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Think Link
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by David Burmeister (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 13 April, 2024)
All I can say is that this is AMAZING!!! I pretty much guessed how this would work because I have bought plenty of other items from THE UNKNOWN MENTALIST but again, THIS EFFECT IS AMAZING. You need to memorize the script by heart which shouldn't be too difficult. When you are done doing that you will definitely floor the sceptics because there doesn't seem like they have given you any information (WHICH THEY HAVEN'T), and yet, you come up with the country they are thinking of. My own thinking is to do this anywhere with people and then later time you can scribble down your thoughts on a clipboard with a prompter list and pull off one of the effects in the GROW DEVILS effect. Since you do this effect propless and a person might witness it they won't think you're cheating in any way with that effect either. I give this A 10 + RATING !!!
Not to change the subject, but, if you do any type of stage or parlor or stage mentalism, BUY the index / PEEK WALLET, THE UNKNOWN MENTALIST IS SELLING. I personally don't have it, but I do have two LARY BECKER's VERSADEX WALLETS at home. When I did shows, years ago before retiring, I used these wallets. They were and are GREAT!!! Imagine a person simply thinks of a word and it's definition in a dictionary and the mentalist writes down his thoughts and they are identical...OR, imagine a spectator thinking of their STAR SIGN, and selects a playing card and the mentalist actually has a prediction on a billet which is 100 % accurate. I have had people actually GASP, when I did either of these effects and I'm sure THE UNKNOWN MENTALIST has equal effects with his BILLET INDEX WALLET. Also, if you still want more effects with THE UNKNOWN MENTALISTS' WALLET, BUY LARRY BECKERS STUNNERS EBOOK from LYBRARY.COM, It will have all the effects that Larry Becker produced, along with their instructions for his products, including the VERSADEX WALLET and many others. Also many other great effects are in the STUNNERS EBOOK. It is worth having. Sorry for this lengthy lecture but I hate to see someone NOT to have this material. It is a GOLDMINE of wealthy INFORMATION!!!
WELL DONE UNKNOWN MENTALIST!!!
Propless Cartomancy
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 12 April, 2024)
I was on a flight from Dusseldorf to Dubai when I read this manuscript. And as soon as I finished reading, I tried the first routine (Propless Cartomancy) on my co-passenger who was seated adjacent to me. And I revealed to her that she was thinking of herself as being "Sympathetic". She freaked out and I loved it. I will be keeping this in my go to arsenal of quick propless effects for repeated use.
Jinx
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Dominik Dlabacek (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 12 April, 2024)
Worth every penny.
Propless Chronologue
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 12 April, 2024)
I have been performing a version of Bob Cassidy's Chronologue with my own set of handwritten diaries for the past several years. So I was intrigued how Chronologue can be made 'Propless' and picked this up - and happy that I did. Using his own birthday, a helper arrives at a playing card - this process is basic and brilliant. Nothing is spoken or written down - everything is done in his head by the helper. And you can reveal the lucky card directly without fishing. I will be using this. Especially as a follow up to my regular Chronologue routine.
Jinx
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by John Yost (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 11 April, 2024)
I was interested in a few items and not the card tricks so much. There is A LOT to read and I haven't looked at it all but what I have read is interesting. Having a bit of trouble re-locating index after finding it initially. My fault I'm sure. I am not a pro magician.
Think Link
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 11 April, 2024)
Usually, I tend to forget the process in propless routines if I do not perform that routine regularly. But this one is an exception, I feel. The process here is simple, direct and difficult to forget once you understand the underlying principle. The theme of travel and countries is both interesting and relatable. I tried the first routine (Argentina) on a colleague today and it worked like a charm.
Sawing Illusion Secrets
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
A little quick booklet to give you a brief idea of many different techniques to cut someone in two. For 3 bucks, you have enough for your money but don't expect to have any details on how to build these illusions yourself. This is more like a decision maker document, so you can then investigate further on the methods somewhere else after you made your choice of method...
Tops Treasury of Illusions
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
Wow! What a great and generous illusion book for inspiration! So many effects are explained in good detail, for a reasonable price! You will find at least 5 illusions that you will want to include in your show and tons of inspiration to create your own! Of course, this is an old book and of course, some material in there is outdated, but you have to read it as a history book, full of seeds for planting ideas in your mind that will grow in various directions! The best illusion book I found on Lybrary.com yet...
ZIP: zodiac prediction
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
A convoluted method that turns a simple method into a complex one and you cannot even give out your card as a souvenir. Disappointing.
Month ID
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
This is a lengthy math process. I found it quite complex. After trying to wrap my head around it for a full day, I gave up. It seemed a lot of hard work just to reveal the month of birth.
Zodiac Oracle
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Ray Jack (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
This is a smart idea in principle. A very clever application of the classic clock trick. But the downside is the laborious counting procedure. It is almost like dealing two full deck of playing cards. Although a shortcut is given, it makes the process a little suspicious. But overall a good idea to have in your arsenal.
