Magic Tricks

I'll get the 'ugly stuff' out of the way. For the first time EVER, after many, many, MANY orders through Penguin, I had my first quality assurance issue. One of the cards in my 'set' was defective and as it was, I could not perform the trick. I sent an email to Penguin. It was quickly responded to and I was issued a new card eliminating my problem and giving me a complete set of needed cards. I realize Penguin just passes some of this through them so the problem was not with them, but they took care of it, in any case. Thank You Penguin for that, and they did it within reasonable time frame.

OK Paper, Scissors, Rock - This is a 'nice' trick. It's one I have in my 'Do Something' Box. If I can anticipate who might be asking, this is a good one. Young people tend to know this old routine well so they can 'relate'. Of course, 'grown ups' too. Everybody 'gets' the 'mental matching' part of the effect (their cards and yours) so its good for a broad audience. I think it is fairly priced, it costs somebody something to put this together. the cards are 'interesting' to look at. Without revealing 'too much' let's just say, for me, vision or lighting needs to be really good for this one but with a little practice everybody will see what they need to see. Or, more experienced 'practitioners' will know 'other ways' to accomplish or support the intention. The video might be judged a little 'weak' but, the guys get the message across. Its a 'fun', 'accepted' and usable effect. No 'hollering' at the conclusion but. it gets 'smiles', and that's good too.