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JJJP · New User Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 5

Digital Dissolve
http://www.theory11.com/tricks/digital-dissolve.php

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robstanley1 · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

ARGGGHHHHH!!!!

CUPS ALERT Evil or Very Mad

Very nice review there, JJJP - in fact too nice Shocked

It's fair to say that my CUPS Alarm is currently going off the scale, and I'm not resiting very well at all.

One thing though - can't believe nobody else has commented on this effect - surley there has to be a few other members who have this??

Please...if you're out there, and you have this, let me know what you think of it (finger's crossed, eveyone will say it's cr*p, and I'll save my pennies Wink

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Rob

robstanley1 · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

Well...fat lot of good you lot are; instead of saving me from myself, warning me away, and generally holding my thrashing, convulsing form back from the evil CUPS monster...you abandon me!!!

So...long story short, my Digital Dissolve is on the way - opinion to follow shortly Twisted Evil

Rob

robstanley1 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:56 am Post subject:

Well....it's arrived Twisted Evil

First impressions?

This is very, very nice indeed; clean, simple handling of a killer in-their-own-hands transpo.

Whilst you're not left entirely clean, the in-built misdirection of the coins that the specs are left with means zero heat on you!

The props supplied are more than adequate (and an absolutely bargain for the price - if you're familiar with a signature Dusheck coin gaff, you'll soon realise that buying that item alone would have cost you more than the price of Digital Dissolve!), whilst the DVD is short and to-the-point, leaving little room for confusion.

If you're coupling this with, or as a follow on, from any other Copper/Silver/Brass routine, this is - without any shadow of a doubt - the perfect closer.

I also need to give a shout out to the Customer Support guys, across at Theory 11: As I got my Digital Dissolve second hand, it didn't come with the link to Dusheck's material.

Being the cheeky git I am, I emailed them, and they set me up with the Manuscript as soon as I dropped them a pikkie of me with the DVD - friendly and fast, I'd be happy to order from these guys in the future, if the effect and price were right!

My verdict? A very easy 9.5/10 - I love it Twisted Evil

Rob

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

I don't normally do these, but felt - in this case - that Digital Dissolve warranted a follow-up review.

To my shame, I now need to alter my previous score to 10/10; having now had plenty of time to use this in real life, with friends and work colleagues, it's actually even stronger that my initial reactions!

I guess this is probably down to my handling becoming more natural with each performance, but I really cannot stress enough how hard this is now hitting.

It's simple, direct, and smacks the specs hard and fast, directly in their happy-sacks (one of my colleagues went so far as to 'confiscate' the coins for the entire day, in an effort to "figure out how the hell that was done"!)

Suffice to say, he returned, shame-faced, at half-five, handed me the coins back...and asked me to perform the effect again for him.

He then swore a great deal, and pronounced me a witch Laughing

I'm only just getting back into coins again, after a long abscence, but I've never seen any coin effect as simple and powerful as this.

If you even only have a remote case of CUPS, this will be one purchase you DON'T have to worry about regretting!!

Rob

Mandrake · . Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Posts: 19000 Location: UK (62:AH)

My only thought here is the same as for many other effects which use the same type of coins. As we haven't used 'Old English' penny coins since we changed to decimal coinage on February 15th 1971, don't the alarm bells ring a little when a magish suddenly starts using one? Just wondering...... Wink

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...only, I'd guess, in the same way as alarm bells might ring when we suddenly rake out half-dollars or weird, Chinese coins.

S'odd, really, but I usually find folks are more interested if I'm using props that are vaguely recognisable, but not in common use in this country.

Maybe it's just me?! Wink

Rob

Replicant · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

Dammit, Rob! Can you stop posting, please?! Either that or I need to stop clicking on any thread where the last post was made by a certain "robstanley1"....

I've just watched the video demo and it does look impressive. (If you watch right to the end, past all the hype, you actually get to see the effect performed!) I also read the thread over at the Cafe to get more opinions; this one looks and sounds very good.

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

I.D · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

The effect itself sounds like Steve Duschecks quick change ( which I have ) in which a small bulldog clip is used.. instant and visual transposition of two coins.. or a 10p into two 5ps.. or whatever else.

You should pick up quick change Rob and compare !! Twisted Evil

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

I.D · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:

so the 2 are the same? fair do's..

Quick change is very nice indeed..

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

Replicant · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject:

robstanley1 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject:

Yyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss

Myself, and my fellow CUPS-Brother, ID, are waiting to welcome you to a very exclusive TalkMagic Membership group....

...the perpetually broke, in s**t with the missus, being summoned in front of the Bank Manager Briagade!! Twisted Evil

[hisses] Join us [/hisses] Twisted Evil