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The Effect

You place a coin (any coin) on the back of your hand. With a slight wave of your free hand over the coin it vanishes.

Cost
$16.95 (download) from Ellusionist.com

Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)

3

Review
Ok, as I said in the intro I am playing around with magic again. I am from the old(er) school (think pre internet) when you had to actually know a magician and beg him to teach you. I am amazed to find all the wonderful video downloads out there to learn from. On to the review.

I was blown away by the demo video here:
http://www.ellusionist.com/product/dvd+ ... +vanish.do

I immediately bought a download copy and just viewed it a few hours ago.

The technique is brilliant, inspired. So much so that I had a few doubts. I worked on this for about 20 minutes and was showing it to the wife shortly there after. I did it for her twice and she is still begging me to know where the quarter went. Too bad for her I'm not going to tell her.

Anyway I am new to the magic review stuff (this is my first instructional video) so please keep that in mind. I would say that all in all this is a fabulous trick. It blows away most of the slights I used to do. There are several variations that the video goes through, so there is flexibility in the technique.

I would rate this a 10 out of 10. I say that based on how simple the technique is, the low price for the video and the impression it makes on the people you do it for.

i watched the video one time and figured it out

boothystaffd wrote:i watched the video one time and figured it out

And?

and what? I'm just saying that i figured it out after one viewing of the trick there isnt anything else to say.

boothystaffd wrote:i watched the video one time and figured it out

Well I watched the video once and thought that it was pretty amazing. Howver, I'm not really an E fan, so, in my predjudice, I assume that it's a vanish that's been taken from another book that I could do for much cheaper. Thanks for posting it though!

There is another review of this effect... "somewhere here", it is worth looking up for the interesting discussion.

as for watching it once and figuring it out... BS!

edit: found the link:
http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic9900.php