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Here is the sales pitch for the Exchange

The Exchange from Fun Inc.

Trick photography? Hardly. But once you witness The Exchange in action, you'll swear that either a supernatural force has possessed a deck of cards or you've witnessed a bona-fide blip in the fabric of reality.


The Exchange allows magicians to perform miracles - effortlessly. Imagine outjogging a card from the pack and visibly changing the color of its back or face - without sleight of hand.


But wait, there's more! The Exchange allows you to:


Morph four freely selected cards into the four aces


Print your personal information on a blank business card


Switch gaffed cards for the real thing


Clean-up formerly dirty packet tricks - right under their noses


Heal a torn or hole-punched card

And much more - all without difficult sleight of hand.


Perhaps best of all, The Exchange can be set-up in any deck of cards without suspicion. The gaff is cleverly disguised in such a way as to be absolutely undetectable, even to spectators who scrutinize your every move! This is a devilishly clever card utility you'll put to work immediately.


Trade in your tired, old tricks for The Exchange.


Supplied complete, including 60 Minute instructional DVD featuring Tomás Medina, and custom-made Exchange deck (Bicycle Rider Back cards in blue or red).

This arrived yesterday complete with dvd & gaff.

What can I say this baby is fantastic, very easy to use if you can insert cards into a deck & square them up the Exchange is for you!

This is the perfect solution for tidying up packet tricks & switching gimmicked cards to be totally examinable if needed.

Only one downside the deck could not be examined by the spec, but with the correct casual handling there would be no reason to suspect anything extra was being used.

The dvd is very well produced & easy to understand, also if you need another Exchange gimmick the dvd gives instructions on how to make another one, which uses an extra item that is very easy to source.

I would give this item 9/10

Available from Alakazam for £18.99 in red or blue bikes.

Cheers

This sounds like an excellent, more accessible version of switch-a-roo.

This is the perfect solution for tidying up packet tricks & switching gimmicked cards to be totally examinable if needed.

Only one downside the deck could not be examined by the spec, but with the correct casual handling there would be no reason to suspect anything extra was being used

Is it me or are those two statements slightly contradictory?

Still it sounds a very useful tool, and I like that they have supplied a 60 minute tutorial on DVD, although that makes it sound like it is really complicated to use.

I can't wait to see it in action.

What I was trying to explain was that once a packet trick has been performed like NFW or Skinners 3 Card Monte using the Exchange would enable the performer to end clean by switching the gimmicked cards used for a regular set.

Because of the nature of the Exchange the entire deck that you are using could not be freely examined by the specs.

Hope this clears it up?

Cheers

I was intrigued by this when I saw it on Alakazm - is it anything like Switch-A-Roo?

sorry about reviving an old post but I got my hands on the exchange the other day and it is brilliant for swapping gimmicked cards for normal ones without the spec realising a thing! fantastic! plus it comes with a dvd full of handling tips and routines making it great value for money.

I've got switch-a-roo on the way also, so once I've had time to play with that I'll post a comparison of the two.

OK but please check the old Reviews for Switch-A-Roo - I did one a couple of years ago so it would be useful if you could add to that thread rather than starting another one.

that was the plan! either that, or tacked on to this review.

how hard is this trick?

The deck does all the work for you. To be honest it's hard to classify it as a trick as such, more of a prop/aid. But the deck comes with a dvd packed with tricks that you can accomplish with the gimmick.