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The Effect
EFFECT 1 - 'SHRINK' - A HYPER VISUAL SANDWICH EFFECT.
An incredibly visual sandwich effectwith a stunning climax that will guarantee you are remembered. A selected card is continuously discovered in between the two Jokers, each time more impossible than the last. Eventually, you confess to the method - you are actually making the card too small to be seen! With that you shrink the selection to half it's size! This is a stunner!

EFFECT 2 - 'TRANSFORMER' - A MULTIPLE SELECTION ROUTINE
Three cards are selected and lost back into the pack. The Jokers impossibly trap the first selection, let's say it's a Seven. Six cards are counted off the top of the deck and the seventh card is shown to be the second selection! Attention is now drawn back to the Seven, in between the two Jokers - it has transformed into the third selection! A real commercial stunner - perfect for table hopping!

EFFECT 3 - 'FLIGHT' - A 'TEST CONDITIONS' CARD TO WALLET
A card is selected. The spectator signs the face and the back is marked with a large 'X'. The signed card is placed in between two Jokers and the three card packet is left outjogged from the centre of the deck - the spectator can still see the selected card at this point. With a snap of your fingers the deck is spread and there is now NOTHING in between the Jokers - the signed selection has completely vanished! You reach into your back pocket - that you have been nowhere near the entire time - inside your regular, everyday wallet is the signed card!

Running Time = 1 hour 10 minutes

Cost

£12

Difficulty = 3

(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)





Review

Being a chep-skate, before I buy anything magical, I tend to read the description of the tricks and try and work out how it would be done. Having brought David's "Trickery", which was fairly exceptional, I thought that this one was a great dissapointment. I already knew David's style (the way he always uses the same control to get a selection to the top). If they were part of a larger DVD, then I would consider them good tricks, but if you know David Forrest then you might as well try and spend a few minutes working them out IMHO, and I'm kicking myself for not buying Lennart Green (I had to decide between the two).

These tricks are pretty impressive for a beginner, but to be honest if you're a beginner I suggest that you buy a classic.

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Overall

I think I said enough. There's so many DVDs out there, and unfortunately (as I am a fan of David Forrest), there are many better than this one.

5/10 (because for a beginner, on the other hand, these are some pretty good tricks).

For £12 I guess it can't be all bad, I like he sound of the first effect! Cheers for the review.

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I must admit I'm not a big fan of DVDs with only a small amount of trick explanations on it. The Trio DVD, although I liked the promotion video of the effects, was in that category for me.

But because I like the effects I finally decided to buy the DVD. And man, I was not disappointed! All three effects are excellent, the handlings to accomplish the effects is well thought our by Mr. Forrest, and the utilization of the gaff card - a card that quite a few card magicians will have already to replace the card that comes with the DVD - is brilliant!

One last remark: Normally I perform without gaffs. I only use a regular deck of cards that can be examined by the spectators. But here is the cool part - because the use of the jokers gives an excuse to introduce the two extra cards, it is very easy to bring the gaff into the deck.

Brilliant thinking, Mr. Forrest, this is a winner! I have already added the effects to my repertoire.

Carsten