Did you like The Hawk? Yes? Then get this. No? Then don't get this.

1) Do away with the decorative, ornate box, and use the money you save to pay someone to put these things together for your customers rather than forcing them to do it themselves.

2) The concept is novel, but it's not "there" yet. The provided routines are extremely weak, and require things like, "so I put it in my pocket, and took it out later" for a switch. Weak sauce.

3) The sleights involved in this effect become the trick, moreso than the gimmick itself. Because of how "dirty" the gimmick is, after the restore, you can't spend any time basking in the fact that you just instantly restored a card, lest someone see the construction. In order to preserve the secret, you have to move past the effect entirely too quickly.

4) The idea of coming up with a reason to "also need to take out the creases" in a T&R effect isn't new, but it is still just as weak as it always has been. You can either restore a card, or you can't. Never being able to show the face of the card, or confirm for the spectator that the card you're restoring is even theirs in any way, just makes no sense.

If I knew then, what I know now ... I'd save my money and continue to practice a sleight heavy T&R.

If you are sick and tired of the same boring piece by piece torn and resotred cards, this is for you. With this, there is not the gimmick provided, but Shin teaches you how to make it and provides all the needed material, which I think is more valuable if your gimmick breaks for some reason. After you lean how to construct this, he teaches several routines and variations which are all very visual and you could do for real people. The complaints from others about this is that the gimmick is very easy to spot, and it's not sturdy, if you build this how Shin tells you, there is no problem, and it can fly by anyone, and you can do it in a restaurant very close up, or it would be just as good on stage. I modified my gimmick in a way that it is both a red and blue gimmick. Great work on this by Danny, Shin, and Tom 5/5

What's the reason for you not getting an already made gimmick? Well, Shin says they want you to assemble it yourself so that if you need to make another one in future you know how!! As if they provided you with a made gimmick and gave you the instructions to make another one you wouldn't be able to do it!

Anyways, once you put this gimmick together you'd realize like many of these new "magic" products its only good for entertaining youtube viewers for a fraction of second. Because if you do this for live audience you'd have to have them stand a good distance away right in front of you, in a dimmed light room, and hope to god they won't be having their prescription glasses with them or they would see how your gimmick was put together.

If you plan to amuse yourself in front of a mirror or amuse your friends with a video quality captured on your phone and you have 35 bucks to waste then this might be a good buy for you. Otherwise, there are much better TNR effects out there.

This is some magic porn right here! If you like eye candy effects.. prepare to get some cavities. It is pretty fun to perform.

First of all you buy knowledge & learning diy construction , this why it deserve 5 stars ,2nd it's a great idea , I've always wanted a new automatically restoration card, it's the first one until now that's really coolest idea.it's well explained plus I love Lin shim & danny weiser the two of them are great magicians .

Yes it's true you have to make the gimmick. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do another arts and crafts project. I will say that I'm glad I did! I ran into a little snag and needed help and I immediately contacted Shin Lim and within the hour I was getting direct triage 101 help from the man himself. Once you make the gimmick it will become part of your arsenal! I'm using Danny Weiser's method for this TnR and it KILLS. If you take the time and make this, you will BLOW people away...Seriously...it fries!!! Don't get discouraged. I gave it 4 stars because of the fact that you have to make it. BTW - a while back I had some issues with FDS and again Shin came to the rescue and helped me out with the situation. You can reach him via email. If you take the time and make it, the public will thank you for sharing this little bit of eye candy.

For years I kept seeing the same old boring TnR effects that where very long winded to do and to perform......... then this came along.

What an amazing effect this is. Like with anything Shin Lim produces it is super visual and beyond anything we could imagine. Danny Weiser has created a new type of TnR that will be in my close up routines immediately.

So easy to perform and no sleight of hand needed so even beginners will be out using this in no time.

Bravo to you both, now make something interesting with Sponge Ball Magic so I can buy that

Just thought I would post about Danny Weiser's "Triage" presented by "Shin Lim Presents". Both Shin and Danny releases great and visual effects. I have not yet been disappointed and probably never will be. Without revealing anything, 'Triage' is great! I received mine from Danny 3 days ago. It's definitely great for stage, parlor and close up. For close up maybe stay back a small 2 to 3 feet away BUT if follow the intricate instructions given by Shin(as usual) Smile ya probably can stand even 1 feet away. Triage is great, its fast, VERY VISUAL.

There is 'something' ya need to do if you have never done it before when esembling the gimmick, but with, again, the great instrucstions given, believe me you will be proud of yourself. You have to have patience. If you don't patience, learn it and take it in! I love esembling gimmicks, the more you esemble, the more you learn, the faster & better you will get! Smile

I also love seeing TnR effects, what's great about Triage is, there's no palming nor covering 1 piece, 2 pieces, or 3 pieces in one hand or switch to the other... Let's say, all of sudden you accidently drop a corner of a card or maybe all 3 for some ungodly known reason. If you're an expert with TnR's and you never drop pieces, great! But let's say, an aspiring magician or someone performing TnR for the first time in front of an audience, they drop the pieces, oh snap!! You always have to think, what if, with Triage, you literally do not have to worry about dropping any pieces what so ever.

Congrats to Danny & Shin on Triage! Get it, get it now, you won't be disappointed!

I don't know how many times I have seen these 'Magic Trailers' come around and fool me into buying it. By now I have started to learn what names NOT to buy from. Shin Lim has now become one of them. I like his card stuff that isn't gimmicked, sure it is hard but it is possible. However these gimmicks are not possible as a street performer, I myself have tried this trick in my usual setting, (the best place to test new magic for me) and they all knew something was up.
Sufficed to say, I won't be buying from SL for a while until good reviews show up in M-U-M.

Great Effect, but its sorta angle sensitive and can not be examined. I would recommend it more for a stage show rather than table hopping or close-up