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Haunted, Humbug, Insight and Transformations

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Feb 082012

Haunted, Humbug, Insight and Transformations

One Gem, one grubble . . . and then Two Pieces of Rubble, both from the same Guy. Peter Eggink’s Insight – Rubble Angelo Carbone’s Humbug – grubble Peter Eggink’s Haunted – Rubble Lawrence Hass’s Transformations (Creating Magic Out of Tricks) – TOTAL GEM! Click Here to Submit Products For Review Peter Eggink’s Insight (MSRP: $32.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Unchained Melody By The Righteous Brothers You want my individual insight into this project? Simply stated . . . don’t bother getting it. I’ll give you a list of reasons regarding the quality of the product in a [...]

Love Cards, More Power To You, Oddballs, and Vertigo

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Jan 102012

Love Cards, More Power To You, Oddballs, and Vertigo

Send Products For Review Here As you know, each month I review a few products and give them a status of either Gem or Rubble (sometimes something in between). If you have (or know someone who has) a product you would like reviewed, please send it to: Stone Cold Magic Reviews 3367 South 6400 West West Valley, Utah 84128 I’ve got a pretty big stack, but I will make every effort to get the review out as soon as possible. All Gems this month . . . some a little less gemy than others. Craig Petty’s Love Cards – Gem [...]

Surfaced, Whiplash, Color Changing Deck and Silent Treatment

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Dec 302011

Surfaced, Whiplash, Color Changing Deck and Silent Treatment

Send Products For Review Here As you know, each month I review a few products and give them a status of either Gem or Rubble (sometimes something in between). If you have (or know someone who has) a product you would like reviewed, please send it to: Stone Cold Magic Reviews 3367 South 6400 West West Valley, Utah 84128 I’ve got a pretty big stack, but I will make every effort to get the review out as soon as possible. How’s this for a weird set of reviews: 2 gems, one rubble and 1 that’s bot gem and rubble. Read [...]

Exchange Rate, Fast Company, Exit and Gafftastic

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Nov 302011

Exchange Rate, Fast Company, Exit and Gafftastic

It looks like we’ve got a balance of 2 gems and 2 rubbles this round . . . not bad. Cameron Francis’s Exchange Rate Inc – Gem Damian Nieman’s Fast Company – Rubble Mickael Chatelain’s Exit – Rubble Liam Montier’s Gafftastic – gem Cameron Francis’s Exchange Rate (MSRP: $30.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: I’d Just Love to Lay You Down By Conway Twitty. I’ll just dive right into this. For $30 bucks, you get 8 tricks . . . mostly good tricks, but even so . . . that’s a little pricey considering the price of other DVDs [...]

Four Piles of Rubble You Don’t Want to Miss

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Oct 222011

Four Piles of Rubble You Don't Want to Miss

Man o’ Man . . . This gaggle of magic is one of the worst bunch I’ve reviewed. I’ve reviewed a ton of stuff over the years, and . . . well . . . just read it yourself . . . L&L Publishing’s World’s Greatest Magic – Magic With Dice – Rubble Shane Black’s The Pandora System – Rubble Simon Lovell’s Million Dollar Secrets With Cards – COMPLETE AND UTTER RUBBLE Stephen Tucker’s and Martin Breese’s This, That and The Other – rubble L&L Publishing’s World’s Greatest Magic – Magic With Dice (MSRP: $20.00) Random I-Tunes Song Of The [...]

Blink, Blank, Fully Loaded, Illusions, I’m So Confused

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Sep 222011

Blink, Blank, Fully Loaded, Illusions, I'm So Confused

Gem, GEM, grubble, Grubble . . . Alex Moffat’s Illusion Through Expectation – GEM! Mark Mason’s Blink – grubble Craig Petty’s Blank – Grubble Gareth Shoulder’s Fully Loaded – Gem Alex Moffat’s Illusion Through Expectation (MSRP: $39.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Burning Briges By Survivor Yes folks . . . they had more than one hit. So does Alex Moffat. His DVD Illusion Through Expectation is not just a clever title for a DVD; it’s also a solid mantra for the magi. This DVD, though a bit pricey, is loaded with gems. Let me get my complaints out [...]

Maven, Maven, Maven, Maven

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Aug 302011

This Month it’s all about the maven, Max Maven. I figured if you’ve ever wanted to get to know Max Maven, The following four Gems are perfect for this. First you get a documentary about Maven’s life. Following that you get three DVDs of commercial powerful mentalism that is solid gold. Donna Zuckerbrot’s Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume I: Close Up – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume II: Parlor – GEM Max Maven’s VideoMind: Volume III: Stage – GEM Donna Zuckerbrot’s – Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster (MSRP: $20.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The [...]

