I've had a Crazy Cube for over 30 years and frankly never thought much of it. Afterall, its so easy to do "everybody" knows how it is done - right. Well, I came across my old, beat up one the other day and showed my son how to do the effect. Afterward I tossed it into my bag and forgot about it.

Last week I was at a breakfast meeting about my regular business. I was pitching a contract with a major national company. One the assistants had done an online search for me and discovered that I was also a magical performer. I was asked to do something. I pulled out the crazy cube in my bag.

My patter was that growing a business is a gamble, sort of like rolling the dice. Well what they wanted and needed was someone who could predict that roll of the dice to help them build their company. So I preformed the basis dice read with only the small tube. The CEO demanded that I do it again but let him do everything.

I handed him the small tube, top and dice, turned my back and he placed the dice in the tube, put the top on. I asked him to look at the top, then the bottom. I picked up the larger tube and said, "lets make this even harder so put your tube in to this one upside down." The statement made no sense but worked. I help the larger tube up to eye level at an angle toward the CEO. As he was placing the small tube (top down) into the large I caught the glimpse I needed. Handed his the large tube and the top to close. He held the closed tubes. Then I repeated the divination.

They were convinced. I got the contract no questions and was asked if I'd do a holiday party for their executives and families. I asked for twice my regular fee and they instantly agreed.

I immediately came home and ordered two more just to have on me. The fact that this "cheap trick" has been around forever doesn't mean it cannot be done well and fool people.

The CEO is still telling people that I never touched the tubes and could still tell what his number was.

With so many other things I could have done the Crazy Cube worked. I think mainly because it doesn't look particularly "magical."

Hope this helps.

This is one of my favorite tricks of all time because I never, ever get caught. So far, it is foolproof to the most skeptical people I know who are good at figuring out tricks. I recommend you perform it almost identical to how Oz does in this video, but tell them that they have 5 seconds to put the dice in the container and the cap on. That way they only have time to put the cap on and zero time to figure out the secret.

some people are giving bad reviews on this, this one is great, very easy to do and the people never catch on to it or figure it out, the size is perfect i think,i always get the people with this one. great for walk arounds.

EFFECT = GREAT

CONSTRUCTION = VERY POOR

It's not a bad trick for how cheap it is, but I've had times when people have figured it out. Whenever I first saw it, it baffled me, so its still a good trick.

This effect is something I am sure many you have seen at a younger age. Because of this, it is QUITE easy to think that this effect is bad, or childish. DO NOT think that.

This is a powerful effect, and in my experience gets JUST as much of a reaction (if not more) than my other, more complex mentalism routines. Predicting a number on a dice that is inside two OPAQUE cases is a feat of impossibility.

Pick this up if you don't have it; if nothing else allow it to be a lesson of that things become classics for a reason. If it wasn't good and didn't get great reactions, it wouldn't be a classic.

I love this trick, it is small and portable. Nobody has figured it out yet. The best part is the low price for a great reaction!

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Now this is an interesting thing, because for the most part this is a novice effect you can find in kids magic kits and such. But I've actually watched a pro magician working a crowd with this! An adult crowd, and really getting reactions. Just goes to show how important presentation and performance is. This can be a very entertaining effect, but you've got to be willing to put the time and effort into presenting it well.

B_Magic

Most enjoyable to perform. It always fools people, especially kids.

Love this! So inexpensive and if done correctly, it's a killer. I combine this with a prediction app and have their role of the die show up in my gallery. A pic that appears to have been taken a few days ago!