Here's the thing, this gimmick is very cool. It's very clever and pretty easy to use.

The bad thing is, the spectator cannot look directly at the card at any time without the card being switch out first. That's BOTH sides of the card that cannot be directly viewed by the spectator without somehow obscuring their vision with movement or lighting. This is no way a practical effect for a strolling magician. Fine for camera.

Also my gimmick broke in 10 mins. Materials are given to fix it, but it is quite precise and i really can't be bother fixing it as I'm never going to use this trick at a show.

First, there is no live audience performance, that is the biggest giveaway regarding what this gimmick is all about. Rick does it to his laptop camera at starbucks, rather than to a random person. Second, the trick itself is not that impressive, quite lame, has very little possibilities etc most lay men people realize it is a trick card. Third, in order to perform this trick one must purchase a separate deck because you can't perform it with what's provided in the packet. Fourth,for the price there are plethora of other Rick Lax products and other magic products who are much cheaper and bring about greater reaction ie Binary Code, Ghost Clip,Vuja De, Eraser etc etc. Fifth, the tutorial is like 8 minutes and they teach one literally one trick. Should be a coolbox offer. In all, in my opinion its quite limited and dissapointing. Sorry but I put it in my junk drawer.

I honestly cannot think of any situation in which I would use this. This is only going to be good for doing a trick on YouTube. I would strongly discourage anyone from purchasing this.

SHADOW SPLITTER is ALOT of fun!! Such an incredible piece of magic that requires minimal sleight of hand for an actual believable routine. The gimmick provided is unique, clever and fascinating. Such wonderful craftsmanship went into the creation of this crazy cool device. I was practicing a move I saw Rick Lax perform on his tutorial (who is, by the way, "bleeping" hilarious!) and as I was doing it I hadn't realized my fiance' was watching me from the stairs. All I heard from behind me was "HOLY (insert expletive)!!" And I turned around to see her eyes bugging out as she was watching me. "THAT'S FRIGGIN AMAZING!" she declared ... which coming from a woman has witnessed me perform thousands upon thousands of card tricks and the like is an impressive statement all on it's own. MAJOR KUDOS, Hui Zheng!! Thanks!

Love this thing. I can't begin to imagine how hard these cards are to make, but somehow Hui has done it. Bravo, sir!

Nice gimmick very well made, however not practical for presentation.
This is shadow/ silhouette magic. Card cannot be handed out for inspection. A 5 for construction. A 2 for presentation.

Hello. My name is D., and I have OBO--Open Box Obsession.

When I see a product in the Open Box and the price is extremely low, I can't help myself. I click "Add to Cart" and buy it, in spite of the negative reviews and the obvious flaws. This was the case with items like Sealed and Money Shot (both garbage and collecting dust as we speak). My latest fall from grace: Shadow Splitter.

I knew exactly what the gimmick was, and how fragile it would be, and, most important, how utterly useless it would be. I was right. I opened up the little envelope and thought to myself, "You could've bought a burger at Wendy's and enjoyed yourself for at least 10 minutes" compared to the 30 seconds I enjoyed toying with this gimmmick.

Rick Lax, god bless him, does his best to give this thing wings, but it just isn't meant to fly. He mentions Mr. Zheng, a college student, makes these by hand, and it appears he was up late studying while he made mine because it's shoddily put together--terribly cut and off-center.

I'm giving this two stars because I want to give props to Mr. Zheng for creativity, and to Mr. Lax for giving his time sharing ideas.

If you can find this in the Open Box...ugh, buy it if it's super cheap; otherwise, avoid your OBO impulses and go get a cheeseburger from Wendy's. You'll thank me as the heartburn sets in.

I buy this because I believe this would be in limited quantities so limited person can access this. This is the way it was advertise originally...well it still online after months and sometime on Open Box...this is the reason for 1 star remove.

Hand made fragile gimmick (I remove a second star for this). I believe this is way to fragile and will break easily.

Can potentially create a good effect if done in proper place with proper light and minimum audience management.

THIS IS A SUPER VISUAL TRICK, REALLY EASY TO DO. THE BEST PART IS THERE IS NO OTHER TRICK LIKE IT. I HATE MAKING GIMMICKS, SO THE FACT THAT A MASTER GIMMIC MAKER HAND CRAFTED THE GIMMIC IS JUST A BONUS.

ONCE AGAIN RICK DOES HIS USUALLY GREAT EXPLAINTION.

ONCE AGAIN THIS IS ONLY AVAIABLE HERE AT PENGUIN MAGIC.
GET IT FAST VERY FEW ARE MADE.

THIS TRICK IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE CARD TRICKS YOU DO THE GIMMIC IS BRILLIANT AND STRONG IT TAKES VERY LITTLE TIME TO LEARN

THE ONLY NEGITIVE IS IT SAYS USE THE PERSONS PHONE FOR LIGHT. IT DID'NT WORK FOR ME I HAVE A MINI-TACTIAL LIGHT IT'S ABOUT 3" AND THE LIGHT IS MAYBE 3X STRONGER THAT AN ORDERNY FLASHLIGHT. BUY IT NOW ONLY PEGUIN MAGIC IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN GET IT!