Perhaps the worst magic purchase I have ever made. Overpriced, advertised deceptively, absolutely
awful build instructions and no performance instructions whatsoever. The gimmick is obvious and
loud, the effect is dirty. Slipshod in every way. I would never purchase an effect from Marc
again.
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The effect is great!
No question!
but..... the instruction video is so badly made, no cuts
, just a one shot hour and a half of the improved gimmick, and the old hour and half video is no
better ( to clarify there are two videos - one for the old version of the gimmick and the other for
the improved version)
There are no cuts between effects or first person camera angle, which
is so important when talking about constructing a gimmick.
Just to compare at looking at how to
create gimmicks buy Axel Hecklau newspaper tear (newsflash) and see how a master teaches, with
invisible after effects lines , frist person angle and slow motion. just amazing.
Michael
Ammar and his Easy to Master card...
With his wonderful "super parctice" idea which is superb!
So in conclusion -
if you you are lookig for a super practical, visual biil switch
gimmick that works with any currency ( which is a huge plus!!!) get this!
but...do excpect
a lot of frustration and boredom in the process
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Because you will have to destroy 3 other bills of higher denominations to make the gimmick...so
perhaps a 1---5===10 or 20 or 50 . Depends how much you want the bang for the effect to be. The
other point I'd like to make is its very hard to follow the instructions because he uses english
money instead of U.S.bills...No to be an ugly american here, but geeze,do two sections of the
video. One with english bills and one with U.S. bills....would killed ya bud...no...Video quality is
good in making the gimmicks and...I do like the trick, its just the fact that you have cut up some
bills to "get her done" !
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Love the effect. I did however find it difficult to make. Wish he had used American money. Hard to
follow his explanation. Still not sure how he came up with the final bill and nothing in his hand.
Very confusing. Had to come up with my own handling using an additional two magnets. This allowed me
to steal off the gimmick in my left hand as I opened the final bill and put it in a ramsey position.
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I have to give this a one mainly because it's missing the final part of instruction of how to attach
the gimmick to another note which is crucial. So I have this trick and I cannot actually use it.
I contacted the company who produced it and they replied with the creators reply:
"I’ve
had a few people ask me this directly, the reason why orientation wasn’t covered in detail is
because every note design is different. It is pretty simple though - the note is folded to match the
orientation of gimmick and the gimmick clips on to align with the artwork on the note!"
If
anyone actually knows how to do this crucial piece please let me know so I can actually perform this
trick that I have purchased.
Not sure where all these angsty reviews are coming from, any effect with real money is going to
require you to create it with your own cha ching. Everyone in the hobby/biz knows this. The gimmick
craft directions, while not the "best" I've ever seen are perfectly fine and the gimmick is pretty
simple to create. There are two main videos and most of the tricks are performed and explained in
the 'original' Changeling video which is maybe where the confusion is. Also, there is some bonus
stuff which shows how to go even further with the principle and have additional change possibilities
(with increased gimmickry and ditching). I would give it somewhere between 4/4.5 if the scale
allowed.
So I am always looking for items that are going to be added into my repertoire. and this is
definitely one of them. This is a beautiful transposition that allows you to create a "Tommy Wonder"
moment with the spectator, then in a moment be able to change the bill in the spectators hand into a
completely different bill. Now, the instruction of the gimmick and assembling it could have been
better, however once the gimmick was created it works perfectly and gets amazing reactions once
performed correctly. there are also multiple bill switch ideas that they have packed into this
download. I would recommend this, just take your time to make the gimmick and you won't regret it.
Construction of the gimmick was a bit lackluster. He didn't fully explain certain parts as well as
he could have but I was able to make the gimmick. That is the best this gets. He doesn't properly
show how to use the gimmick nor how to attach the non-gimmick bill. I was able to figure out how by
slowing the video wayyyy down.
I feel ripped off!!
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