Magic Tricks

I love the customization possibilities of this version. I really think the opportunity to change out the list is a game-changer and definitely makes it worth considering. It's definitely a good size for stage work and is visible if you are careful with how you write it.

The downside is the fragility of the panels. There is an unnecessary weakness created in all the panels with a product many magicians use but many avoid. If one of these breaks, the panel will not make the switch you need for the trick to work. The problem is that this weakness was not necessary. Simply allowing gravity to do its job would have still allowed the gimmick to work (since it's happening without the audience seeing it work). Yes, you can do this "visible switch" you see in the trailer, but in all honesty most magicians wouldn't want to do that. There is a very obvious flaw in the panels that you can minimize with normal handling, but if you do the visible change the flaw is obvious and gives away the method.

If you handle this carefully and set it up just before your show (not at home before you get there) you should be ok for a while. They do give you a tutorial on how to fix the gimmick once it breaks (and it will at some point) but it's just a pain to do and a completely unnecessary failure point. If they go to a version 2.0 with this, I hope they'll just go with the obvious and simple solution of removing the flaw and just allow gravity to work.

For the price, you're buying something you can customize and it's a nice addition to your act. However, you're also buying something that will at some point break, hopefully before the show when you can do something else and not while you are performing.