Pure Q and A
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Gregg Webb (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 09 April, 2024)
I found this to be the most audacious method and presentation for a Q&A act I've yet read. To pull this off, you'd have to be steeped in this kind of work so as to be able to come up with something to say. The thing is, you are doing just what you claim to be doing...saying what you think and not making any claims that you have to back up. Certain questions you refuse to answer and you tell why...medical issues or lotto numbers etc. The act is divided into 4 parts if I'm not mistaken. Certainly tough to learn, but if you already have the ability to do readings, this is really easier than all the gaffed methods for getting info. And, if you don't know an answer, you just say so, and since you are not claiming true powers, the audience is said to go along with you on this, and don't turn against you. I plan on rereading this and Paul's other books regularly because he has hit upon a very unusual style.
Card Kinetics
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Jonathan LOUCHART (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Monday 08 April, 2024)
Since reading "Angel card rise plus" I discovered the work of David Britland and I am a fan! Card Kinetics is the natural extension of "Angel card rise plus", it will allow you to expand your elastic and invisible thread routines.
Just Five!
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Randy Hill (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Sunday 07 April, 2024)
Nice Variations of card effects, but probably nothing that would fit with what I normally do.
Hat-A-Rama
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Joe Libby (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 06 April, 2024)
This bit of business is a natural for kid show performers. Congratulations to Devin for seeing the potential in this. Currently, it appears the honeycomb hats are brightly colored on all sides, so the plunger bit probably won't work. But you can do the alternate setup of a vase with a flower in it. As I write this, you can buy one or two hats, reasonably priced, from some eBay dealers and from AliExpress. Just use the search term Devin mentions and you should be able to find them. Keep the kiddos laughing!
Hex
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Jeff Chandler (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 06 April, 2024)
I haven't had a chance to thoroughly explore this. But I know I won't be disappointed.
Slydini Fan Steal
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Jeff Chandler (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 06 April, 2024)
It's short and to the point. For $2 it was a bargain as this was a sleight I didn't know. And it's the great Allan Ackerman teaching it.
27 Illusions
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 05 April, 2024)
If you are looking for a good illusion book, this one is not for you. The project was surely original and cool for the architecture students, but these "illusions" have been totally thought by amateurs, in an amateur way, for amateurs. Most methods are so simplistic that anyone in the audience will figure them out immediately. But the worst is that all the pictures are about 1 inch by 1 inch and are blurry and taken from 75 feet away, so you can't see anything. And the plans are hard to understand without good explanations to come with them. If the price was set at $3, then, maybe it would deserve 2 stars, but at $20, it is a big waste of money!
Levitation Secrets
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 03 April, 2024)
Not too bad little compilation list to have in your repertoire, just to remind you all the possibilities you have in terms of levitations. However, I was disappointed to see how poor the texts and drawings are! Ok, the very low price partially compensates for the lack of any details and explanations. This booklet certainly won't help you to know how to build illusions yourself, but it is a good little notebook to serve as a decision maker, to choose what method you want before investigating yourself to find out how to build it yourself or where to buy it... Worth your 3$, but not a penny more!
Illusions Illusions
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 03 April, 2024)
A great compilation of Abbott's illusions plans that is a must for every professional illusionist. The instructions are easy to understand and the plans are clear and precise. The only downside is that many illusions in that book are marked as Abbott's property and creation, with absolutely no mention to the real creator: U. F. Grant. Many of them are even taken directly, without any changes, from Grant's books! Would it be possible for Abbott to correct that and to finally give credit to the creator?
Power of Persuasion
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Bill Irwin (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 03 April, 2024)
Dated for material, but an interesting read and useful for background reference.
Glass of Water Production Routine
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Bill Irwin (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 03 April, 2024)
Great for the streets and fun to do. This is a nice documentary of the effect.
Modern Levitations
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 03 April, 2024)
I give it only 3 stars, because I was expecting more effective levitation effects. In this book, I only found two. Super X levitation is a classic and here you will find a way to build it for a few bucks. Best Yet Levitation is a way of doing a levitation almost impromptu, without specialized equipment. There is also a floating table effect that is somewhat interesting, but other than those 3 effects, all the rest published in this book, which means the Parlor Ashra and the Miracle Suspension, is pure junk, or to stay polite, rather useless material!
Grant's Illusion Secrets
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 02 April, 2024)
A good little illusion book by a great Illusion creator, for a very cheap price! Highly recommended to produce a big scale show with a tight budget. However, if you are going to buy the Devon Knight's compilation called Grant's Lost Secrets, you don't have to buy this one, as most of the illusions of this book are in the other one.
U. F. Grant's Lost Illusion Secrets Revealed
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Frederic Clement (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 02 April, 2024)
Very interesting compilation of illusions and documents written by U.F. Grant. Dozens of great illusions ideas and principles that can be adapted to fit your own show. This is a historical book, so you have to know in advance that some principles are outdated for today's reality. Also, a few illustrations are missing, mostly in the last section. However, you have to read it to get your own imagination stimulated to create your own stuff, and most of the illusions that don't have illustrations, you can figure out what it's supposed to look like. But still, many of the illusions in this book can be used as is, and they are near perfect as is! Even if you only use one of them in your show, it's gotta easily repay the price of the book. Talking about the price, it seems a little too pricy to me, compared to other books of that age, and of public domain. $20 or $25 would have been more appropriate. But that being said, I don't regret my purchase and I would buy it again knowing what I know now...