This trick is fun to perform
People love it and can recognize it right away, even some younger
kids and teens. The device is not gimmicked at all. You do use a special method that Nick teaches
you in the video on how to perform it. It comes in a nice little box to keep it safe when traveling
or in your magic box. Why do I only give it four stars, well the price. You are paying really for
the method. The viewer is just a regular viewer. Also the disk wouldn't turn sometimes. This can be
fixed by gently squeezing it together since the viewer is a two piece toy. Lastly, the disk. They
only give you one. It would have been nice to get three since they are fragile. Maybe they could
sell replacements or different pictures in the future. I do however recommend this. It's a fun piece
of mentalism and perfect for stage.
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So unique. Love the blast from the past viewer. Going on a trip and going to say I bought the
viewer at the airport shop. I think this will be a great segway into the routine. Looking forward
to new cards for the viewer coming out.
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This trick has a very easy concept.It doesn't require any special abilities.Alot of people have seen
the view master reels from years ago.The gimmick part is simple to work.It is the kind of device
that is enjoyable.People feel at ease around it.all in all a decent trick to perform.
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At first when Real viewer was presented during the black friday sale I was not sure if I would
really like that magic trick. Finally I could not resist to order it and I think it's amazing. And
yes, I'm that old to know the view master and I had one when I was a child.
Now I had it in my
magic shelf for several weeks and finally watched the video yesterday. Nick Locapo did a great job
as usual. The explained method is easy and fast to learn. Within ten minutes I memorized the method
and was able to test it out. Today I showed it to several people and they were so astonished that
they couldn't find out how it works. I will definitley include the Real Viewer in my little Magic
Show. And I hope that there will be other reels soon.
There's just one thing that is bothering
me a little bit and I'm wondering if anybody else who saw it. On one image there is a typo. SYDNEY
is mispelled. Check it out and you will see that they wrote SYNDEY. Maybe this could be fixed in the
next version of that reel. So far nobody of my audience has noticed it today.
Anyway, the trick
is really worth its money and I'm sure that I will have a lot of fun with it during my next
performances.
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This is charming, but it's odd that the instructional video never mentions the actual name of the
item, which you should probably know if you're going to talk about it with any credibility -- it's
a "View-Master" and you can still buy them for about $20
The demo video is artfully edited
to omit any hint of the method. Anyone will experience will suspect how this works, and that the
video might be fishy. You'll be right, but the trick may still get you pumped. Just beware that the
actual process during performance is different than what's shown, except in 1 case out of 7.
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The effect itself is potentially fun and a good option for livening up any travel-based mentalism
routine. It's just a shame that the Viewmaster this comes with is poorly constructed. Mine sticks
badly and this seems to be a problem others are experiencing. It also only comes with one reel of 7
different places, which is very limiting. Why not include a few different options?
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Viewer did not work properly. It would not advance pictures. The company had to send a second one
which finally worked. After reading the many comments about this item, I found out that I was not
the only one that this happened to. This is the 2nd time that a trick was sent that had to be
returned.
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This is a terrific trick works great at parties and Walk around as well as parlor.
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I have found real viewer to be one of the highlights of my performances. First of all the magi can
be in another room or with his back turned away from the subject. The subject looks through the
nostalgic looking viewer, selects a picture he/she likes and the magi reveals with 100% accuracy the
image looked at through the viewer. In my personal case audiences were astounded because it is
logically impossible to know which of the "many" images the subject is viewing, yet the magi is
right on the button. The beauty of this device is that it is literally self working, and the magi
comes out appearing like a true mind reader.
I must add that Penguin Magic also deserves 5 stars
for replacing a defective real viewer-- no questions asked. Furthermore they checked out the
replacement making sure it was
operating beautifully. We can always rely on Penguin to come to
the rescue should there be a problem.
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Works great, put it in the show 15 minutes out of the box!
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