this effect is great for street magic. I wouldn't do this in a walk around setting like a fair or a
restaurant. but, an all around good effect.
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I tought it was a good trick for its price at first, but as I live in Europe, the type of gums that
were shown on the DVD doesn't exist here! The package comes with 3 tricks but I can only do one!
Still, the trick "Sleeping Queen" is very impractical and you need to buy a special pen for this
effect. You have to prepare the trick 30 minutes previously. If you forget it, you ruin a card! X(
DON'T BUY IT!!!
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This entire package I got for less than 5 bucks, so I can't complain and it's defiantly worth the
price! But for 30 bucks, nope, not even close! Here is my saying for the tricks:
Sleeping
Queen PROS:
-Easy to do!
-Can be setup within a minute!
-No hard sleights or difficult
changes!
-Can be inspected at the beginning and at the end.
-GREAT ANGLES!
Sleeping
Queen Cons:
-The prop needed to find to make the gimmick is not very easy to find t local craft
stores.
-Not very practical, why would you make a queen sleep anyways?
OVERALL FOR SLEEPING
QUEEN: 4.5/5
ReWrapped Gum Pros:
-The gimmick is EXTREMELY CLEVER!
-No one will
ever figure out how it works.
-EASY TO DO!
ReWrapped Cons:
-You need 2 packs of gum for
only 1 PERFORMANCE!
-The setup is like 20 minutes for only a 1 minute trick.
-Not PRACTICAL!
-Angles aren't very good
OVERALL FOR REWRAPPED: 2.5/5
Gum Thru Wrapper Pros:
-SUPER EASY!
-Strait to the point
-EXTREMELY VISUAL
-The ditch is clever!
-Angles aren't bad
Gum Thru Wrapper Cons:
-May not work every time (it depends on you)
OVERALL FOR GUM THRU WRAPPER: 4.25/5
OVERALL RATING FOR EVERYTHING:
Dan Hauss
Sleeping Queen: 3.75/5 (rounds to a four)
Final Comments: You should buy it if it's on sale
on blizzard for $4.95 but not for the actual price.
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I think it's cool. Don't perform this on people who pay super close attention to detail or they will
probably see something suspicious. What's cool is you can set this trick up and leave it in your
deck. it's a gimmick that goes unnoticed until you bring attention to it.
Only downside is you
have a time frame to perform this in. The video suggests 2 hours but I've found you can still do it
up to 4 hrs and it's still ok. If you leave it on for extended periods of time, then it gets more
difficult to perform. Alternatively, you could carry around the 'special' pen with you but I find
that it's impractical to carry with you just for one trick.
One extra trick with cards, but the whole package is value for money.
The idea behind the trick is excellent and the video goes into great detail. You do need an extra
item but it is not expensive however they are not that easy to get hold of if you live in the UK as
I found out but soon found one on Amazon. Apart from that I love the trick and am working to fit it
into a repertoire.
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this trick is good. but, I would not use it as a opener to card tricks. if your doing a show or on
the street. i would do something else then do a D.S. with Sleeping Queen. but, to be truthful i
would only use this to get a wow that is nice kind of a laugh. Sorry... I like the Trick. but for me
i wouldn't use this a lot.
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Great Coolbox value. Easy to make and master.
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