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Postby kems » Oct 13th, '06, 11:27



anyone got this yet.. it looks like such a great idea :) I might get this one :D

http://www.magicshop.co.uk/pressure-p-1 ... 6d8957b856

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Postby Its magic » Oct 14th, '06, 21:23

Its good value for the money.

I spoke to Dominic at Merchant of Magic about this, and watching the demo it does look very good.

For the price I think this is great value and the gimmick looks very well made.

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Postby Tom Lauten » Oct 16th, '06, 17:16

It does look good for a "quickie" trick.

It is a REAL shame that because of an added extra "gimmick"...which MANY of us own and others have figured out one would need for a number of the effects... the price is now £24.99!!!!!

I would have had one for the original advertised price of £14.99 but I'll be damned if I'm going to "HAVE to" pay an extra £10 for an added-in "extra".

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Postby Its magic » Oct 16th, '06, 17:26

I noticed today that the price had gone up £10

So its now coming with the thing in the demo?

If this is the case they should be doing two prices!

It is not essential though that you have this little extra, but it would make life a bit easier.

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Postby seige » Oct 16th, '06, 17:33

Totally agreed. Making the whole thing a 'bundled' purchase can't be good marketing in the long run.

Selling the gaff alone would be an excellent idea—for those who already have the 'extra' and who have figured out the presentations from the video demo.

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Postby MagicShop » Oct 16th, '06, 20:19

yep . not good marketing, but i REALLY don't want people who purchase this, and don't already have 'one' to get jiffy bag rage!

Feedback from the first edition seemed to suggest people really expected to get the 'gimmick' included, so we had to add it to the second edition. We have added a special deal for first edition customers to get the extra item at cost price.

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Postby Tom Lauten » Oct 16th, '06, 21:30

It would be so cool to have an offer both with and without if you can.

I already have the "extra"... well ...a couple actually and I bet a lot of other people do as well.

I sympathize as I know this kind of thing could be never ending as you will also have the issue of "Will the 'extra' I get be one that works for me or do I need a slightly 'different' one?" etc etc.

Sign me up for one if you do a "with or without" offer!

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Postby MagicShop » Oct 16th, '06, 22:58

Your right Tom.

The original first edition of PRESSURE was sold without the gimmick as i personally feel most magicians will already have one ( or should have) or can make a version of it cheaply, if they don't have the budget. Then the lovely guys at WIZARD PK wanted to team up with us on the project, so just to be sure we added a voucher in to get one VERY cheap. However, several visitors to the shop that we asked, commented that they would feel unhappy having to re-order once they recieved their trick in the post (everyone likes to play RIGHT AWAY :) )

so we switched to a 'bundle' to fix that, then face the problem of what to do, it you already own the gimmick. (Trickly business this! :) )

I plan to offer a 'Light Pressure' for £14.99 without the 'extra gimmick' but its hard to work out how to explain this on the site, without exposing the nature of the gimmick (if you know what I mean :) )

Ben and I will try to come up with the right (and fair) wording for the version tommorow.

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Postby Tom Lauten » Oct 17th, '06, 10:49

Yes...that was a problem I was also thinking about, how to inform without divulging.

Perhaps a magicians only page with a reasonable question for access would allow you to more strongly "hint" at the matter whilst keeping the "lookie-loos" away sufficiently. You could address the "individual" nature of the specific "extra" to be recieved there as well.

Good luck and let us know when the "Light Pressure" package is ready!

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Postby MagicShop » Oct 17th, '06, 11:10

Ok, think we have cracked it!

We now have Pressure First edition without the'extra' £14.99
and Pressure Second Edition with a gimmick £24.99


Ben just came up with an amazing technique for making the coins devide back to their original state. I don't know how he does it!!! Must be all the red bulls he drinks!

I'm going to collect up all the extra handlings and produce an additional booklet of effects for release at a later date, so any owners, who want to contribute, please do get in touch.

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Postby Tom Lauten » Oct 17th, '06, 11:17

:D

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Postby dark-side » Oct 21st, '06, 20:21

Have just ordered my copy of this and decided to go for the full version - purely out of curiosity really.

Having seen the demo, was pretty much convinced it was a "scotch and soda" working - if you catch my drift...except the 1p isn’t hid.

Talking about this extra "bit" has thrown me slightly - unless its either a (ahem) remover, or a very expensive 1p....lol :lol:

ok - i know it should be arriving Monday - hopefully, but I would really appreciate a clue to the identity of this extra bit appreciate.

Am not asking what it is (for the ranters..) just perhaps what purpose it serves.

I know, I know just wait...lol... but am losing sleep...at least 5 mins worth :D

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Postby Mahoney » Oct 22nd, '06, 01:06

I don't have it yet so I cannot say for certain, what the extra 'bit' is, but I think I know. If it is what I think it is, then I presume you would probably know if you had the thing or not. So I am presuming that you don't have the extra bit, and I'm sure that you will be very happy with it. :wink:


Sorry if that was hard to follow I tried my best.

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