Love the performance, handling is fairly easy once you get the feel for it. No hard “moves” or
complicated actions, peeks, or handling. Great video tutorial, short (30 minutes) with several
applications for the method. And yes, for those of you doing coins for any period of time, you
already know this, just perhaps haven’t thought of the complete application or putting it together
as well as Wes had. Overall I’m happy with it, well, except for the price. I think Penguin is
using the Penn and Tell success to “enhance” the marketing/price for a fairly simple download. I
think $5 would have been more in line, and would have been OK with $10, but $20 was a bit much. But
again, a good video, and a neat application, with no Gimmicks, switches, and left completely clean.
With all due respect, Robert. And I truly am not getting on you for your opinion. Afterall, we all have our own opinions. But I don't think the value of a trick should be determined by whether it's a "simple download" or not. Nor do I think a trick can necessarily be overpriced. The creator puts a price tag on his effect. Individually, we each determine if it's worth it or not. Then we decide to buy it or not. Let's not forget, this trick is being used every night, by 2 of the world's premier magicians. In Las Vegas. And they earn a hefty paycheck for their performances. Ask Penn & Teller to tell you what the value of this "simple download" is to them. I have always used the outcome or audience reactions to a trick to determine its value. How impressive it is, and so on. In my opinion, FLIP could be sold for $49.95 or even more and it would be a great value for the money one spends.
KnifeGuy, I totally agree with you! The value that you get vs the price you have to pay is 100% worth it! I've spent hundreds on tricks that I never used, and I've had some that cost a couple bucks that will slay your audience!
I agree with Robert. A high price implies a degree of sophistication, effort, robustness, effort and originality that I don't is there for this. In other words, what Robert is saying is that for $20 you would expect a stronger trick. This is true of any product, magical or not. Something can be "overpriced" even if it is "worth the price" to some people.
But for magic tricks it is very hard to tell what the limitations of a trick are without being told the secret, so you can't really know if a trick is "worth it" before you buy it.
As of this writing the description says you can use a borrowed coin, but you really can't. Many people on the forum have concluded that the trick is vary hard to perform in a smooth and surefire way unless you're using a half-dollar or, for example, quarters from specific states.
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