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    Question for Bob

    These magic tricks that you collect sound interesting so I have a few questions:

    Where do you get them from and how much do they cost?
    What kind of tricks are they?
    How many do you have?
    Any recommendations for an amateur?

    #2
    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    These magic tricks that you collect sound interesting so I have a few questions:

    Where do you get them from and how much do they cost?
    What kind of tricks are they?
    How many do you have?
    Any recommendations for an amateur?
    the 'one ahead' card trick that he explained was brill.

    I tried it on the family and it went down a treat


    (\__/)
    (>'.'<)
    ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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      #3
      Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
      the 'one ahead' card trick that he explained was brill.

      I tried it on the family and it went down a treat


      Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?

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        #4
        Go online and search for "magic shop". The USA ones are best and some show you the trick as it will look to the audience. Go for the better ones and don't scrimp. I avoid the difficult "Involves palming, sleight of hand, etc." tricks - it will takes decades to learn properly. Top tip: "proper" magicians spend hours every day learning the sleight of hand stuff. You won't have the time.

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          #5
          Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
          Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?
          WHS, can't find it.

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            #6
            Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
            Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?
            sorry, no
            but I got the trick down to a t

            if Bob cant help I will give you a rundown


            (\__/)
            (>'.'<)
            ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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              #7
              Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
              Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?
              I explained the 'one ahead' card trick quite recently and the false thumb trick. If someone called Bob did the same, I don't know about that one. Can't be arsed to search.

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                #8
                I tend to get my supplies from here .

                They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

                For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

                Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.
                Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

                C.S. Lewis

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
                  I tend to get my supplies from here .

                  They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

                  For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

                  Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.
                  Ta BGG.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
                    I tend to get my supplies from here .

                    They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

                    For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

                    Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.
                    Are you available for kid's parties? Is this your Plan B?
                    Illegitimus non carborundum est!

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