The Elevator By Peter Loughran

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Postby Jerome the French » Sep 15th, '06, 22:50



Delude wrote:I am your age, lol. Hopefully i'll be getting the E2 though, i really would love to get that. I recorded the video about an hour after opening my package.

What happened to the practice practice practice before performing a trick??? :wink:

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Postby Delude » Sep 15th, '06, 23:10

people wanted to see it so i made a quick lil video. I can do MUCH better than that, I'm gonna keep practising then do a decent video, might get a friend to film me like in the street ir something, i dunno.

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Postby Tom Hutley » Sep 16th, '06, 09:57

Delude wrote:Hopefully i'll be getting the E2 though.

Hmn, what was the point in getting the Elevator then?

Well with a few additions to the original you can see under your feet, and balance better. :P

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Postby Nechto » Sep 16th, '06, 09:58

Hi everyone,

I just want to say I bought The Elevator years ago and have practiced with it, can stay up in the air and balance, whatever but I just think it is awful. It doesn't look like you levitate at all, it looks like you are doing the balducci backwards, to do the balducci on it is difficult, but doable but there is more of an angle problem and I would just do the balducci instead.

The height is terrible with the Elevator, you don't look like you 'rise' into the air, I'm sorry but this has already gone into the catagory of 'One of THE worst magic tricks I have EVER invested in' It just isn't convincing enough.

My two pence, thats all.

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Postby Delude » Sep 16th, '06, 10:36

Tom Hutley wrote:
Delude wrote:Hopefully i'll be getting the E2 though.

Hmn, what was the point in getting the Elevator then?

Well with a few additions to the original you can see under your feet, and balance better. :P


So i could practise with the elevator first. I can get balance right and everyhting, if i could perfectly use the elevator 1 then there would be no problem whatsoever with the e2.

And nechto, some people like it and some hate it. I happen to like it. Its rather like marmite i suppose.

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Postby Jerome the French » Sep 16th, '06, 10:43

Delude wrote:
Tom Hutley wrote:
Delude wrote:Hopefully i'll be getting the E2 though.

Hmn, what was the point in getting the Elevator then?

Well with a few additions to the original you can see under your feet, and balance better. :P


So i could practise with the elevator first. I can get balance right and everyhting, if i could perfectly use the elevator 1 then there would be no problem whatsoever with the e2.

And nechto, some people like it and some hate it. I happen to like it. Its rather like marmite i suppose.


Yeah bu, it would be cheaper to get the 2 directly, if it is easier to perform, and you're gonna stick to the E2... I don't get it... It is an expensive toy, you now...

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Postby Delude » Sep 16th, '06, 11:28

*know.

Its not as if I'm even going to get the E2 right away, in fact i don't eve know if i will get it. I might just adapt my E1. But when you buy an e1 and register it you get about £40 discount off the E2.

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Postby Nechto » Sep 16th, '06, 23:51

Fair comment Delude,

I hope you get good usage out of it.

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Postby Stephen Ward » Sep 17th, '06, 00:46

This is the thing, some people think it is the worst effect ever while others love it. All down to personal taste. For the record, i don't like it :lol:

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Postby Delude » Sep 17th, '06, 01:06

Have you found your manuscript stephen?

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Postby Stephen Ward » Sep 17th, '06, 01:16

Not yet but i have so much stuff here :lol:

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Postby Delude » Sep 17th, '06, 01:23

Lol. If it can be found then a reward you will get :D

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Postby Stephen Ward » Sep 17th, '06, 01:26

How are finding the effect, did you find it easy?

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Postby Delude » Sep 17th, '06, 01:29

yeah! I really do like it now. I think i'd only get the e2 for the mirros and the extra height. I can easily lift and hold for as long as i want now. But to get discount fof the e2 i'd need to register.

Havn't actually tried the effect on anynbody yet but will soon.

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Postby Tom Hutley » Sep 17th, '06, 11:17

I don't think there is much point in getting E2 if you already have The original Elevator, unless you have a big budget and can buy it easily.

But when it comes to the E2, it is much easier to balance and perform, it is cleaner, and the bulkiness of the gimmick has been solved.

Just experiment with the orignal and you should be able to come up with soem new ideas for performance and things.

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