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triple cd:- bob's royal and practical mental.

Postby magicdiscoman » Jan 8th, '04, 14:43



http://www.merchantofmagic.co.uk/cnb/shop/merchantofmagic?listPos=&productID=525&search=triple&op=catalogue-product_info-null treeiple cd.

just arrived yesterday i was going to buy royal road and bobo's anyway so got Annemann' s Practical Mental Effects as a bonus.

ok the review it comes on a cdrom but is only 210mg big, each book is in acrobat and html format so no read problems.
each book is basicly a scanned page by page of the origional and as such individual pages can be printed for reference or even blown up for better clarity.
e-books and web pages wont suit everyone but for thoughs with dodgy eyesight its very helpfull as getting say royal raod in large print is surprisingly difficult i know i have equired :wink:

unfortunately theres no emmsly count here but all the basics are there and each trick accompanies the particular slight and are exclusive to that section.
they are excelent for reference and having scanned through them i have come to the conclusion that for close up tricks I'm going to go over to coins and as for card i think i will stick to a stripper deck and use some controls.

as for mentalist stuff the book is a bit badly laid out but is none the less imformative,i would certainly recomend this cd if you like reading from web pages or have eye problems and want a large print version.
three books on the must have for reference list for around £15 cant be bad though a version of acrobat reader would have been nice and a few vids too after all there plenty of room for them on the cd perhapse an emsly count??.

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Postby BaBaBoom » Jan 8th, '04, 14:49

Nice :) thanks for that, I have this CD as well and can't argue with what you have said at all.
I have trouble reading books as well but am fine on a PC, usualy I have long scanner sessions ahead of me so I found this handy.

The point of not getting the required reading software is a good one even though it is freely available, some people just wouldn't know this.
Still a bargain and these books should be in everyones collection, you may find now you have RRTCM you will want to do something with your stripper deck and it will tell you a way so still handy :)

Glad you feel you will get something out of it MagicDiscoMan,
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Postby Mandrake » Jan 8th, '04, 16:14

Before buying the old fashioned printed version of RRTCM I checked with Laurence to see if it included the Elmsley and he advised that it didn't but recommended other material for that. After a while I realised why this is the case - Alex Elmsley only developed the count in the 1970's and RRTCM was in print eons before that date. Just thought I'd mention it - boy, did I feel a right twerp! :oops:

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Postby BaBaBoom » Jan 8th, '04, 16:18

lol
you were just testing him ;)
It was known as the ghost count before that :idea:

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Postby Mandrake » Jan 8th, '04, 16:23

My store of knowledge is now much the greater and I give you thanks, dear sir. (See - I can be very polite/a right creep as well!) :shock:

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Postby fletch » Jan 8th, '04, 16:28

mandrake,
have just reviewed a hand little book which includes the Elmsley count amongst others to get your fingers twisting nicely..

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Postby Mandrake » Jan 8th, '04, 16:33

You won't beleive this - that was the booklet which Laurence suggested! Have added the details to your review so all can take full advantage! Cheers!

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Postby BaBaBoom » Jan 8th, '04, 17:40

the elmsley is also covered in our very own best buddy m8s book (am I stretching it?)
Scott F Guinn : You'll be pleasantly surprised :) Another top bit of work from the man.

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Postby Mandrake » Jan 8th, '04, 17:50

OK, I give in - where's that credit card?

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Postby seige » Jan 8th, '04, 17:55

mandrake wrote:OK, I give in - where's that credit card?
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Yes, it certainly does!

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