Price$8.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedSep 20, 2005
Dynaswitch
Gary Ouellet
(Based on 1 review)
A commercial stunner! As seen on NBC’s “World Greatest Magic III”! This has also been used on TV by Harry Anderson.
A sheet of white paper instantly changes into a $100 dollar bill! Very magical and very easy! No thumb tips - this is entirely self-contained! Perfect for television, close-up or walkaround!This is a lovely approach to a very popular effect, and the moment of magic is so strong! Supplied in Camirand stage money with instruction booklet including Gary Ouellet’s handling, and everything you need to make this up yourself with your own money from any country. At magic conventions, every demo is a sale!
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This effect is everything the manufacturer's description says. The transformation is wonderful-I remember first practicing this in front of a mirror, and was thrilled. Gary Oullett clarifies the effect, which is relatively easy to perform, with the same care found in all of Camirand's products.
I did find it tricky to find white paper that was thin enough to do the trick-yet opaque enough to hide the 'sin'. This is critical, for if the paper is too thin, part of the bill will suggest itself through the white paper. Because I do perform a very clean thumbtip switch, I put aside dynaswitch until I can make a version that has the best paper. Oullett makes a good point at the end of this manuscript-by stating in essence, that offering up props for inspection is poor theater. I tend to agree, this issue of needing to 'prove' the 'non-trickiness' of props. It's situational, I think. Dynaswitch is a sweet version and I think it makes sense to have other bill switch versions of the trick at hand.
Working impromptu/close-up, I have two versions of three card monte-gaffed and ungaffed. A thumbtip bill switch does allow me to end clean-but, I cannot have anyone behind me. Dynaswitch is less angle sensitive but you don't end clean. The trade off thing. This method is easier, but, as with other magical effects, it helps I think to have multiple options/methods in one's bag of tricks-the venue/situation clarifies which is the best approach. As for this version, it's lovely-and worth much more than 8 dollars.
I did find it tricky to find white paper that was thin enough to do the trick-yet opaque enough to hide the 'sin'. This is critical, for if the paper is too thin, part of the bill will suggest itself through the white paper. Because I do perform a very clean thumbtip switch, I put aside dynaswitch until I can make a version that has the best paper. Oullett makes a good point at the end of this manuscript-by stating in essence, that offering up props for inspection is poor theater. I tend to agree, this issue of needing to 'prove' the 'non-trickiness' of props. It's situational, I think. Dynaswitch is a sweet version and I think it makes sense to have other bill switch versions of the trick at hand.
Working impromptu/close-up, I have two versions of three card monte-gaffed and ungaffed. A thumbtip bill switch does allow me to end clean-but, I cannot have anyone behind me. Dynaswitch is less angle sensitive but you don't end clean. The trade off thing. This method is easier, but, as with other magical effects, it helps I think to have multiple options/methods in one's bag of tricks-the venue/situation clarifies which is the best approach. As for this version, it's lovely-and worth much more than 8 dollars.