talkmagic.co.uk

Sales Pitch:
Powerful Mentalism Performable Over the Phone or in Person!

Imagine being able to perform strong, commercial mentalism remotely over the telephone without having to resort to contrived mathematical feeling procedures, or having to rely on traditional psychological forcing techniques. These routines are just as impressive over the phone as they are in person.

My two cents:
An interesting take on the more traditional books ie its comic book layout, but it is one that works. This is a work of two halves, firstly you read the comic, where you view the effect in the third person. Then the effect is broken down (and expanded upon) then before moving on to the next effect you will, like me re-read the comic section to cement the method (and no i didnt see it first time round either). There are a total of 9 effects (not 7 as the name suggests) The Call, Drinks on me, Coin Claw, Remote Composition, Dead Phone, Remote Lies, Tracing Dick, Subliminal Hypnosis & Meory Prison all based perdominently around the same method, although it is well hidden and feels different & fair everytime.

To quote Mr Redford '10% method & 90% presentation' and that is the crunch. There is some verbal handling that will not be to everyones taste/ability.

Besides that a very good read & I have already used 'The Call' over the phone to a spec's friend and it worked like a charm!

The art work and humour involved in this is also wearthy of note.

Difficulty
(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)

2/5

Cost:
£27.99 @ http://www.alakazam.co.uk/acatalog/Patr ... dford.html

by the way this was my first review on here, not too painful was it?

Nice review! What would you give it out of 10?

Personally 7.5 out of 10,

It could be more but I doubt this will ever be part of your main set and that is why i marked it down. However when the time is right they are all killer routines and could even be used to secure work, if meeting in person is not an option.