The Effect
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http://www.my-magicshop.com
Powerful design duplication with no gimmicks. No fooling!
Richard Osterlind's DESIGN DUPLICATION SYSTEM caused quite a sensation last year when it first saw print in ESSAYS and now, all of the components have been specially produced for you to put this miracle of thought projection into your act almost immediately.
Here's what the audience sees: The mentalist displays a stack of cards with the names of different objects written on them. A spectator freely chooses one and can change his mind if he wishes. He is now given a pad and asked to draw a picture of his object. The mentalist also takes a pad and draws a design on his from across the room. When the two pictures are compared, they are almost identical!
You receive the special set of cards, printed on quality, glossy stock and a booklet outlining the complete routine. Remember that this is not just a method - it's a system that you'll find easy to adapt to your own personal style of performing that utilizes one of the most diabolically subtle principles in mentalism.
Cost
19 Euros or about £13
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)
1 Easy - some things to memorise but not too taxing.
Review
I say: I like this a lot. If you want to do a design duplication effect and you don't want to be peeking at an image on a pad, then this could be the answer. The spec selects from a choice of items to draw and draws it on their own pad, which they hang onto at all times. The mentalist leaves the room and makes his own drawing on his own pad. When the mentalist returns the two pads are compared.
The items have been carefully chosen so that when you, the mentalist draw the equivalent item, there is a very strong chance that you will quite naturally draw it in a very similar way. This is almost as impressive as you knowing the item selected in the first place. I've had experienced specs getting to the solution of how I know which item to draw (eventually - the principle is familiar to magi but a lay person wouldn't twig) but then being baffled by the way the two drawings are so similar (which is all down to lady luck and the initial choice of items).
Overall
9/10