Absolutely brilliant is the only way that I can describe Tone Stone's magic. His routines are meticulously planned and executed. It is clearly evident that much consideration has been put into every detail of his performance and by purchasing this download you get to learn each and every detail. Tom is an excellent instructor and he teaches his routines and the underlying mechanics of each very thoroughly. In addition we get to see the design and construction of his performance table which has given me some ideas of how I can modify my table to accommodate what is necessary to perform the spectacular cup and sponge balls routine. This routine alone (especially if you perform for children) is worth the cost of the download.

You get seven top notch effects that undoubtedly could be added to any professional show.

I wish I could give this download a five star rating but I cannot due to the production value of the download. Of note is the lighting and camera work and editing. At times the camera does not keep up with the action and instead of redoing the scene they include poorly edited footage and call it good enough. Tom points out that the "costume" that he puts on for the last effect (cup and sponge balls) helps to conceal how a couple of the vanishes are achieved. Our attention is focused on exactly when and where the vanish will happen and you still can't see it happen. Great stuff. Ok so now that we have seen it and are convinced of how effective the costume and lighting are in concealing the vanish, turn on the lights so we can see the behind the scene "exposed" view of the effect. Instead we see Tom dressed in black in front of a black back drop and a black table looking at a black "apparatus" needed to pull off this effect.

In my humble opinion the production team at Penguin Magic needs to step up their game and put as much thought and professionalism into their work as Tom has put into his work.

Having said that, I want to reiterate that this download is packed with professional calibre magic and I look forward to mastering these effects and including them in my repertoire.

Without a doubt---ADD TO CART!

I had been waiting a long time for this to come out. There was no disappointment. Tom has some real jewels on here especially the Benson Burner. I had already started putting everything together. I only have a few dealers I deal with mainly because they deliver.

I bought this DVD essentially for the final trick, benson burner, however by the time I was finished with the first trick I already felt I'd got enough for the price. As I watched I found myself more and more astounded by each routine and as it progressed I found myself intrigued by tom stones amazing presentations for even classic tricks.

Benson burner (the sponge ball routine) will need a little work and preparation for the effect but the reactions tom gets make it completely worth it.

Overall this DVD was amazing and you will definitely get presentation techniques, insight to the amazing art as well as well thought out tricks from this DVD. I urge anyone who wants to better there magic to buy this.

Solid practical magic that seems baffling during presentation, but is explained clearly and thoroughly including presentation details to make the magic more entertaining.

Tom Stone offers a gift to the magic community by sharing these effects, doubly true now that they're on video.

I bought this to learn Tom Stone's version of the benson bowl routine, "Benson Burner"
This is the best thing I have seen in a decade. Imagine taking all of the real classics and giving them such an explosive upgrade as Tom has done with this effect.
My hat is off to Tom Stone for releasing this to the Magic Community, this effect will find an important place in my Show.
Thanks again Tom

This is one of my favourite things I have gotten from any magic store. The routines are great and the teaching is better. Am definitely looking for more by Tom Stone.

Clever and impressing!

I enjoyed the Tom Stone download very much. I have to agree 100% with Joe from Canada as to Tom's brilliance. Being so used to DVDs as a learning tool however, I am disappointed that there are no "chapter markers" so I can skip to the desired routine. The download is more of a digital VHS tape: quality is excellent but viewing is sequential. If you guys can fix that during the editing process, I believe you'd have more appeal to those like me who are hesitant to purchase downloads.

Ok, dont get me wrong here, the dvd is great. My only problem is yes that the black background made it hard to see stuff. Also, the dvd was not expensive and very enjoyable, but some of the equipment need ed to buy after in order to perform these tricks were costly especially benson burner which requires actual physical work to build.