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Everyone whom I have performed my sponge ball routine for has expressed the same astonished reaction when another appeared in their hand. They are a winner with adults and kids alike. One chum of mine was so amazed by the vanish that he asked me to do it again...and again (with me using a different method -thanks to Spongeball toolbox - each time).
He wasn't trying to work out what I was doing but was so amazed/impressed/entertained by it that he wanted to see it happen again!
Some of the sponge ball magic is sooo simple in concept and to perform, but impresses a layman far more than some convulted sleight-laden effect does and creates a real sense of amazement and is thoroughly entertaining.
This is the reason I got into magic, to entertain people,not get into a competition to show how fast my hands can be.

cragglecat wrote:OK I'm convinced I want to buy the sponge-ball toolkit DVD but I can't find it at www.worldmagicshop.co.uk and Google isn't helping. Anyone know where else I can get it please?

Thanks.

If you're still looking, I got mine from Dude Ain't It Cool Magic. Came very well packaged, and quick delivery considering xmas post.

Also, there's a nice little routine on Vol.1 of the new Bill Malone DVD's. The repeat ball from cup to pocket production is a nice addition to any routine.

Just finished the spongeball toolbox DVD. I can't wait to start using sponges in my routines. No way are they outdated. Just really fantastic and off-the wall effects.
Real Entertainment. An thats what its all about!

Not much practice is required to be able to do a simple sponge ball routine and it ALWAYS gets a great response. I've never had a poor or mediocre reaction to them and a lot of people have never seen these kind of effects before and assume that magic is all cards.
The fact that they are colourful and visual certainly adds to the appeal and the larger sponge balls get a more impressed reaction than the smaller ones as they look too big to compress and conceal.

does no-one here have the balls to wonder if perhaps the wedding itself was s***t
You could have pulled flaming Sponge Balls who spoke Greek from your Jacksy at my Sisters Wedding and no-one would have cared, I dont want to make enemies but Jeez I think it's more of a situation here rather than a great illusion...

My troll detector is flashing!

This is coming from a self-confessed beginner who has never performed for an audience. Get out there and perform for real people, rather than your five year old child and wife, and then come back and see what reaction you get.

The worst kind of magician is a bedroom magician. Done nothing, but knows it all.