Magic Tricks

The "Dr's Billet Tear" is excellent and the instructional material (a PDF and four extremely short videos) is top quality. So why only three stars? It is overpriced ($34.95) for a download. I expected the method to be superior to others on the market that I already do, like Osterlind's "Perfect Center Tear," Ran's "Think Pink" and Cassidy's "Billet Killers." I find that I have to continually practice the ones I already do to keep them smooth and deceptive. However, when I saw the endorsements by Osterlind, Finley and others, I thought this would be something extraordinarily different and superior. It is not. It is another excellent method to perform the center tear. If you don't do a center tear or only have one method, you might want to purchase Richard Osterlind LIVE (Penguin LIVE) for $29.95 and get excellent instruction on doing Osterlind's "Perfect Center Tear," plus about 3 additional lecture hours on other mentalism effects. If you need to learn more, Bob Cassidy's "Billet Killers" is only $19.95. Ran's "Think Pink" is only $9.95. There is just not enough value in the "Dr's Billet Tear" to justify the price $34.95. Normally, Penguin's products are excellent values, but not this one.