Magic Tricks

Hi! This is your official PenguinMagic reviewer, B_Magic.

I used to perform Pyro Perception and actually liked it for the most part. Then several things happened that downgraded this effect to two stars:

1. The blisters created with this were hit and miss for me. It became frustrating at times to perform this only for audiences to have to really inspect my fingers like crazy to decipher what they showed. I think different skin types (elasticity of the hands) yield different results with this. Sometimes it worked well, other times not so well.

2. Tim Trono's "Branded" came out and was a much better and practical way of doing the effect. Unlike Pyro Perception, Branded worked for me everytime and was much easier and made more sense from a performance perspective. **You can buy BRANDED here at Penguin**

3. After performing Branded for a long time, the entire blister-illusion effect was revealed by the masked magician on television, and from my end, a lot of people saw it, so even Branded got retired.

Thats a triple-whammy of bad news for Pyro Perception for me. If you want this effect, I would highly recommend Branded over this method. It's easier, works better, and is much more practical.

B_Magic