I just received this and I am happy with it except for one face of the block. The "C" is almost
invisible.I can barely see it at all. Dan admits you might want to take a sharpie and enhance the
numbers, especially if you decide to age the cube to match it being a childhood toy. But I think
it's poor design. (the "3" is also faint).Make the things so it works right out of the box without
any need to adjust i. I do a lot of reworking of props so I will do this, but I don't think I can
do much about the color shape behind the C. I guess you could also just use it as is and when you
take your peek if you can't see anything you know it's the C. But audience members might also have
this problem. I think I will fill in the C with black and maybe the 3 too. And maybe age it all as
well. Just wanted to share this initial reaction. Perhaps in future production runs they could make
the numbers/colors a bit more visible and solve this problem. I look forward to using this clever
routine. Maybe not as versatile and powerful as 4K Color Vision, but a nicer prop for a storytelling
approach.
I picked your 4-star-review to react on. As this seems to be a great tool, and you give the credits it deserve. About these faded colours... I can imagine that in the 50's-60's-70's such kind of faded colours (or 'pastel' colours) were fashionable. So, that adds to the authenticity. (Don't sell fluo-coloured toys as toys from that era...) Hence the choice for these pastel colours to manufacture this tool. But this effect seems to be based on some peek (as mentioned in your reaction)? And that some 'enhancement' or 'highlighting' of colours/numbers/... is required to get a good peek? I ask if this is the case, because i'm interested in this item. And whatever child would not extra-colour or put scribbles on his toy? The sloppier, the more it enhances to the authenticity! I would not mind to 'personilize' my toy-cube. You can sell this as synesthesie (smelling colours, tasting shapes, ... and making funny 'nót-synesthesie' demonstrations ..) And héy! If we can't trust our senses, then we have to go extra-sensory ;)
And with "I would not mind to 'personilize' my toy-cube."... Of course I mean: "I would not mind to 'personalize' my toy-cube." Our props don't need to look like "straight from the (magic) shop" Preferrably NÓT !!! !!! :| Magic dealers provide a basic idea. It's up to us to personalize and to give sense.... If it's not electronics, but of massive material.... Bash it on the ground! Stomp on it... Provide an own story... Because Wé!!! àre the ONLY ones in this whole fùcking world owning this óne 'item'. Transform it to our own needs and give meaning to it. And of course I'm not addressing to yoú personnally my 4-stars-reviewing friend... But to some other doubting people. And I see you're also starting 'customising' ;)
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