Magic Tricks

Well, they don't quite deserve a 4 IMO ... but don't quite deserve a 3 either. So ... 3.5 Stars? So, what you're paying for in this case is the rings. Do you need some Himbers? If so then you get 2 for about $100 each. In case you lose one maybe? Or one as a back up?

YES, they are different (in locking mechanism) but not style. So, less discuss the style for a moment. Now, I own a few himbers and we'll go with the following 2 'best case' scenarios:
1) An audience member has the exact same ring as your Himber
2) an audience member has a ring that's really close to your Himber.

That's one of the benefits of using a 'wedding band' style right? They're KINDA close in appearance to a lot of OTHER wedding bands. These rings are probably NOT going to be CLOSE to anything you find in the real world. Maybe I'm wrong but it's going to be hard.

You may say "But Jason, you don't actually need them to look ANYTHING LIKE any other rings because of the routine and the way it's designed"
Sure, but why not then make a giant red ring that is your Himber if that's REALLY the case? Because it's not.

Truthfully I think his PRIOR rings for the Linking Ring Project looked way better and I'd chose that style over these in a heartbeat.

Good idea was to differentiate where the opening is. Outstanding idea and will help for a lot of routines. The magnet one ...hard to keep it to stay open. Don't really want to adjust too much (though instructions say you can).

So, let's talk about the routine. Did I mention that you're paying for RINGS? I feel the routine is about as basic as one can get with the rings ... nothing new AND you don't even get a full uncut performance of the presentation. Do a quick YouTube search for David Regal Linking Finger Ring Project and you'll see pretty much the exact same thing you get for presentation.
I question: Why?
At this point we've paid the price ... let's see the full uncut presentation , good, bad or ugly.

So what leads me to wonder is the following
1) Was the presentation REALLY actually good ... maybe TOO GOOD that Regal didn't want his full routine released? or
2) Was it that bad ... that he really didn't want it released?
If it was the former, then this would be an outstanding buy, but as such, it's mediocre at best.


My suggestion: LOOK at the rings, if you like what they look like, then pick this up for the sake of the rings.
Will I personally be using these rings? Not unless I find one in the audience pretty damn close to the way it looks.
Will I personally be using the routine? That's a BIG NO! There are way better routines out there IMO. Actually ... let me add, the idea of 'creating moments' is pretty good. I may actually use that as a pre-cursor to the trick.

Hope it helps.
JC