This thing is exactly as advertised. It convincingly looks like your phone is charging from dead to
full in less than a minute. And its very easy to do. But its different than almost any other magic
trick in that people actually think its real. If you show someone a card trick, make a coin
disappear, or make something float etc. people probably have no idea how you did it but they know
its a magic trick. With this, they think you actually have an insanely fast rapid charger. So now
what do you do? It really feels wrong to let them go away continuing to believe that. See the
problem? With a normal trick they know you are showing them an illusion so there is no deception
other than the method. I end up having to immediately or almost immediately tell them that its not
real. Just know you will have that dilemma.
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Not really into a lot of phone effects but i will use this one it is just cool to mess with peoples
minds I highly reamend this one just great fun
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This is a very good carry around trick but does require a few seconds of "private" fiddling before
and immediately after the presentation. This is shown in the sales video so there were no surprises
after purchase (kudos to Penguin for showing an uncut real presentation). Once started, you must
stay on pace or the user will perceive some funny business. Getting the ending right is absolutely
critical or you'll be busted.
Don't get me wrong, it is not hard to do, but if the user
starts talking or asks questions you may get off timing. So have your patter down word for word and
proceed at your practiced pace. I don't hand out the card at the start of the trick because I may
not get it back in time.
It does not require and app which is great, but this also means it
is limited in what it can do and may not 100% match your phone's OS look and feel. You are able to
customize some of this and get rid of the most noticeable things. As a mobile software developer by
day, magician by night and on weekends, all my friends and family are way too savvy and notice a
couple of small things that are "off". I suspect 99% of people never will and you'll be fine. The
best part is they think it's cool even if they detect it's a "trick" (and most don't).
I
wrote a custom app for myself that allows me to go at any pace and perfectly match my OS's look and
feel 100% and make it truly "dynamic" with smooth animation. Unfortunately, I don't think Apple
would ever approve this app for distribution in their App Store.
The card I received had a
ragged cut at the bottom but a little trimming with a razor had it looking great in a few seconds.
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I have been lucky enough to have had this for a couple of years now and I still have it in my wallet
and I still use it and it still amazes people.
It is so visual and very easy to do. Where do I
get one, is what I’m asked all the time. You can repeat it to the same people next time you see them
. It never fails to draw attention.
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All most skipped this every time I buy something for my I phone it to hard for me to understand how
to set it up boy I’m glad I bought this so easy to do something I’ll get a lot of use out of
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I was so excited to buy Charge Card and then find out it is a Michael Weber creation! Try as I
might, though, I can't get the 7 images that download into the correct order for the slideshow to
work. Nick makes it look so easy to set up in the tutorial that I am astounded that I can't figure
out what I'm doing wrong or a workaround to get it going. If and when I do, I'll no doubt come back
and give it a Spinal Tap 11 stars. I guess you can edit your reviews on PM. Never had a reason to
think about it until this.
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Charge Card is the best trick to carry in your wallet. Super fun and easy to perform. Spectators
will touch and feel the card when you share it with them. Its helpful to use the Charge Card to
examine what type of spectator you have to perform magic for based on their reaction. I will carry
the Charge Card and visual trick with me everywhere I go.
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I really liked the idea behind it , I take it with me every day , highly recommended
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I am using this on an Android Pixel. Watched the video which was good, but I had a question. The
answer II was looking for was already posted by another buyer in the Penguin Forum, then another
magician contributed an even better idea. Love this.
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I love it , presentation is everything !!! I had people believing this is REAL land I added
something to it that makes it incredible !!! People believe it!!!!! Lmaooooo.
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