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by **alz** » May 27th, '03, 21:37

could someone please review hypno bill

by **bananafish** » May 28th, '03, 14:04

alz,

I have this - but must confess to not having used it yet. I assume you have seen the video on emagictrics - http://www.emagictricks.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=4474 as this is what sold it to me.

The main reason I haven't tried it yet is as it requires gimmicking money (and boy does that go against the grain

).

The video shows it being performed with (I think) a 10 and 5 euro note - and as the two colours are so different it works very well. It wouldn't be as effective with greenbacks - nor would it work very well with notes of different sizes. Next month I have a trip to France so I was hoping to have it perfected by then and if no one has reviewed it before I will do a review in the next couple of weeks.

I will say though you are just paying for the secret - it doesn't come with anything else. Personally I don't mind this, but I know some people expect something else for their money.

And remember it will cost you extra in that you need the notes to make it work...

by **Mandrake** » May 28th, '03, 14:32

Having watched that vid, the change from a 5 Euro to a 10 Euro note isn't really all that astonishing as the notes are too similar (and boring!). Pity we don't still have £1 notes or even the good old ten bob notes because magic would be so much easier and cheaper!

One possibility - could the change be from a lottery selection form (available in all newsagents/shops/garages etc for not a lot) into a ten pound note? This would save the cost of one currency note and might prove that there are ways to win on the lottery.

Just a thought!

by **seige** » May 28th, '03, 14:40

American notes are great - all the same size and colour...

Try using a till receipt. I've done a:

"You know when you're in the supermarket and they ask you if you've got a club card, and want to cash your points in??? Well I tell them no, I just convert the receipts into money"

This works great with Sainsburys receipts... they're about the same size as a £20 note!!! Just buy about 3 items and the receipt is about right. Just lay a £20 over the top and scalpel off the excess receipt.

by **bananafish** » May 28th, '03, 15:27

(that was me just in case you wondered who was complimenting you

)

by **Mandrake** » May 28th, '03, 16:00

As a fully paid up member of the Honourable Society of Cheapskates (UK plc), I like to 'look after' my money.

(Mandrake chuckles obscenely and returns to counting his lemons.....)

by **the_mog** » May 28th, '03, 16:02

hmmm your in it too???? *showing padlocked sporran*.. :mrgreen:

by **seige** » May 28th, '03, 16:12

Seige finishes swatting moths, who had escaped from his wallet whilst ordering yet another magic product

Yes. I agree. I only wish I'd met Mog before I'd bought the Micro 5!!!

Even down to silly things like making your own R/S tricks like Brainwave and ID... it probably takes five times as long, makes a 2nd rate job but hey, it's a bargain

We ought to have another section in the Members Only area:

DIY Magic - stop making money disappear!

Unfortunately - I'm a compulsive, obsessive spender. I've got a weird addiction to arriving home to find magic parcels. I've got shares in Barclaycard, and I'm now an honourary fully-fledged CEO of The Jiffy Bag & Bubble Wrap Co.

But I far prefer hearing all this inventiveness!!!

by **bananafish** » May 28th, '03, 16:19

You know what Seige - if you send me some money, I would happily send you lots of parcels with invisible magic items in (only really good magicians can see them you know :wink:

).

This way I satisfy your "compulsive, obsessive spending", and you satisfy my need for money...This way we both are happy.

by **seige** » May 28th, '03, 16:29

Excellent!

Do you take Visa???

Pick a card, any card...

This is exactly the reason why I make my own ID... I've been ripped off before. And the same with the 'Vanishing Cane'.

Possibly the worst one was "Hard-earned Cash to Absolute Rubbish Transposition", or was that somthing else??? Come to think of it, I've bought that one a few times now... :wink:

by **the_mog** » May 28th, '03, 16:30

curses banana... wish id thought of this one first.... i've even got special wrapping paper with gloves, tophats and playing cards on it :twisted:

by **bananafish** » May 28th, '03, 16:37

[quote]Possibly the worst one was "Hard-earned Cash to Absolute Rubbish Transposition", or was that somthing else??? Come to think of it, I've bought that one a few times now... [/quote]

Now if only someone had reveiwed that here - we wouldn't all have bought it...

by **seige** » May 28th, '03, 16:40

There are some reviews... but it just goes by different names... :wink:

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