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Name: Optical Ropes

Available from: JB Magic

Price: £10.00

Maker: Jb Magic

Examinable: No

Difficulty: 2/10

Out of 10: 8/10

Effect Optical Ropes

A 7 phase rope routine with just 3 lengths of white rope, 3 ropes turn into two lengths, then one. the rope sprouts new ends ,then goes back to two and finally back to three lengths of rope. highly recommended

Comments

It does what it says on the box and is very effective.

The ropes are shown and are pulled through the hand to show they are not joined or crossed at the top, like proffessors nightmare.

The instructions were a little hard to follow, but after watching the video clip, I was performing the trick the same evening.

It will take a bit (night or two) of practice to get it smooth.

The ropes fold up quite small so are easy to carry around.

There is a gimmick to enable you to do the routine, so its not examinable at the begining or end, but I have never been asked for the ropes!!

As a boxed rope trick this is very good.

I got this a couple of weeks ago and you a right that it doesn't take long to learn it.

The only person I've tried it on so far is my girlfriend, and unfortunatly she always wants to examine everything!! She just doensn't trust me. I can see though that when performing to the public it would be easy enough just to put the ropes in your pocket and carry on with a different trick.

However, I don't generaly like to work with things that aren't examinable (just in case), and it struck me in bed last night (strange) that the trick could possably done with normal ropes. Haven't tried yet though. Will let you know what happens.

Nice review. I must say that I had my eye on this for some time but didn't know that the ropes were gimmicked. Sort of puts me off but I'll take a look in a few days time to see if the moves can be done with ungimmicked rope.

I've not seen this boxed rope routine? The name suggests that it is maybe a bit similar to fibre optics? Is it?

it is a nice effect but the fact that ropes are gimmicked may put some people off. Looks really good though

Its right what I say about there being a gimmick.

If you end the routine it is possible to remove the gimmicks (actually 2) if someone was that insistant that they see the ropes.

You would have to hand them one rope at a time to make it look nice and convincing, but it could be achieved.

In which case you are left with three lenghts of normal ropes, and two very small gimmicks to palm.

I've not seen this boxed rope routine? The name suggests that it is maybe a bit similar to fibre optics? Is it?

No, it's not at all like fibre optics. FO is a much longer routine that uses 3 different lengths of rope. However, Optical Ropes is MUCH easier to perform.

so more similar to quadroplets then.

Mark dems this on jbtv.co.uk- easier than describing it!

I have quadroplets as well and it is a very different trick.

With that there is no way you can end clean with the one long rope!!!

This one does only use three lenghts of rope all the same lenght.

If there is no review for Quadropelets I will put one on?

i think i'll go for optiropes then.