Gary gets to the point with these "simple" tricks. This DVD is a real reminder that sometimes simple is best...and simple can be quite astonishing. I like his easy teaching style. He just gets to the meat of it. If you have not checked out his DVD's on thumb tip magic....you should do that as well.

Thanks for the free gift. I really enjoyed watching him breeze through these tricks.

I loved his talk about what you can personally get from magic.

I wish something like this had existed when I was a young boy back in the 1960's trying to learn magic. Of course that can also be said about the explosion of all the instructional magic media of the last few decades.

There is no substitute for seeing a trick performed by a master, even for these basic beginner tricks. The addition of performance and showmanship in this DVD will certainly inspire the next generation of magicians.

I would recommend that Penquin put together a bundle of the tricks explained at the beginning of the DVD along with the DVD and make it available for sale at a good price for first time magicians.

I got this as a free download for Christmas (Thanks, Penguin!) and was pleasantly surprised with the content. It is aimed at young, beginner, magicians and is one of the best I have seen in it's category. It is full of actual beginner tricks anyone can do with items from home. Darwin does a great job at keeping things simple; many magicians making these "beginner" DVDs seem to forget what a beginner is.

Towards the end of the video he does use a thumb tip for a few tricks but that is the most expensive item you will have to buy. Darwin is a good teacher and explains everything very well. I thoroughly enjoyed watching every minute of it. Personally I would not have gotten $30 worth of information out of it but I am not the target audience. For a young beginner this would be a great start!

I bought this just because I was curious. I am not a beginner to magic at all, and I bought this to just see what Darwin was teaching people. I was amazed. It has not only a bunch of good magic tricks and fun tricks, but also it has a lot of really good tips for young magicians to be bale to grow in magic quickly. It teaches all sorts of showmanship skills and a bunch of good buying tips. I even learned one thing from it and I've been studying magic since I was 5! Buy it right now.

it looks great but where is the instant download

I've only seen bits of this, but given the character and the production company (Gary Darwin, icon and pillar of Magic, Magic and the Penguin), has to be a quality product.

Here, too, goes on all aspects of magic, energy and Gary darwin 'overwhelming, 50 years of experience are seen, and the love he shows for magic and' engaging.

As a beginner, this DVD download was fantastic. Many of the tricks are for performing for children, but as a person just beginning to learn magic, this is perfect for me. Gary Darwin explains everything in a very easy to understand method. I live in Las Vegas and just recently started learning some beginning magic tricks. I decided to check out my local magic community and was very happy and surprised to actually meet Gary Darwin at a local meeting that he puts on right here in Las Vegas. He took time to introduce himself to me and show me some of the same basic tricks that were on his DVD. What a fantastic magician and personality! Thanks Gary Darwin and Penguin Magic.

this one is definitely for the kids.

this dvd is really good, 2 thumbs up.. very simple but effect is good..

Well my son is beginning his transformation into magic and I wanted him to learn from A to B. He has watched this about 5 times since I downloaded it and he's learned quite a few tricks. Even showed me a couple.