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Hello all,

This looks like it could amusing to perform, does anyone here have this? You can get it from many many different places.

From www.magicshop.co.uk it's £19.99

There seems to be very little about it out there, I believe it's quite an old effect.

Here's the blurb:

Based on an old science demonstration used to illustrate Lenz's Law, this routine has some great laughs built in to make it a memorable piece direct from Paul Green's professional repertoire.

The magician shows the latest apparatus used by the Highway Patrol to determine sobriety and reaction times. The spectator has problems, but when the magician is tested, he has incredible results.

A LONG length of copper pipe is shown along with a small ball bearing. The spectator is asked to drop the bearing through the tube and catch it as it drops out the opposite side. Gravity and the reaction time of the spectator cause the spectator to have a difficult time. When the magician tries, the bearing seems to be stuck in a "time warp" allowing the magician more than enough time to catch the falling ball bearing.

The ball really seems to be falling in slow motion....you have to see it to believe it!

Any info will be much appreciated.

Mucho gracias

Seems like a variation on one which was released and selling like hot cakes a couple of years ago, Newton's Nightmare - see http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic4374.php - it was being sold off very cheaply at Blackpool in February.

Thanks Mandrake,

I've just looked in to the Newtons Nightmare and watched a demo on Penguin. The review link you posted talks about the s****h which puts me off a little.

The Paul Green effect uses a different method, which is why I think it's more expensive. No s****h involved, it's poles apart if you see what I mean.

MMMmmmm food for thought.

Newton's Nightmare was certainly 'attactive' but, IMHO, was more of a novelty or challenge than a magic trick.

Arrhhh, it all becomes clear. I think I've been over complicating methods in my pea like brain. The appliance of science strikes again.