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Kids (and Adults) Magic Set - Super Collection

The Magic 101 package is perfect as it contains 12 tricks so you can "gift" one each month!! 

 
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Kids (and Adults) Magic Set Super Collection - MAGIC 101 & MAGIC 201

Most magic sets for kids are attractively packaged, priced inexpensively and contain, well, junk.  After a few minutes of playing with the set, even the most serious prospective young magician will lose interest.   The Magic 101 and the Magic 201 set contain quality made, professional magic that, with enough patter, will be enough for a 30-minute or longer show.  Chris uses these items commercially, so they are time tested.  Two outstanding teaching DVD's, one booklet and full instructions are included in the packages.  You'll get another booklet in the Magic 201 set with even more magic ideas.  What you won't get is a fancy box.  If your kids tire of the effects, adults can pick up where they left off and do their own show - this not just a kids kit!  The sets contain small parts and are recommended for ages 10+ .  Due to the complexity and PG rated adult (but clean) themes, the Magic 201 kit is recommended for teens and adults.

 

Here's What's Included in MAGIC 101 (RETAIL $215):

 

BAFFLING BOOMERANGS - These magical boomerangs make for an easy, self-working trick. At the same time, it is impressive when performed by anyone from the professional or those new to magic. Baffle the audience as the identical size boomerangs shrink and grow. Since there is no setup, Baffling Boomerangs can be performed over and over again until the audience just can't stand it any longer. This optical illusion has been off the market for years, and now improved with a removable gaff which allows you to pass them out with one boomerang shorter than the other!  Set includes 1 red boomerang and 1 blue boomerang. Each near 12 inches in length and made of the finest wood.

 

HEAVY POLISHED METAL GEM HOT ROD - The Magic Hot Rod is one of the most effective props in magic you can own! This is the most beautiful metal hot rod that I have ever seen.  Included is a DVD with Eddy Ray's teaching that will take you step by step into the world of the Magic Hot Rod.  Add over 30 Tricks & Tips to your arsenal! 

 

 

THE INVISIBLE DECK (BICYCLE) This is a magical weapon of last resort. Why? Because it NEVER fails!  With the included instructional DVD you will learn amazing ways to use your Invisible Deck. Learn the basics and 6 routine performances and teachings. A bonus section includes 3 more performances and teachings for a total of 9 great ways to use this deck, plus more tips and hints along the way!

 

 

HAUNTED KEY - Spooky magic at its best.  A large, antique-looking key is removed from the magician's pocket and placed on his hand. With nary a movement or word from the wonder worker, the key mysteriously rolls over on command! I also put it in the spectators hand and scare the heck out of them!  There are no threads, wires or other attachments to the key. Complete examination of the key is allowed at ANY point during the magician's routine. This masterpiece comes complete with key, instructions and secret.

 

VIZ-ESCAPE - A black strip is inserted into a case and secured with a fastener. The black strip is unquestionably locked in place. The magician calls attention to the fact that the strip can not be removed without removing the fastener. Even so, at the performers command, the black strip visibly penetrates the red case. It seems to magically melt through the fastener. No sleight of hand required! The spectator can examine all the props before and after the trick. 

 

BUSINESS CARD PRINTER - A blank card is shown inside a small, clear plastic "Business Card Printer." At the snap of the magician's fingers, the blank card visibly prints! It can then be handed out as a memorable souvenir.  This works with white business or calling cards.  Very easy to do.

 

 

THE CHOICE IS MINE: DICEY 1, 2, 3.   BY CHRISTOPHER MANOS. A perfect way to give away your business card.  After you write the numbers 1, 2, and 3 on your business card, one of three colorful dice is merely thought of by the spectator.  The positions are exchanged several times while the magician looks away.  The magician correctly predicts the mentally thought of die.  You give your business card as a keepsake reminder of how great a magician you are!  Included are three beautiful translucent color dice and a velvet draw string bag to carry them in.  Dice color will vary. 

 

 

THE GREAT CHAIN CON.  BY CHRISTOPHER MANOS. - This is the Worlds Best Endless Chain! I had these chains made several years ago, and magicians tell me that they are the best they have ever seen and worked with. It is a sell-out at my lectures.

Let me explain sell-out. Some magicians advertise that they sold out an item at a lecture or convention when in fact they only had one to sell. Well, I brought 30 of these to my local magic club one year, sold out, and had to mail out 2 of them. I did a lecture for 40 people in December and brought 25 chains with me, sold out and had to mail 5 of them. My local club is the Mile High Magicians Society in Denver, CO (IBM Ring #131). If you know a member feel free to ask them.

Now about the chain - it is truly an endless chain - there is NO CLIP to attach the ends - it is made in one continuous loop. (First reason why I claim this to be the best endless chain on the market.) It is made of ball chain BUT not regular ball chain - it is SQUARE BALL CHAIN that will not roll when thrown on a slick surface. Each "Ball" has 4 equally spaced flat spots on it. Hard to see on the photo, but this is the second reason that I say this is the best endless chain on the market. It is of the perfect size about 25 inches end-to-end, which is actually about 50 full inches of chain. It is varnished to maintain the shine! You have a choice of either the shiny nickel or shiny brass color.  (The brass color will eventually get dull, but will shine when dipped in a liquid brass cleaner)

Included is my endless chain routine that always wins a rouse of applause and lots of laughter. The routine has a hint of Abbott & Costello in it. 

Effect: A length of chain is displayed to a spectator. The magician tells a story of how crooked carnival operators used the chain in a game to steal from their patrons. The magician makes a figure-eight pattern with the chain, giving the spectator a choice of two circles to put his finger into. The object of winning the game is to choose the correct opening that will retain the chain on the spectator's finger. The magician explains, there is a 50/50 chance of winning and an equal chance of losing. A series of pretend bets are placed with the spectator, and the spectator always loses. Complete tested routine included.

