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The Black Hole by Mathieu Bich

£19.99 from here http://www.magictricks.co.uk/prodshow.asp?code=603

Difficulty 2 fairly easy to do with only a few handling points to pick up

What They Say

The Black Hole is a visually stunning brand new moving hole effect...with the full deck!

VERY Easy to perform, for the beginner or the expert.

Description :
Comes complete with a handmade Bicycle deck and card case, one black hole and a CD Rom (Mac and PC).

CD Rom includes an 18 minute video set to MUSIC (works in every language) with all the moves in details (multi-angles, Tips, 2 versions: easy or advanced…)

What I Say

Having watched the demo video i had to buy this trick. Having studied everything for about an hour I think I made the right choice it is a very simple idea which makes for a stunning trick. the deck is well made and durable like bicycles should be. only point is the card case gimmick which seems a little cheap and not up to the same standerd as the rest of the deck. overall the actual deck is very good and while not a first choice for my card routine it will definately be a strong trick for any persistent members of the audience who want to see more.

The only bad point and it is a fairly big one is the instructional video. the music from the demo is back and this time it lasts for 18 minutes. the video goes far too fast and there is no commentary just little notes that pop up to give u extra instructions these pop up and disappear far to fast so that u try and follow him and end up missing loads of points. there are some handy tips at the end which is good but they are kinda obvious chances are u already figured them out before hand.

i would say the video is poor but fortunately the trick is fairly simple so even with the instructions from the video u should pick this trick up fairly quickly and spend the rest of your time working on the patter and routine

summery

Very strong visual trick well made gimmick (although case could be better ) video poor and music distracting

7/10

Thanks for the review as there have been many discussions about this in the review request,

Its on my to buy list

I watched this once and the method was so obvious I am wondering if people in the real world would be impressed by this?

This can easily be made yourself in about 15 minutes maybe less!!

The removing of each card from the pack is just too suspect for me, this handling could do with cleaning up a bit.

The overall effect is very good, I may give some thought to some better handling as the demo does not do it for me!

i've already performed this trick for a few friends and even without a lot of practice i got some good feedback so i would say as with all tricks practice until it becomes second nature and never do it twice for the same person

I bought it and it was pretty much as I expected it to be.

I guess I'm a bit disappointed that its pretty easy for specs to tell what's going on with certain parts of it unless you perform some way away from them or in low lighting conditions which makes it a bit limiting for my taste.

Yes it does seem fairly simple to figue out, it looks like this weekend ill have my drill out, making a deck.

The only bit I haven't figured out is how the black hole on the card case moves. Very visually effective though and am in the process of buying one

Got it today, I found the video a little quick and verbal instructions would have helped, and yes the card case gimmik is a little naff, but I am still very happy with it. I recommened this product

I was a bit anoyed because it doesn't have all 52 cards and the hole moving is a bit obvious in bright lighting, but the reaction on people's faces at the end is great

"they are real holes. REAL HOLES! 3 holes, on every card. EVERY CARD! oh my god! 3 REAL HOLES ON EVERY CARD! THAT'S INSANE! INSANE I TELL YOU"

I did it to my friend and he just stared i awe at the cards going there's a hole there wasn't one earlier, but now there's a hole.

I'm telling you a lamen eats it up. Shame that you need dark lighting.

I saw Mr Bich perform this at Blackpool and, although it doesn't take too much thought to disassemble, at the time I thought it looked excellent. As part of a close-up performance for lay people, it's great!

DC