Just Passin' Thru by Russ Niedzwiecki - Imagine a piece of magic so incredible, so visually stunning, that it looks like trick photography...but it's happening live, inches from your face!
"Just Passin' Thru is one of the best thrills I've seen in a long time. The bonus finger effect is balls-to the-wall wonderful." -Paul Harris
"Just Passin' Thru is remarkably easy to do, with simply stunning results. At first I thought "This is very good". Then after seeing the slow-motion phase I said out loud to my DVD "That looks GREAT!" The packaging is more than outstanding. It's absurd that you get all of this for the priceÖ. a true bargain. Just Passin' Thru looks great, it's easy to do, with no palming or ditching. You can learn to do it in minutes. The audience is more amazed when you repeat it. How many tricks can you say that about? Frankly, the finger through the bill bonus is worth the cost of admission." -Kenton Knepper
"When I first saw the pencil 'Just Passin Thru' the dollar bill, I knew what it was like to be a layman again. Wow!" -Gregory Wilson
"This is what every magic-buying consumer is looking for: The combination of a new toy and a visually startling effect that takes old ideas in a fresh direction. It is the prop/effect/method you can't keep your hands off-of and you'll enjoy practicing with it almost as much as you'll enjoy performing the effect for actual spectators. The illustrations, printed instructions and DVD video instruction is a remarkable value for the price." -Michael Weber
The Effect Imagine a piece of magic so incredible, so visually stunning, that it looks like trick photography...but it's happening live, inches from your face!
A borrowed bill of any denomination is clearly and openly folded around a pencil. The bill is shown front and back to completely enwrap the pencil. With no moves, nothing added or taken away, almost instantly the pencil visually penetrates through the bill! The bill is once again wrapped around the pencil, but this time the pencil slowly... very slowly... melts... through... the bill!
You will enjoy performing this effect as much as your audience will be delighted watching it. With how incredibly easy "Just Passin' Thru" is to do coupled with the fact that all you need to carry is a pencil, this effect just might soon become one of your perennial favorites.
In addition, we have included Lonnie Chevrie's "Finger Thru Bill"... an amazingly visual, impromptu feat of magic that you will put to use immediately as the perfect follow-up to "Just Passin' Thru" or for those times when you don't have a pencil.
Comes complete with detailed, step-by-step and thoroughly illustrated instruction booklet which guides you through every nuance in an almost frame-by-frame manner. Also included is a bonus DVD which contains performances of "Just Passin' Thru" and "Finger Thru Bill" by their creators as well as a detailed explanation for "Just Passin' Thru" for those of you who learn better visually.
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This is a really cool pencil penetration trick. Most of us have seen the pen through dollar trick but it's nice to see it done with pencils too. This trick is similar to the one called Misled which is also really good. This one is going to take some practice before you can get it looking right. You will be able to perform this right away, but if you want it to be convincing, then practice in front of a mirror.
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Really cool effect
[Verified buyer] by Chris Folea from USA on 04/02/2010 23:13:28
It's a really cool effect, and it looks more believable than misled. However, it's not particularly examinable without a switch. I'd suggest something like Misled because you can borrow the pencil and pass it through. However, this trick looks like trick photography. It really depends on the effect you're going for, but I would buy the other one.
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Visual and easy.
[Verified buyer] by Magic Rich from London, UK on 04/02/2010 17:17:43
A very visual trick. As other reviews have said the trick does require a 'fat' pencil, however this has never caused me a problem and audiences don't focus on the size of the pencil- they focus on the fact that you've just put a pencil through a bill!
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Simple but great
[Verified buyer] by Anonymous from Pittsburgh, PA on 04/02/2010 12:52:23
This is a great effect for a real quick trick that takes little to no practice to get great.
The pencil I got was a big black pencil that you probably wouldn't see anywhere else in a store, but the color helps to hide the gimmick. The gimmick took a little bit of work to get "loosened up", too.
The explanation of the trick on the DVD was ok, though it would have been nice to have some other views, especially since positioning of the dollar and the pencil is everything in this trick.
Overall a great buy, good to build up the repertoire and very easy to learn.
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