 

RINGUS-DINGUS The magician holds a chain in one hand and a solid metal ring in his other hand.  The chain is placed inside the ring.  When the ring is let go, it becomes automatically linked with the chain.  Included is a heavy nickel plated ring.

 

 

 

PYRAMID PUZZLE Two plastic pieces form a pyramid.  Sounds easy, but it is not.  Once you know the secret it can be done in a matter of seconds.  Great for walk-around magic.

 

 

 

 

STEEL BALL AND TUBE with STEEL BALL AND TUBE BOOKLET A classic in magic.  A well made all metal prop.  You can make the ball magically descend into the tube, but your assistant cannot.  Lots of laughs and requires minimal sleight of hand technique.  A 28 page booklet, "Magic  with a Steel Ball and Tube" by Magic Ian is included! 

 

 

 

NAIL PUZZLE These heavy duty nails are linked together.  The challenge is to unlink them.  This is another great item for walk-around magic.

 

 

MAGIC 101 (RETAIL $215) YOUR PRICE $101

 

 

MAGIC 201 INCLUDES ALL THE ABOVE AND THESE GREAT ITEMS (RETAIL $372):

 

*NEW*  MAGICAL THINGS I REALLY DO DO! - The Lecture notes of Christopher Manos.  Learn Chris’s Endless Chain Routine (Chris sells the perfect chain for the Endless Chain Routine), Sleightly Easy Miser’s Dream Routine (Anyone can do the Miser’s Dream Routine without coin sleights), Wipe Out (An incredible prediction that started with an Etch-a-Sketch), Vegas 21 (Oh, so simple and so devious), Naughty Duck (This duck has been naughty since working the Denver Playboy Club in 1975.), The Choice is Mine: Dice 1, 2, 3 (A very cool pocket prediction effect) Rub-a-Dub-Dub (If you can memorize this poem, you can do the cups and balls), Thumb Twister Illusion (Fire up your audience in less than two minutes!), Block Off Cord Escape (Remember the 1939 World’s Fair in New York?  I don’t!), A Swinging Prediction (An October holiday favorite), Crooked Dice (Strong funny magic about con games), Foreign Money Exchange (Did you ever travel to another country and feel a bit out of place?), Illusion Card Box (Knock their socks off with this one AND maybe their shorts too!), Fred and Other Folks (Fred has kept Chris in business for 35 years), Magic Means Money! (A very simple to do negotiating ploy with your audience for your next six-figure contract.  Spectator names several six figure amounts, you predict the outcome after they give you the first number.)  Comedy Mini Wallet Gags, and more!  Chris shares stories about Las Vegas , Doug Henning and some of the most amazing things that have happened to him in his world travels.  40 pages, 17, 939 words, 8.5 x 11 format.

VEGAS 21.  BY CHRISTOPHER MANOS A magic square not found in books!  Themed around a Blackjack game, a new deck of cards is handed out to spectators to shuffle.  They are returned and the magician deals out the top 16 cards and gives them to a member of the audience.  The sixteen cards are correctly named by the magician who writes them on a sketch pad.  The card values, no matter which direction they are added, all equal 21.  This comes with a genuine gaffed Sharpie marker and a card gaff.  This is extremely easy to do with no sleights involved.  You must provide your own cards and sketch pad.

CROOKED DICE.  BY CHRISTOPHER MANOS  A fun routine centering on the game of craps or any game using dice for that matter.  Magician explains to the audience that when playing games involving dice it is important to inspect them to make sure that they are legitimate. There’s lots of funny business here and the opportunity to demonstrate the gaffed dice and pass them out to the audience.  After passing the dice out you test your audience asking if they can tell if the next dice you show are cooked.  Bringing them up to view is a set of large crooked looking dice. Once the laughter settles down, you complete one final routine further confusing your audience.

Included in the set are: A translucent normal die with bright spots that your audience can easily see from a distance; one casino die, a perfect cube with no rounded edges; a novelty set of crooked dice; a quality set of seven/eleven dice, one die has all fives, the other has only twos and sixes; a set of loaded dice, these are obviously loaded dice, as genuine loads will cost about $250 each; a shaved die, looking at one corner the shaving is exaggerated a bit, perfect for demonstration; a pair of brick/shapes dice, these dice are not true squares or cubes; a pair of tops/T’s/miss-spot dice, these dice contain only three numbers on them.  As the human eye can only see three sides of the dice at one time, it is not obvious that they are gaffed.  These are the most common tops, known as “Suicide T’s”, they contain the following values: 1-5-6 and 3-4-5..  You cannot “crap out” with these dice; and a velvet draw string bag to carry your set of 13 hard to find dice. 

BLOCK OFF CORD. (Unpainted)  BY CHRISTOPHER MANOS.. Effect: A block with a hole drilled through it and a piece of rope is handed out for inspection. The magician threads the rope through the block twice, and upon command, the rope penetrates the block. The routine for this trick can be found in "Using Magic in Drug and Alcohol Prevention Presentations" and "Magical Things I Do Do!"  Includes the block, cord and instructions.  Sanded and ready for you to paint it your favorite color.

 

ILLUSION CARD BOX - The Ultimate Card Illusion of making a signed card magically appear inside the box.  Have a card freely selected and signed.  After losing it in the deck the magician cannot find it after several tries.  Another spectator holding the previously examined box opens the cover to find the missing card there.  Impossible?  Nope, not with this little gem.  This finely crafted wood box measures 2.38x1.94x1.50 inches. 

 

MAGIC 201 (RETAIL $372) YOUR PRICE $201

 

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