Magic Tricks

Having watched this twice I have to say what a great set of effects Marc & Penguin have produced. You can't argue with a live performance and you have to judge material on what the audience experience. Do they know how it worked? Was the effect clear? Were they entertained? Marc succeeds on every level and you can see it in the performances. To me this is a guy a want to learn from.

However, If you are looking for the latest fun gizmo to play with then avoid this product, if you rarely perform and your presentation is lacking avoid this product, if your audience is normally your webcam avoid this product, if the method means more to you than what your audience experiences then avoid this product. If you are seeking methods you've never seen before avoid this product.

If however you perform, have good presentation skills and understand the power of the impromptu performance then this is a fantastic buy. Voqued, Transmission and Carbon are worth the price of the DVD alone, they could have been in a PDF for $50 and seasoned mentalists would buy it and understand the power and simplicity in them. I'm not a fan of book tests but the book test section covers way more than you see in the clip and he does discuss using two people which a previous reviewer misunderstood.

The pop corn effect is different for sure but the reaction is great, he says in the method area about it being linked to the Indian Fakirs, mind of matter etc so to me it's not disjointed at all, sure it's not for everyone but most DVDs will have some things that don't suit. The girls on the video had no issue with it being mixed within mentalism.

Direction / Air is tough for me to do, I haven't got it down yet but animation is powerful stuff and this makes it have a purpose to divine a card or object much like a pendulum. It's eerie and totally impromptu just need to perfect my xxxxxxxx technique.

My only minor criticism would be I'd like to have seen more performances to learn how Marc adjusts to different scenarios but it's a minor thing. Have two or three of these things in mind, walk through them a couple of times and you'll have some great totally impromptu material. The methods are simple but they should be and normally are with mentalism. It's how you use the method, present it and how they react to it that matters.

It runs for two hours and is so well explained with 9 solid routines plus more variations mentioned in the method section, I honestly cannot believe some said it was overpriced. These secrets are worth much more if you perform, if not then any magic or mind reading purchase is a waste. It's like buying golf clubs but never using them.