by deanr201 » Jun 25th, '08, 09:35
Quick review of Cardtoon 2
I only own cardtoon 2 but I believe the only difference between this and cardtoon 1, is the drawings/animation on the reverse of the cards. oldish effect, but since I own it I thought I would review it.
Effect - From emagictricks.co.uk
The spectator is asked to think of any card (no force).
The deck is shown to have a stick figure magician on the back, standing in a circus tent, next to a cannon.
You riffle the edge of the deck and in a death-defying feat of utter bravery, the little guy fires himself out of a cannon and catches the spectators selected card in mid air.
Cost
£13.95 From emagictricks.co.uk
Difficulty1 for most people, possibly a 2
(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
Description is a bit misleading, "The spectator is asked to think of any card (no force)." there is no force, but the spec does not just think of the card and then the magic happens, in order to do the effect you must know what card the spec has chosen.
Usual way for me to do this is, to bring the deck out and show my helper(stick man!) and explain how he is going to do the trick not me, fan through the deck face up, get the the spec to just touch one card. I then gather up the deck and turn it face down so we can see out stick man again, bit more patter about him finding the card, a riffle through the deck, shows our stick man, climbing into the cannon, throwing his deck of cards in the air, before being launched out the cannon and catching one card, which of course is the specs card.
reset almost instant (with the right handling)
Overall
Simple effects, you will be able to tell which audience will get the most reactions, I have never been asked to show the deck, as most people accept the deck is gaffed (well it does have drawings all over it!) but this plays on the specs mind even more as the rest is alsmost instant, could be used for table hopping.
over all I'd give it a 8/10 based on the description, and the instructions are not that great and it does not come in bicycle cards, I believe it it comes in Aviator cards.
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deanr201 on Jun 25th, '08, 10:04, edited 1 time in total.