Price$30.00
Media TypeOne-Trick DVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJun 11, 2008
Torn Too
Daniel Garcia
(Based on 1 review)
View ClipFrom the mind of Daniel Garcia comes a torn and restored card routine that will make you smile.
"You've got a great smile." -- Daniel Garcia
A card is selected and signed.
You explain: Your "secret" is a small "CRIMP" you put in the card so you can find it.
You demonstrate: Your "CRIMP" is actually a hilariously large chunk that you tear off of the corner of their signed card.
You explain: This "CRIMP" allows you to cut to their selection "just by feeling for the missing part".
You confess: There's one small problem with your method... sometimes a spectator with "a highly trained eye" will notice the extra piece. With this, you pick up the torn chunk of card from the table and place it on top of the spectator's signed card.
You give the deck a couple of tiny shakes to position the CHUNK into place. As you wipe your thumb over the tear, the card is VISUALLY restored.
Immediately hand your spectator their signed card. It's COMPLETELY RESTORED.
Now take a moment to relax and enjoy and bathe in love. You're completely re-set for the next table.
Reviews
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I must admit, I was a bit underwhelmed by this DVD. I also don't think this effect would play very well, except in situations where there is very low light, exactly like all of the performances in the demo trailer. However, if you're going to be doing bar tricks, this might knock 'em dead, provided the audience never asks to see the deck at any time during the trick. It does instantly reset.
Ideally, Torn Too will require a separate special sometin-sometin purchase from your local magic store, available for under $10. While it is technically possible to perform the trick without it, it is not the ideal way of performing it. So, when you buy this trick, you really won't be able to go out and start performing right away. It's also worthy to mention, every time you perform the trick you will deplete your batch of the sometin-sometin you purchased. Also, Garcia goes into much detail how to create a separate gaffe-piece of the gimmick out of your sometin-sometin, but it is a common gaffe you can buy pretty cheaply from any magic store, or could probably figure out how to make yourself.
The how-to-create section tweaked me the wrong way. OK, there's a time for joking around, and there's a time for being serious and getting down to work. I feel that the gimmick-creation section should be one of those serious parts of a DVD. (Call me old-fashioned!) For example, don't tell people an item is necessary for the trick -- like a mini-easel -- which will not be used in the creation or performance of the effect. Many of his jokes fall flat, and drag out his brief instructions.
All in all, the video seems very short for the money: $30 + extra money for supplies not included. You'll wind up a quick torn-restore card trick that you won't be able to perform right away; one that's a bit angley; best performed in low light; starts, performs, and ends completely dirty; but resets almost instantly. If you don't mind those foibles and Garcia padding his short DVD with his incessant goofing around, then this DVD may be for you.
Ideally, Torn Too will require a separate special sometin-sometin purchase from your local magic store, available for under $10. While it is technically possible to perform the trick without it, it is not the ideal way of performing it. So, when you buy this trick, you really won't be able to go out and start performing right away. It's also worthy to mention, every time you perform the trick you will deplete your batch of the sometin-sometin you purchased. Also, Garcia goes into much detail how to create a separate gaffe-piece of the gimmick out of your sometin-sometin, but it is a common gaffe you can buy pretty cheaply from any magic store, or could probably figure out how to make yourself.
The how-to-create section tweaked me the wrong way. OK, there's a time for joking around, and there's a time for being serious and getting down to work. I feel that the gimmick-creation section should be one of those serious parts of a DVD. (Call me old-fashioned!) For example, don't tell people an item is necessary for the trick -- like a mini-easel -- which will not be used in the creation or performance of the effect. Many of his jokes fall flat, and drag out his brief instructions.
All in all, the video seems very short for the money: $30 + extra money for supplies not included. You'll wind up a quick torn-restore card trick that you won't be able to perform right away; one that's a bit angley; best performed in low light; starts, performs, and ends completely dirty; but resets almost instantly. If you don't mind those foibles and Garcia padding his short DVD with his incessant goofing around, then this DVD may be for you.