Price$20.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJan 30, 2004
Micro Macro
Brother John Hamman
(Based on 1 review)
Next a card is selected from a miniature deck.
Suddenly all the miniature cards are found to be three times their original size, except for the chosen card, which remains a miniature!
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I pulled this effect from my storage closet recently-there's not much I own that I don't use, but this I put aside not long after I purchased it. Why it's gone unused, was/is the first gaff used in the routine. It's fairly high maintenence, in terms of reset and carrying it-(needs wax, special holder pinned inside of jacket...)-and I'm pretty detailed oriented so, I never mind taking care of secret business with gaffs. But, it just didn't seem practical to be carring around this gaff, clever as it is. It's a fan of four kings that instantly become 4 miniature kings. Now, in the opening notes of the manuscript,
Don Alan is mentioned. Apparently, he loved this classic effect, but-he eliminated the first phase that I refer to. I don't know why HE did, but I can speculate. The second part of the effect, shows a fully spread miniature deck-spectator 'chooses' a card-the deck then instantly grows to standard size, leaving the spectator's choice in miniature. The illusion of the deck growing is perfect! In fact, one card expert who saw Brother John do this back in the day, put his head on the table looking for a deck switch...there isn't one!
So, all is not lost-the kings, besides being tricky to carry, are not so well optically aligned. Lines and edges that must be aligned in order to deceive the eye, could be more precisely cut/rendered by the publisher (or, my compulsive self).
the second phase gaff works-is effortless to operate, and, the force is worth practicing. I've never seen this entire trick performed by anyone, but- there is, in my opinion, great visual impact in seeing that mini deck of cards instantly expand. That's the part of this effect I've no problem recommending.
Don Alan is mentioned. Apparently, he loved this classic effect, but-he eliminated the first phase that I refer to. I don't know why HE did, but I can speculate. The second part of the effect, shows a fully spread miniature deck-spectator 'chooses' a card-the deck then instantly grows to standard size, leaving the spectator's choice in miniature. The illusion of the deck growing is perfect! In fact, one card expert who saw Brother John do this back in the day, put his head on the table looking for a deck switch...there isn't one!
So, all is not lost-the kings, besides being tricky to carry, are not so well optically aligned. Lines and edges that must be aligned in order to deceive the eye, could be more precisely cut/rendered by the publisher (or, my compulsive self).
the second phase gaff works-is effortless to operate, and, the force is worth practicing. I've never seen this entire trick performed by anyone, but- there is, in my opinion, great visual impact in seeing that mini deck of cards instantly expand. That's the part of this effect I've no problem recommending.