Magic Tricks

Ready? This is a new... revolutionary Sankey product. Ready for it? Brace yourselves..... SANKEY 1999!

Ok, so it's not new. And it isn't revolutionary. I bought it anyway for the sake of completionism... (If that is a word.) I have to say, this DVD dissapointed me in a few ways.

One thing about it is that Sankey is quite, quite calm and mature during most of this. Kinda wierd...

Another thing is the camera quality. Oh well, he maned the camera and it was 1999...

Other than that, this had a lot of tricks and ideas that I got a kick out of.

Below I review the highlights, with a scale of one thru ten, ten bieng the best.

Sweet Surprise: A sugar packet transposition. Like we haven't seen these before... Oh well, it has it's perks. The moves are really easy and more deceptive than the many I have seen. Plus they are not normally used in such a way. 9.0 just for the sake of it bieng a new handling.

Measles: I can't believe he released this back then and I had never heard of it. I have to say that the set-up is tiring and annoying, but yeah. It is totally worth it. It reminds me a lot of Forgery, for those who have TVBO, or Sankey's Greatest Hits... I'll say 9.5 for the effect itself, but the set-up makes it about a 8.9.

Gag #1: Thruought the DVD, Sankey shares some gags that he uses during comedy performances. These are just raw jokes. The first... eh... It is O.K. It is pretty funny, but I didn't get it until I really thought about it. For some this might work, for some it might not.

Twice as Nice: Great rendition of the classic card which turns over in the deck. We all know about it. Turn the bottom card face up, someone selects a card and puts it back in. Take it behind your back, put the card face up and pull it around. There card is the only one reversed in the deck. Sankey presents an impromptu and really nice handling for this that makes the effect worthwhile. 9.0.

Extended Credit: A really nice trick that is super convincing. The method will make you smile. Whether you end up using it or not (I have a few times) you will still enjoy it. 9.0

Gag #2: Hillarious. I really liked this one! I will definitly use it.

Dark Powers: Oh my god. This is sooo perfect for close up workers. I love it and have not seen this anywhere else. A rubber band visually penetrates your finger despite a spectator is holding on to the end. 9.7

Wacky Tabbacky: Although this trick with a cigar is cool, I will never touch a cigar in my life. For those who do come in contact with them though, they will be happy to use this. Me: 0 Others who use cigars: 8.5

IQ Test: Easy and poweful. A card is selected and on which a black dot with a sharpie is drawn. With no funny moves, the black spot turns into a hole onto which the sharpie is pushed thru. VERY magical. Definitly a new Sankey favorite. (I have a list of maybe... 10 effects by him that are "Sankey Favorites") 9.8

FaceUp Rubaway Vanish: For those who use the rubaway vanish, this addition is very good and will enhance the effect by a lot. This time, done face out. Worth checking out. Since it is just a move however, you can't really review it with a rating.

Cheesecake...: Well... I almost fell out of my chair laughing... It makes you really hungry! That is all I can say without revealing. 9.5

Instant Origami: I will be using this. A piece of paper is shoved into your fist where in an instant, it changes to a piece of beautiful origami. Really, really nice. 9.0

A trick not listed on the case...: Needless to say, that isn't the name of the trick. It just wasn't on the case. Two quarters transpose in coin holders. It has a great idea behind it and I will use this solely for the fact that I collect coins. (Although you don't have to to perform this.) 8.5

BONUS TRICKS! Yes, he included bonuses. 4 bonus tricks. One of which I was really, really pleased with.

Freshly Squeezed: Quick little transpo effect with a quarter and a washer. Nice, might use it once. 7.9

Cut and Restrawed: Ok, I have seen this in a whole bunch of demo videos and I couldn't for the life of me come up with a method! It was sooo magical! The method is as good as the performance. A lot of thought was put into this, and you will use this. 9.9

Stripped: Nice little gambling demonstration with my favorite card move! Vernon Substitute Transfer! Yay! 8.5

Firefly: A coin Transpo with one difference. FIRE! Yeah... Won't use this. 8.0


Overall, this DVD was good. Not great... Not bad. For first time Sankey buyers, stay away. People who collect might want this. I felt it was worth the money in new tricks I will use off of this DVD.

I rate the DVD overall an 8.5 out of 10. There were a lot of coin transpos, some things were hard to see and he was calm and mature... All three of those dissapointed me but not to say you shouldn't buy it. Look at the tricks and if it seems worth it, go for it. Even myself, as many Sankey products as I own still found a lot of workable material from this.