Price$69.95
Media TypeTrick
CategoryMentalism
Date AddedFeb 18, 2009
Mind Scanner
Boris Wild
(Based on 2 reviews)
Mind Scanner will blow your audience away and has HUGE comic potential.
"Hilarious!"
"Incredible!"
"Impossible!"
"Mind-blowing"
...these were just a few of the audience's comments after Daryl performed this mystery at a private party recently.
Imagine, turning any freely selected member of your audience into an instant mind reader! Boris Wild's Mind Scanner is an incredible electronic device that "reads" a thought from a volunteer's mind and then sends that "psychic vibration" to be revealed by ANY member of the audience!
A volunteer begins by making a mental selection... this can be any one of an unlimited number of possibilities. Once the volunteer concentrates on his mental impression, the Mind Scanner is activated and it's used to "read" the volunteer's thought. The volunteer then freely selects ANY member of the audience to act as the receiver. With 100% accuracy, this freely selected spectator reads the volunteer's "psychic vibrations" and reveals the mental selection. The volunteer is completely bamboozled and has absolutely NO IDEA how the spectator was able to read his mind!
The presentational possibilities are limitless! A few examples of possible mental selections include playing cards, numbers, words from books, magazines or newspaper columns, E.S.P. symbols, objects on the table or from a spectator's pocket or purse, cities anywhere in the world, CDs, DVDs, people (movie stars, sports figures, politicians, etc.) or even the UPC bar codes from any product!
Boris Wild's Mind Scanner comes complete with the Mind Scanner prop (batteries included), a very special deck of Bicycle cards to get you started and a twelve page instructional booklet which includes two handlings for the basic routine plus fifteen additional presentations.
This entertaining and mind-boggling mystery can be performed close up and surrounded, in a parlour type setting or on stage for thousands. It's a welcome addition to anyone's performing repertoire.
Available in either Blue or Red Bicycle Deck. Choice of color not an option.
Reviews
(Top ▲)
If waving around in the air, over your head, a plastic device that looks like nothing else anyone has ever seen, fits in with your mentalism act, then this is it. If not, buy a Frisbee that can be programmed to do the same thing, and play with it outside.
I just cannot see how this could be used in a show of mentalism. Forgive me.
I just cannot see how this could be used in a show of mentalism. Forgive me.
(Top ▲)
MIND SCANNER by Boris Wild may have a lot of potential and "unlimited presentational possibilities" as the the ad states, but I'm having a hard time seeing it. Based on what I've read, Daryl makes this routine look fantastic. Then again, Daryl makes most things look fantastic.
Here's what the ad states:
"A volunteer begins by making a mental selection... this can be any one of an unlimited number of possibilities. Once the volunteer concentrates on his mental impression, the Mind Scanner is activated and it's used to "read" the volunteer's thought. The volunteer then freely selects ANY member of the audience to act as the receiver. With 100% accuracy, this freely selected spectator reads the volunteer's "psychic vibrations" and reveals the mental selection. The volunteer is completely bamboozled and has absolutely NO IDEA how the spectator was able to read his mind!"
For your $65.00 you'll get a $20.00 "revelation device" plus a pack of special cards and a very good instructional booklet. The directions are clear and the enthusiasm of those involved is obvious, but I have read the booklet three times now and I still can't see why this routine is more special than most stand-up card revelations.
I think a DVD of Mr. Wild or Daryl performing this for a real audience would have been very helpful. This is a routine that will take time in front of an audience to discover its worthiness.
ATTENTION, THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN REVISED: Recently, Fooler Doolers posted a video of Daryl performing this routine. Based on this clip and the fact that the price has been lowered to $34.95, I definitely recommend this item and have raised the rating from two to four stars.
Here's what the ad states:
"A volunteer begins by making a mental selection... this can be any one of an unlimited number of possibilities. Once the volunteer concentrates on his mental impression, the Mind Scanner is activated and it's used to "read" the volunteer's thought. The volunteer then freely selects ANY member of the audience to act as the receiver. With 100% accuracy, this freely selected spectator reads the volunteer's "psychic vibrations" and reveals the mental selection. The volunteer is completely bamboozled and has absolutely NO IDEA how the spectator was able to read his mind!"
For your $65.00 you'll get a $20.00 "revelation device" plus a pack of special cards and a very good instructional booklet. The directions are clear and the enthusiasm of those involved is obvious, but I have read the booklet three times now and I still can't see why this routine is more special than most stand-up card revelations.
I think a DVD of Mr. Wild or Daryl performing this for a real audience would have been very helpful. This is a routine that will take time in front of an audience to discover its worthiness.
ATTENTION, THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN REVISED: Recently, Fooler Doolers posted a video of Daryl performing this routine. Based on this clip and the fact that the price has been lowered to $34.95, I definitely recommend this item and have raised the rating from two to four stars.