handling for this as well as some variations, gives a few ideas to get you started and does an all-around good job with teaching. This effect is very easy and almost works itself.
This effect is not totally angle proof and there are a couple of the handling ideas that cannot be done surrounded, but there was nothing in the explanation section that was not completely doable in most situations.
If you like what you see in the trailer or what you read in the ad copy, you will probably have a good use for this product.
3.5 stars for a versatile idea.