Bottled Up! by Jared Millican (Instant Download) - One of the hottest street-style effects of the year. Take Healed and Sealed to the next level. It's time to get Bottled Up!
The Effect A spectator selects a card and is given a piece of a corner as proof. The card vanishes from the deck and ends up in a "Sealed" juice bottle! Oh, did I mention that the piece that the spectator is holding matches the card inside the bottle? The spectator can even open the bottle!
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This trick is absolutely stunning. Watch as the chosen card instantly vanishes from the deck, which is cleanly shown, and appears in a SEALED Snapple bottle. Yet this trick does require some set up and you will have to buy another item to perform this nicely but the item can be found almost anywhere and it's cheap too. Aside from the set up, this trick is so amazing, and will be remembered for a long time. This trick is a definite reputation maker.
Under the right circumstances, this could be a really nice effect. The key is not to make the Snapple bottle look like it's going to be part of an effect. In order for this to work as well as it should, it should look as if the Snapple bottle is just "there".
The complaints about the set-up might be misleading. Although it does take some time, it doesn't really take any work at all. 99% of the setup just consists of waiting for the bottle to get ready. So if that's a concern, don't let it be one.
One criticism I have concerns the explanation video. For some odd reason, Oz prepares two cards, and then ends up throwing one away. It's almost as if he was prepping for a different "torn corner" effect, and forgot he didn't need a pair of matching corners for this effect. I wonder how many people will end up following along with the video anyway, and tear up cards for no reason.
One other slight problem: Snapple bottles generally have a plastic seal around the cap. If you hand the bottle to a spectator to open it, as suggested, some might notice the lack of plastic. You're much better off having the plastic laying on top of the bottle, take it off while pretending to tear it, and THEN handle the bottle to the spectator to break the vacuum seal of the cap.
This is a good trick and it's all about knowing the 'secret'. Doing this trick is pretty straightforward actually which allows you to focus on presenting this impossible feat! Good stuff!
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Lots of setup
[Verified buyer] by Chris Folea from USA on 04/02/2010 18:33:07
This routine requires a LOT of setup, but it's totally worth it. I'd go for it if you like the effect! It plays huge with large audiences especially. I got second in a talent show using this one among many other effects. It just hits really really hard!
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Preperation
[Verified buyer] by Joseph Tepper from Chicago, IL on 04/02/2010 16:15:01
What you are really buying is the preperation of the sealed snapple. While time consuming, it is still ingenious! Having said that you will have to choose the proper setting to pull out a brand new snapple beverage to produce a card :)
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