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by **FlipBack** » Feb 28th, '06, 21:04

Its a review and even if you think not I will tell you that it is a great set of DVD's one of the best I own.

by **bananafish** » Jul 18th, '07, 15:18

Review by Michael Kras

The Sankey-Sanders Sessions is a fabulous 2 DVD set from two of the most creative minds in magic today! Jay Sankey and Richard Sanders collaborate to bring some of their best material to life. Jay Sankey's routines, of course (For the most part), are great, and Richard Sanders' material is great for those who love knuckle-busting visual magic. My review of each effect is below:

1. Terra Unfirma (Sankey/Sanders)- A cardboard cutout placed on the face of a selected card becomes and actual hole in the card! Insanely visual! ****

2. Hardcore Packet (Sanders)- A knuckle busting version of Twisting The Aces with a superb kicker ending in which all four cards impossibly change! Quite difficult to do in many performance situations, but a great effect! ****

3. Litmus Paper (Sankey/Sanders)- A playing card is printed a little bit at a timee. A cute idea! ***

4. On Impusle(Sankey)- The spectator impossibly finds the four aces in a great routine! *****

5.Midas Touch (Sanders)- A clean, visual coin splitting routine that requires a simple gaff. ***

6. Imposters (Sankey)- After a signed card is removed from the deck, random cards begin to change into the signed card, even though the genuine signed card has been in the magician's pocket the whole time. I love this one! ****

7. Impossible Stop Trick(Sanders)- After selecting a card, the spectator fairly re-finds the card! Looks really good and requires one move that will take a bit of practice. ****

8. Shuffle By Choice (Sanders)- The magician never touches the deck as a spectator impossibly cuts to the four aces! This is totally self working, but SO strong! ****

9. Mix Master (Sankey)- One of the best colour changing deck effects with a kicker! ****

10. Moving Day (Sankey/Sanders) A Tear in a bill impossibly travels across the bill! ***

11. Repeat Offender (Sanders)- A Signed selection repeatedly vanishes and reappears folded up inside a matchbook, ending with the selection being impossibly stapled into the matchbook! ****

12. Bleed Through (Sankey)- A Message melts through a borrowed bill onto the other side. ***

13. Up And Over Aces (Sanders)- A knuckle bustin four ace production that looks great! ****

14. Proximity (Sankey)- A spectator impossibly relocates his slected card whilst holding the cards beinhd his back! Genius! *****

15. Defective (Sanders)- A defective card impossibly changes into the selection! ***

16. Switch Places Aces(Sankey/Sanders)- Two aces impossibly transpose three times before changing into the two previously selected cards! Really great. ****

17. Seeing Read (Sankey)- An ingenious impromptu Book Test in which three randomly chosne words are divined! No forces of any kind! *****

18. Consolidated Cash (Sanders)- Along with an intriguing story line, a broken coin visually restores itself! Uses a common gimmick to make some great, visual coin magic. ****

19. Ground Zero (Sankey)- During a demonstration of target practice, the signed selection appears on the target the spectator has been holding the entire time! Very cool. ****

20. Belly Of The Beast (Sankey)- Two cards transpose, defying the fact that one card has a torn corner! ****

While some of this magic (mainly Sanders') is difficult and will take time to master, the material on this DVD is very well explained. In between each effect, there are short, humourous interview sessions or mock magic effects, most of which are quite funny.

PROS: Two of the greatest close up magicians in one project!

Tons of bang for your buck!

CONS: Segments between effects can sometimes be annoying or too long

Language is used.

Overall, I give this great project a 8/10. Great magic with goofy segments of a drunk Sankey and Sanders to accompany it.

Recommended.

Hope you enjoyed my review!

Michael Kras

and...

Here are the supplies you will need to go along with the magic in this DVD:

1. 3 decks of Bicycle Cards, 2 red and 1 blue

A Habdful of Half Dollars

An expanded Half Shell

Tape

Extra Cards

A TT

Two matching Bills

Some Sharpie Markers

A Folding Coin

A Blank Back Card

A Book

Business Cards

Matchbooks

A Stapler.

Enjoy!

Michael Kras

by **Effex777** » Oct 8th, '07, 18:54

Awesome just plain awesome.

by **spudgun** » Oct 8th, '07, 19:53

i kinda get what hawk is saying in that at first i never ventured near any sankey magic.

However..... i have to say i own quite a few things now and if anything i buy with confidence as i know now you get shed loads for your money and its all sort of at my level. I have bought stuff in the past that has been considerably beyond me and has took months...truly, to get down. That doesnt mean that i want it to work right out of the jiffy bag, just that in my heart of hearts know that i've bought it, it sounds great and then realise that i have a couple of real knuckle busters to learn into the bargain. I feel however this is a good thing, as it (at least with me) encourages me to get better, learn, create and have a bit of discipline. With the Sankey stuff i still have things to get down but its really accesible to me, and i feel well....taught. I suppose this is a big deal to me as i dont belong to a club or society so books, dvds and talkmagic is principally where i learn...oh and i could watch him all day too by the way.

Anyway a wee bit off topic for a review but sort of relevant to the thread i hope.

by **Lord Freddie** » Oct 8th, '07, 20:30

I have some of his stuff and although he is slightly irritating and a bit 'wacky' in a contrived way at times, I find him likeable and he teaches things well and very clearly.
Some of his effects are works of genius which blow the layman away. Full credit to him.

by **joecarr14** » Oct 8th, '07, 20:59

great review and i disagree with siege as i find him hilarious and im young!!

i love sankey and i do agree you have to watch from him rather than read to learn with his style.... xD

by **.:Ham:.** » Oct 12th, '07, 20:33

Thanks for the review!

.:Ham:.

by **superninjadelux** » Aug 6th, '08, 08:22

Thanks for the awesome review!

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