Price$30.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJan 29, 2009
Gafftastic
Liam Montier
Big Blind Media
(Based on 1 review)
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<GAFFTASTIC is a collection of mind frying, easy card magic using special Gaff cards. All of the required gaff cards come free with the DVD. That's 13 cool gaffs printed by the USPCC!
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Presented by Liam Montier (the magical equivalent of popping candy), GAFFTASTIC is a seriously exciting proposition, crammed to the gills with reputation making routines!
Gafftastic features:
The Chosen - Eliminate cards from a small packet until they match a selection, before eliminating the rest of the packet for good!
Mass Hippy-Nosis - Hypnotise a spectator into seeing their selection in three places at once. Or has their mind just gone blank?
Laser This - Splitting cards has never been so quick and easy, as a laser slices a card right through. Fear not - we can fuse it back together in a jiffy!
Four Eyes - Demonstrate that you own special glasses that allow you to read marks on cards. Well, you don't really, but they don't know that.
Off Colour - A cheeky demonstration of how hard it is to find a selected card, even when it looks easy!
Twisted - Show how cards can be squeezed together and pulled apart at will. Watch it - it can break the cards!
Punched - A lucky card, kept on your keyring, changes places with a spectators lucky card just because you liked their one better.
Beauty Spot - A small circle, clearly drawn on with a marker pen, visibly and visually becomes real in this piece of eye-candy!
PLUS BONUS TRICKS
Flink - Show how bad printing can be on the faces of some cards by rubbing it clean off. And you should see what it does to the BACKS!
Blush - A clever 'wild' card routine based on several Stephen Tucker ideas, this is a cool effect with an examinable ending.
PLUS WICKED WORLD BONUS TRICKS!
These two non-card effects were originally recorded for "The Wicked World of Liam Montier" but - they simply didn't fit on! Our loss is your gain!
Air-Zooka - Use a mini Air-Zooka to force air BACK into some packing bubbles, with this crazy off-beat effect and classic (and easy!) handling.
Upside Frown - Visibly 'Turn that frown upside down!' on a stickman drawn on your business card, making an ideal handout.
But it doesn't end there. Included FREE on the DVD is a PDF of Liam's smash hit 'Cherry Cola Queen' booklet. (Simply pop the DVD into your PC, right click on the DVD-Drive and click 'EXPLORE'). Cherry Cola Queen features 17 routines over 48 pages, and originally retailed for £10/$20!!
GAFFTASTIC - TWENTY NINE slabs of magic loveliness, THIRTEEN gaff cards and a whole heap of smiles!
Running Time Approximately 1hr 45min
Reviews
(Top ▲)
In addition to the incredible production quality we're treated to a dozen effects plus the 13 gaffed cards all for only $30 bucks. You'll find, on this DVD, some "ok" effects, some really good ones, and maybe one or two less-than-ok effects. However, I really enjoy watching Liam perform. He's very laid back and always has a decent in-line or presentational premise that makes the trick worthy of considering. Rather than spending time overly complicating the routines with meaningless palaver, He let's the magic speak for itself . . . even if the magic doesn't have a lot to say. I'd much rather see that than the most amazing magic effect that is up-staged by a rambling magician.
Let's look at each effect.
The Chosen (3.5 stars):
This effect has an excellent premise and though it uses several gaffs, they are mostly kept in a separate packet from the deck and do not clog up the deck with a messy set up. There's a nice kicker at the end, but the procedures are a little bit contrived. However, there are a lot of solid reasons to study this routine . . . (Pssst . . . Liam . . . You need to practice your Hamman Count . . . you're flashing at the critical moment . . . but I still love ya man . . . and you're not gettin' my Bud Light)
Off colour (3.5 stars):
This is a funny and magical idea that has a lot of potential and is really easy to do.
Twisted (1.5 stars):
This one let me down a little bit. The first phase was solid, but the rest of it kind of was anticlimactic.
Four Eyes (2.5 stars):
This on is kind of fun, but had more potential than was shown. It involved some gaffs and a prop that took more time to explain or set up than the actual effect did. A lot of anticipation for a quick moment of magic that only impacts one person and is just a gag or joke for the rest of the audience. Like I said, it's fun and has potential, but it was largely untapped.
Punched (2.5 stars):
This is a decent transposition, but the method seems a little transparent. However the ending helps kind of void out parts of the method.
Beauty Spot (4 stars):
Beautiful effect and super clever method. This is probably my favorite routine. It's very visual and has tons of presentational possibility.
Mass Hippy-Nosis (3.5 stars)
This is a clever premise and a pretty simple method for performing a solid routine and proved my thesis that most magicians when asked to name any card will name the 7 of clubs.
Lazer This (2 stars):
This effect was ok but seemed a little contrived and not as magical as some of the other effects. I could almost see this as maybe an interlude in the middle of a card effect.
Flink (1 star):
Way too much set up in the deck for just an "ok" effect.
Blush (2.5 stars):
Blush is a decent packet trick that ends with two gaffs in the hands of the spectator. So you theoretically end clean, but I'm not so sure that I'd want these to gaffs in the hands of a spectator. That aside, the effect is pretty decent. Not earth-shattering, but fun.
Air-Zooka (3 stars):
From the Wicked World of Liam Montier we get bonus #1, AirZooka. This is a fun effect with a lot of potential where the air inside of a strip of packing bubbles is popped and magically restored. There is one moment in the routine that is a little illogical or even contrived that I would change if I performed this effect.
Upside Down Frown (2 stars):
Bonus #2 from Wicked World . . .: This is a really cool quickie of an idea, but the problem is that the portion of the effect that is meant to be the visual portion doesn't quite work out. It's hard to explain without tipping the method. But when you see it performed, you'll know what I mean. However, the good news is that you can perform the effect in a less visual yet more powerful way without a problem.
You may have noticed that many of the effects were "fun" or "had a lot of potential." I think what Liam has given us is some solid premises as well as some cool methods and ideas that we can take and run with.
Final Verdict: 3 Stars with a Stone Status of gem (little 'g').