This effect is great and the gimmick i got was very well made. The presentation is amazing, this
gets huge reactions. To make this effect great, you need to be a good performer who understands how
to use his/her body to really sell what is happening. If you want something easier, than get triad
coins, but i think this is much better.
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Like anything, there is room for improvement. Overall, this is pretty excellent. I already had the
gimmick in half dollar size, so decided to get the Eisenhower set and see how I liked it. A few
quick notes about the physical props:
My tin was a rectangular box, like an altoids tin,
rather than round. Makes zero difference, just surprised me when it arrived. Also, the coins were
simply wrapped in wax paper and put in the tin, along with the link to the video download. They
arrived safe and sound, so maybe foam etc. would be unnecessary, but would have been kinda nice.
Again, not a big deal. The last minor quibble - the coins arrived dirty. Like, had some kind of
liquid splotches on them, etc. As if they were pulled out of someone's pocket, thrown in the box and
shipped out. A little soap and water cleaned them up perfectly, so no harm no foul.
A
slightly more important set of quibbles, that make this, for ME, four stars instead of five - only
one of the coins provided fit the gimmick correctly. As it seems to be a 'regular' and not an
'expanded' gimmick, I can kind of understand this - except that I accidentally got the gimmick
locked on the wrong coin a few times. After the second or third time of having to throw it into my
cupped hand to try and dislodge it, I finally just took an emery board to the edges of the second
coin until it slips in and out of the gimmick as well as the other one. Problem solved, but a little
unnecessary. At the price of the package, you can buy the video, and a gimmick + coin from Roy
Kueppers, or even buy the gimmick + 4 coins for a few more than this set, and throw an extra 15 on
top for the video. So, based on price, I feel like it is totally fair to be a bit nitpicky about the
little things. That said, after that minor modification, everything works great, and I am very happy
with the set.
Quick tip - in the video, he recommends masking tape to help mask the noise.
I went instead with the clear double-stick tape, and a disk of toilet paper. Seems to pad the noise
even better, and does not seem to have added enough depth to the nested set to matter.
The
video: I bought the video primarily to learn the snap production. I wish he had spent a little more
time on teaching it - specifically how to actually snap the coin into view. Lovely details on
everything leading up to it, but the actual bringing it into view part seems a little neglected.
With practice and experimentation, however, it can be figured out and looks great! It DOES seem to
be drastically easier to get a good "snap" from the dollar size coins than from a half dollar, at
least in my hands.
If I were going to buy this again, I think I would have instead bought
the coins from RK and just purchased the download, but overall I have learned a lot, and am quite
happy with the set. If you just want to order one item and be done with it, however, and don't mind
possibly doing a little work to fine tune the fit of the gimmicks, then by all means, pick this up!
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So I have recently got into magic and not a huge fan of coins. I wanted to get a few tricks I could
do that wouldn't be overly hard, so I got this trick and paired it with Matt Mello's Energy Coin
($10 download is all you need if you buy First Full of Dollars). This trick has a few sleights that
take practice, but I had a lot of fun practicing it. A lot of the negative reviews come from costing
so much, but since this was my first gimmick like this, I thought it was reasonable. So if you don't
know what the gimmick is or you need one, definitely get this trick. Once you get it down, you can't
help but want to do more and more in front of the mirror and fool yourself.
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I wanted to get the Eisenhower gimmick this trick comes with, and saw this deal, so I figured why
not get a routine included. The gimmick is decent--can't really complain (well, I can, but I
won't)--but the regular coins I got were scratched and beat up to the point where I won't use them.
Like a lot of other customers complained, the gimmick also only works on one coin, and not the other
(OK, fine, I'll complain).
The routine...it's ok, but there are better ways to use the
gimmick than this routine. I know the "street hustler" is Gregory's schtick, but the routine is much
too difficult for only leaving a minor impression on people.
I support Gregory, but can't
support this routine or the coins it comes with.
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The set i received had 2 different coins and the gimnick work correctly with one coin only.
Moreover, i can't use the gimnick with regular half silver dollar because of the portion of red
metal on his edge. I love Greg Wilson and bis routines but i think in this case wouldn't be
necessary to sell such a common gimnick, i would be happy to buy only the routine.
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very slick and easy to learn
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This routine is direct, easy to follow, and visual.
It has plenty of magical moments and quite
fun to do.
I prefer this over JJ's Triad coins.
This routine motivated me learn Greg's
approach for the final vanish.
It's a nice utilty that seemed scary at first, but the more i did
it, the more i got comfortable with it i became.
I do this routine using poker chips
gimmicks from tango.
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The routine is good. However there should be an option to be able to buy the trick w/o the gimmick.
The gimmick you get is as good as any of the good versions of it you have encountered
before. I personally like better matching between the gimmick and supplied coins -- easy to fix but
when you are paying near top dollar for this should be taken care of at the source.
I would
have been more happy buying the trick (for less) and making better use of something I already have.
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I dont know wth people are complaining about. The thing from the beach fits fine on all the coins
and us well made. On top of that your getting greg Wilson's teaching. I'll watch him teach how to
blow his nose. Lol. Stop b*thing about something just for the sake of b*itching. There is nothing
to complain about.
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Great concept with the coins. Has been a great addition to my coin routines. Easy to follow
instructions, Gregory presents it the same on video as if he was in front of you. I've gotten to
experience Gregory perform and lecture at Michigan Magic Day 2019 and it seemed the same to me.
Thanks again for a powerful tool in my arsenal.
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