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Locked In Thought (Gimmick and Online Instructions) by Paul Brook


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A simple padlock is removed from your key chain; it is the kind that is so often used for gym lockers or traveling. It can be fully inspected and even a master locksmith would not find any 'foul play'.

Yet, you are able to perform amazing feats with this 'invisible' prop.

A person you are with resets the lock to a three digit number of her choosing, and then she locks the lock. All this is done with your back turned and without peeking.

The dials are thoroughly mixed and the lock is set down upon the table.

You ask the person to think of just one of the numbers and you are able to name the number she is thinking of. This number is placed into the lock and the process is repeated three more times, until all of the numbers have been entered.

Not only does the lock open, but when the lock is turned around it is set to the selected numbers. When the lock is checked it will only open at the participant's selected three digit number.

For a Group:

One person in the group is asked to set the combination lock to a unique three digit number and to keep it secret.

Now the lock is passed amongst the rest of the group who can fully inspect and turn the dials; making sure it doesn't just open on any number.

After the lock has been passed amongst the group, another person is selected to hold the lock.

The performer now asks the first person to think of his selected number. Whilst the second person is holding the padlock on the other side of the room, the performer 'reads' the first person's mind. The performer then calls over to the person holding the lock and tells that person to place three numbers into the lock, done silently by holding up fingers.

Once the numbers are placed within the lock, the person proclaims that the lock has indeed now opened. The lock is shown to the person who set the code, and they confirm that it is the number they were thinking of!

This effect can be performed anywhere, anytime, with any person!

No stooges, pre-show work, or writing down required!

What You Get:

  • Special Padlock: One padlock that that will enable you to perform these amazing effects
  • eBook: A 40 page eBook containing the secret to the effect, scripted routines, along with tried and tested subtleties

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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 19th, 2016
I would give this "0" stars if I could, but since "1" is the lowest I'll have to settle for that. I didn't buy this from Penguin but my friend did. After spending a week trying and assuming he didn't have the skills to use it, he offered to sell it to me. I was more than willing to buy it from him but it doesn't work. I spent the last four days trying "to feel" my way around this particular trick but have been unsuccessful. I work with my hands and I think I have the necessary sensitivity to use this but I found it impossible. If you read positive reviews on a popular magic forum, they are from 2008 when the locked was sourced from another supplier. The most recent version however, is near impossible to use. I sent Paul Brook an email and a private message for assistance (which he offered on same said forum) but got no response. There are better ways to spend $65 and you can get basically the same information with using a center tear. It may not be as visual but it's a lot cheaper
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on August 24th, 2016
I bought this effect directly from Paul. It came with a download and the padlock arrived a few weeks later. The pdf ebook download was well written and included a few routines on how to present the effect. The lock itself is where the problem starts. Paul has personally hand picked these locks and in are no way gimmicked. The locks however, are not 100% surefire.
I am able to open the padlock with ANY combination the spectator chooses but with a different combination from what the spectator set. Although being able to open a locked combination padlock is already a feat by itself, I was hoping that the combination numbers where the padlock opens was the same combination the spectator set.
Sad to say, I am putting this in my magic drawer since it doesn't work 100% for me.
The effect itself is great if the padlock included worked 100%.
Still do try it because the padlock you receive may work for you since no 2 padlocks are the same.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 30th, 2016
I would like to update everyone on my situation with "Locked In Thought". A couple of days after my scathing review, Paul Brook responded to my email and sent another lock to replace the one I was working with. I have nothing but praise for the one he sent. It works like a charm. In three seconds I was able to unlike the lock. I wish I got this one before the review, otherwise I wouldn't have written it. It's unfortunate so many of these had gotten through as they did. If you think you would want to perform with this lock and are willing to possibly have to send 'unworkable" locks back until you get a good one, I highly recommend this (if you have the patience). P.S. I would have gib=ven it more than five stars if I could have.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 11th, 2016
1.What he explain on the pdf files only work with the first number on my lock .
2.It is impossible to open the lock at all with the correct password.
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