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Hide & Seek

Brown, James

RSVP - Russ Stevens

(Based on 1 review)
Welcome to James Brown's 'Hide & Seek', a superb collection of routines using James' version of an old Pat Page idea. Playing Cards, Credit Cards, Books and Phones are all used in a series of superb magic effects that will blow your audience's minds.

Best of all NO GIMMICK OR DEVICE IS USED TO ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THE ROUTINES!

Contents include:

Teleport - James latest 'go to' routine using a borrowed credit card and phone. Using the latest 'app' make their credit card vanish INTO their phone and then teleport it to your jacket pocket, inside your wallet. Now take the credit card and make their phone teleport instantly back into the wallet. Stunning and fast magic at it's finest.

Credit Card to Cash - A borrowed Credit Card VISIBLY changes into a bank note and then appears INSTANTLY inside your jacket pocket. Instant magic.

The Ultimate Book Test - Any book. Yes, ANY BOOK is borrowed and a word FREELY chosen by the spectator. The magician now predicts the THOUGHT of word, written on a business card. Impressive stuff, but now for the kicker finish. He removes his wallet from his jacket and explains that he even knew the title of the book before it was chosen. Inside his wallet, inside a sealed envelope is a card with the book name written on it! ANY BOOK, ANY WORD, ANYWHERE!

Perfect Poker - A card is thought of and the magician now asks the spectator to think of his perfect poker hand using that THOUGHT OF CARD (No force). The magician now tells the spectator the name of their card and then gives a kicker finish by producing the the entire THOUGHT OF POKER HAND from his jacket, inside his wallet! Brilliant.

No Palm Phone to Wallet - Borrow a phone, give them your wallet to hold and then take their phone and instantly vanish it! Remember they hold the wallet before their phone vanishes and yet when their number is dialed, their phone is ringing INSIDE THE WALLET, THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING! A real reputation maker.

Red Heat - The perfect Chicago Opener style routine using a thought if card.

Thought of Card Transpo - A THOUGHT OF CARD is named and a credit card borrowed. Visually the credit card changes into their thought of card and then instantly appears INSIDE THE MAGICIANS WALLET. No Palming and easy to do.

Runtime approximately: 1 hour 30 minutes

Reviews

Joe Diamond

Official Reviewer

Jul 08, 2013

This is a tough DVD to review, because the whole project is devoted to a technique that is dependent on your clothing. It’s similar to other things that have been on the market recently, and while it doesn't require you to make alterations to your jacket, you do have to be wearing your jacket in a certain way.

You also need a VERY strong sense of misdirection to pull these routines off. The effects do not look extremely great on camera because we are getting the ‘big picture’ but it’s clear the spectators in the video don’t see the moves and are surprised.

The other things that are on the market that I’ve seen like this are a lot cleaner in my opinion. Many of the routines also require a certain kind of gaffed wallet that can hold an iPhone, which looks bulky in my opinion, and the fact that a note pad is sticking out of the top of the wallet makes me concerned that it’s pointing to the method.

There are interesting ideas in here, and it’s clear that James Brown gets a lot of use out of the principle, but it’s purely a question of taste and your taste might not be the same. Since this is another product I’m down the middle on, I’ve got to give it the half way mark of two and a half stars. You might not get use out of this idea, but you might get something perfect for you and your magic.
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