Attacked, Biten, Shived and Scorched

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Jul 282011

Yes folks this is the month of the violent reviews. We’ve got four reviews this month. Here’s the short story below. As usual, click on the link to read the details. Cameron Francis’s And David Forrest’s Attack of the Copper Silver Coin – gem Paul Gertner’s Bite Me – gem Andrew Mayne’s Stain Shiv – grubble Nopera Whitley’s Scorched – GEM! Cameron Francis’s and David Forrest’s – Attack of The Copper Silver Coin (MSRP: $30.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: If I Was Jesus By Toby Keith Let first start off by saying that Cameron Francis and I are [...]

Minimax Detector, Liquido, Rubik Predicted & Muscle Pass

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Jun 242011

Minimax Detector, Liquido, Rubik Predicted & Muscle Pass

I’m a wee bit disappointed in the final verdict on one of these. Edo’s Minimax Detector (Gimmick and DVD) – rubble JP’s Liquido (Melting Coin) – rubble Mark Elsdon’s Rubik Predicted – Absolute and Total GEM! David Kong’s The Complete Muscle Pass – Gem Edo’s Minimax Detector (Gimmick and DVD) (MSRP: $99.00) Random I-Tunes Song of the Moment: Under Your Spell/Standing – Reprise From Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episode: Once More With Feeling No better song could be playing (at least no better album title) than this one. If you read the ad copy and watch the trailer, you are [...]

Imagine Sports, Nevermind

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May 202011

G’s Imagine – GEM! Dean Dill’s Sports – GEM! Jon Maronge’s NEVERMind – PURE RUBBLE! G’s – Imagine (MSRP: $24.95) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Quicksand Jesus By Skid Row Sup G? If not now, soon, the answer to that question will be “My product sales; My Name Recognition; The Popularity of Imagine.” Or something along those lines. This effect is killer. The method is even killer-er. It’s super simple and requires minimal spectator management, and you get a whole lot of magic out of such a simple, yet powerful idea. The DVD quality is excellent (barring a few [...]

Photography Revolution – Nothing Hip

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Apr 302011

Yes folks this is the month of the violent reviews. We’ve got four reviews this month. Here’s the short story below. As usual, click on the link to read the details. Aaron Fisher’s Revolution – rubble Paul Harris’sSuperSlim Hip Pocket Mullica Wallet – Total Gem! Max Maven’s Nothing – gem Steve Gore’sTrick Photography – Gem Aaron Fisher’s – Revolution (MSRP: $30.00) Random I-Tunes Song of the Moment: Rodeo by Garth Brooks. You know . . . I’m just not diggin’ the whole one-trick-on-a-DVD-for-30-bucks thing. Well, now, Aaron Fisher has taken this to a new low, I’m sorry to say. For [...]

A Sleightly BioKinetic Toosh

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Mar 282011

Steve Haynes’s Toosh – Gem Berk Eratay’s BioKinesis – rem Cody Fisher’s Sleightly Original – GEM! Steve Haynes’s – Toosh (MSRP: $29.95) Random I-Tunes Song Of The Moment: You Could Be Mine By Guns-N-Roses I’ve gotta say . . . what better name for a magician who makes business cards appear under the spectator’s nether-regions than Haynes. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s consider a few components: DVD quality, gimmick quality, effect quality and instructional quality. DVD Quality: The menu navigation was excellent – finally. So many DVDs these days have issues in this department. The sound was mostly [...]

The Old Card Trio

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Feb 282011

Dominique Duvivier’s From Old to New – rubble Stephan Vanel’s Card Trick Magic – rubble Dave Forrest’s Trio (With Gaffs) – grubble Dominique Duvivier’s – Volume 4: From Old To New (MSRP: $39.00) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Billy Jean By David Cook Parlez Vous Francais? Me neither . . . so that means you’ll have to watch this with English dubbed over the French. It’s kind of hard to focus on the magic . . . a lot of the by play with the audience is definitely lost. From what I can tell, Mr. Duvivier is a really [...]

PK Safety Toons

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Jan 292011

Q! – Toon Genius – Rubble Kreis Magic’s PK Finger – Rubble Kreis Magic’s Safety Box – Gem-ish Q Toon Genius (MSRP: $34.99) Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Wanted Dead or Alive By Bon Jovi My understanding of the word “Genius” must be slightly off. I’ve always associated that word with positive things. Well a 10 minute instructional video for an effect with a transparent method for $35.00 is not exactly my idea of Genius. And oh the irony of this phrase: It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the method. I’ll do my best not to expose [...]

Houchin and Sankey

Posted by Jeff Stone Gems and Rubble No Responses » Tagged with: criss angel, jay sankey, magi, magic, magician, spectator

Dec 302010

Wayne Houchin’s Art of Magic – GEM! Jay Sankey’s Extremely Ambitious – Gem Wayne Houchin’s Art of Magic (MSRP: $35.00) Random I-Tunes Song Of the Moment: For Crying Out Loud by Meatloaf Wayne Houchin is a smooth operator for sure. In a world of extreme “magic” like Criss Angel and low key presentation-less magic like all the Blaine and Angel wannabes, Mr. Houchin is a breath of fresh air. He has a knack for striking that balance between distant mysterious figure and up close and personal down to earth guy. It’s not an easy balance. You see it all the [...]

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