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Your top 5 close-up effects

Postby Flood » Jan 17th, '11, 17:04



Saw this on another forum *ahem* and thought I'd make one here

What are your current top five that you use on a regular basis.Exclude cards from this or else we could be rambling on for a while

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Postby taffy » Jan 17th, '11, 17:10

What are yours flood?

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Postby Flood » Jan 17th, '11, 17:13

I thought you'd never ask

Scotch soda
Coin in matchbox inside a matchbox
pen through anything
CMH
3 coin routine I made up

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Postby Lawrence » Jan 17th, '11, 18:12

Does balloon modelling or contact juggling count?
Otherwise if we're ruling out cards I'm going to get stuck quickly...

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Postby magicofthemind » Jan 17th, '11, 18:31

Hunter's Impossible Knot (been doing that for about 45 years)
CMH
"Gone" from Bobo
Okito box
Paddle tricks in general

I don't do card tricks...

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Postby Tommy Magic » Jan 17th, '11, 20:20

sponge routine
rope routine
flash productions and changes (money, bottle of wine)
production of long drink such as a Gin and Tonic.
cups and balls

but I love cards the most

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Postby aporia » Jan 17th, '11, 21:29

tt vanishes

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Postby Tony Hyams » Jan 17th, '11, 21:30

these are the ones I perform the most!

CMH
Liquid Metal
Ring Flight
Bill Switch
Muscle pass routine

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Postby The_Outlaw » Jan 18th, '11, 07:06

Vanishing Toothpick or Vanishing Cigarette.

Here Then There Coin (I don't know the official name for this one, but that's what I call it).

Bite out quarter & Coin into glass bottle. "2 for 1 special".

Loops (Fork & Sunglasses).

360 Degree Arm Twist.

Technically I listed seven illusions...Oops! :wink:

But I prefer cards. :D

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Postby SpareJoker » Jan 18th, '11, 10:30

1. Card effect;
2. Card effect;
3. Card effect;
4. Card effect;
5. Card effect.

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Postby bmat » Jan 18th, '11, 14:41

Ambitious card, (yes, the heck with the rules)
Coins across
cap in bottle
pen through anything
bill switch
and whatever I'm in the mood to perform.

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Postby Stuart C » Jan 18th, '11, 16:07

Pinhead by Dan Garrett & Bob Sheets
3D Rabbets
Sympathetic Matchbox from Swadling Magic
Hopping Half’s
Stopping someone's wrist watch without the aid of a PK r…

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Postby spooneythegoon » Jan 18th, '11, 17:43

Two in hand, one in pocket.
Coin in glass
one ahead
naked mentalism effects
Basic coin routines

Are my top 5 impromtu, non card effects.

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Postby Jing » Jan 18th, '11, 17:51

Recapped
Stirring Silver
CMH
Changing Spots - where you change the spots on a dice.
Jumping Elastic Band - that old thing where it jumps from your first two fingers to the other two.

maybe some others - these are what spring to mind.

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Postby Nic Castle » Jan 18th, '11, 18:44

Ambitious Card
TT vanishes and productions
Muscle reading
PK Effects
Awake hypnosis Hand stuck to table etc

I use a lot of card effect usually so I had to include at leat one. It would have more but I stretched,broke the rules enough.

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