Reviews of products by The Great Leon
Miniature Haunted House
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Peter Heß (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 03 January, 2025)
Ghosts and more Ghosts :-) It is one of the classics you must read. Nice mechanics without overengeneered electronics. Pure classic animation.
Miniature Haunted House
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by James Macdonald (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 12 March, 2022)
I have no conflicts of interest. I'm a professional who has been doing magic for sixty years; primarily platform and stage magic, concentrating on sleight-of-hand.
I built this item, and have presented it in public on many occasions, mostly Halloween shows. I intend to build a second house, using what I learned from making my first one. It's easily portable and only requires one person (you!) to operate. The audience reception has been quite good.
You should know when building this, that doll-house parts (e.g. windows and doors) are not cheap. Getting the opening door and opening window to function reliably was a matter of trial-and-error. If you don't have access to a table saw and jig-saw, construction won't be easy. Please use the thinnest, best-quality plywood you can get! I have easily sunk a couple of hundred dollars into this effect.
I've modified the tricks that happen in the house to suit my style and wrote my own patter.
Definitely a worth-while routine.
Miniature Haunted House
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Gary Fischer (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 26 January, 2022)
Great product and a wonderful trick!