So, I have a routine in my corporate act that deals with a borrowed bill that travels back in time.
However it requires the sudden production of another bill at the end. I have literally been trying
to find the right production for years to end this with and nothing was working and had the visual I
was looking for.
Before this was released, my friend Jon Kamm sent me a promo video of this
from the 2022 Tenyo lineup that was on another dealer site. I didn't know Penguin would be carrying
it so I pre-ordered it because I knew that if this looked like the video, it was EXACTLY what I was
looking for, despite it being a "Tenyo Toy".
I wish I had come to Pengun 1st because despite
pre-ordering it elsewhere, their order got goofed so I order one from Penguin a month later, my less
expensive ($12ea with FREE shipping from Penguin vs $15ea plus shipping from the other place)
Penguin order still arrived a day before the 1st order!
Anyway, I can't believe I'm saying
this but this toy trick is so perfect for my situation that I may actually be able to move my bill
routine to the end of my show (and drop my straight jacket finally) and actually close my corporate
act with this thing, do to the perfect context in which the effect works!
I did however
recently discover that an issue I was having with it at first was due to the handling in the
instructions. If you handle it that way, the gimmick sometimes gets stuck, messing up the effect.
However, I don't know the origin of the design, but I just saw someone do it in their intro on Fool
Us and he held it sideways gripping the edges of the bottom, rather than gripping the body of the
envelope while holding it vertical.
It works 100% of the time with the horizontal grip, making
it much less nerve wracking to do. That is good since it us purely a gimmick driven prop and you
shouldn't have to worry about doing something wrong to goof it up like you do with sleight of hand.