Hope I'm not Hijacking the thread by doing this but...
Hummer (Hummingbird) Card.
http://www.ellusionist.com/order/hummer ... RY%20ID%7D
http://penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=747
The effect (what they say):
"Hummer Card spins and flies through the air like it has little wings.. great for riveting the attention of any crowd."
You take a card and toss it into the air... it takes on a life of it's own and begins to fly, spinning and moving from hand to hand and around your body. The card finally comes to rest as it rises into your outstreched hand.
By Brad Christian..
This is one of the best tricks you'll find for getting attention on the street. If you start doing this people are going to stop and look, it's impossible not to. The trick is simply outrageous and can be mastered fairly easily with practice. For just $9.88, what do you have to lose? Comes with everything needed to perform. (I performed this in a television commercial just recently... see a demo in the TV commercial movie link above).
Highly recommended!
What I say:
This is a very good effect and I will highly recommend it to everyone. When I bought it off of Penguin a year or so ago the supplies that came with it where c*** (not the best) and I had to buy my own materials which where about the cost of the trick (well worth it). I do not know if Ellusionist sells it with the bad materials, but since I knew Penguin did, I went with the Ellusionist link because that at least has a chance of coming with good materials. I however highly dought you don't already have this around in your magic drawer.
Skill level:
2.5-3.5 This is very easy with practice for stage shows and with enough practice and handling of the...you can even do this in the street however I would not really recommend it.
Overall:
This is definately worth it even if not used much because the same principal is used with most levitation effects.
Materials: When I bought from Penguin a long while back -10 out of 10 but hopefully E has some good materials so whoever has boughten this from them please reply.
Meathod: Simple and with enough practice this can be sold very well to the spectator.
Worth it?: Yes, for the price this is definately worth it, even if you have to buy the materials seperate (however most of the magicians on here would already have them).
Hope this helps and sorry if this was a "thread hijack".
~David