Price$30.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedSep 12, 2007
Scraper
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(Based on 2 reviews)
Introduction
"...Like many of the magicians such as D. Forest, I became fascinated with the CTW. When I start thinking about it, at first it went along smoothly and most of the issues of the CTW were cleared one after another. But the last issue was the hardest challenge for the CTW. Yes. You might understand, as you have been thinking about the same thing. There is one issue that would never been resolved.
... My brain went blank again on that day, and I fell a sleep while looking out the window. Suddenly I got the vivid image in my head! Does it really work out that way?
... I got up and tried the method immediately. At the same time, I recorded it to check from the audience view if there is any discrepancy. What I saw on the monitor was "it"! That was the moment when I cleared the last issue that I had struggled for a long time.
... All of my thoughts are here. This is just one solution out of many the CTWs. Off course I do not think this is the final answer for the CTW. However, I believe my CTW has solved the problems and discrepancies that many CTWs had. So I believe it will give you a big step forward. I hope we can share the pleasure."
- Cifer Feb. 2007
Includes 10 pages of photo-illustrated instructions and gaff.
Reviews
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This is the single most NON magical card effect I have ever seen and reviewed. This is an effect the should have been throw out with yestersday's garbage. MY son telling me to close my eyes while he does a trick is more magical.
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This is another effect from HeavenzKool in Japan. As such, I'm going to disregard the grammatical errors. The instructions are understandable and that's good enough for me.
I'm reviewing two CTW routines back-to-back. The first was David Forrest's CTW, which I really liked.
This version is quite different. The author is trying to overcome what he sees as shortcomings in other methods. He may have done so, but I'm not sure it was worth the price.
The basic effect is that a card is chosen and signed. It's taken to a window or sliding door. The card case is shown empty and held outside the window. The chosen card is pressed against the window and caused to visibly penetrate. It's now mysteriously stuck to the outside of the window. The card case is then used to “scrape” the card off the window to be brought inside for verification that it's the signed card.
There's also an advanced version where the card is lost in the deck and the deck “sprung” at the window, where the chosen card ends up on the outside.
To me, the card box is just in the way of everything (except, obviously, the method). First, you've got to do this on a partially open window. The card box is held outside way before there's any logical reason to have it out there. Plus I'm not entirely sure how you keep it from becoming obvious that the “outside” card comes out of the box, which is exactly where it comes from. Sure, you show the box empty, but you still have to momentarily have the box in the same place where the card will appear.
And I'm not convinced this “scraping” makes any sense. Will people logically believe that it's easier to scrape a card off of a window with a card box than with your fingernails?
There are certainly some valuable ideas here, but I'm just not convinced the routine works as a whole.
I'm reviewing two CTW routines back-to-back. The first was David Forrest's CTW, which I really liked.
This version is quite different. The author is trying to overcome what he sees as shortcomings in other methods. He may have done so, but I'm not sure it was worth the price.
The basic effect is that a card is chosen and signed. It's taken to a window or sliding door. The card case is shown empty and held outside the window. The chosen card is pressed against the window and caused to visibly penetrate. It's now mysteriously stuck to the outside of the window. The card case is then used to “scrape” the card off the window to be brought inside for verification that it's the signed card.
There's also an advanced version where the card is lost in the deck and the deck “sprung” at the window, where the chosen card ends up on the outside.
To me, the card box is just in the way of everything (except, obviously, the method). First, you've got to do this on a partially open window. The card box is held outside way before there's any logical reason to have it out there. Plus I'm not entirely sure how you keep it from becoming obvious that the “outside” card comes out of the box, which is exactly where it comes from. Sure, you show the box empty, but you still have to momentarily have the box in the same place where the card will appear.
And I'm not convinced this “scraping” makes any sense. Will people logically believe that it's easier to scrape a card off of a window with a card box than with your fingernails?
There are certainly some valuable ideas here, but I'm just not convinced the routine works as a whole.