by IAIN » Aug 21st, '06, 10:38
Price: £5 or there abouts
Where from: Just about anywhere...do a search why dontcha for the cheapest...emagictricks.co.uk should have it...
Ease of use: near enough zero really, what you need to do should be done naturally anyway....
Firstly, i realise this is an old item, but i've done the necessary searches and can't find mention of this one anywhere, so here goes....
Third Degree Burn is very popular at the moment, but i haven't got it - so i can't make a comparision at all...so there!
I think what made me buy this, and not 3rd degree was the realism (and ok, the price) - but this is by no means me dismissing 3rd degree - especially as it seems to get superb reviews...just a personal choice really..
The basic idea is - you provide a sheet of paper, draw round your hand and ask someone to pick a finger on the paper and burn through it with a fag or lit match...you then yelp in pain and show a blister on your exact same finger...
I like to dress it up as a voodoo kinda thing, though recently i've done it as a form of suggestion - as in that there's been cases where people have been blindfolded and touched with what they think is a red hot poker, and their skin has reacted as such, blistered and painful; yet what they were really touched with was an ice-cube..
the premise being that the mind creates the reaction to what it thinks is the cause (that make sense?!)...
It's a very realistic looking blister, lasts about 20-30 seconds...and it always helps if you offer your finger for them to touch and you "OUCH" as they touch it...makes 'em jump...
very nice carry-about effect...dirt cheap...very strong reactions if played out well....5/5