i received mine in the mail finally and compared to the gimmick on the dvd mine seemed sleightly
smaller but maybe john kennedys hands are smaller and look big on the tv i dont know , but anyway
where im canadian the only coffee shops we have is tim hortons and the size cups you can only use is
size medium and large , barely fits medium and just fits a large cup but both work perfectly.
the crushed cub version looks very magical but yes everyone will want to examine the cup so
i advise turning back and dispose of it into a place they will never want to look thru.
the
coffee vanish where the cup of coffee is covered with a napkin and after you do your magical hand
wave or whatever you like ( pray to jesus to send your coffee to another dimension is my preference
) you take the napkin away to show the coffee is basically completely vanished and can be examined.
the coffee transform effect " coffee to coffee beans " ( note you can also change it to
whatever you want my preference is to change the coffee into a cup thats half beans and half sugar
packs and creamers ) this is the best version on the dvd in my opinion it leaves an amazing
souvenior for the spectator and its more of a transform than a vanish.
the bag version ,
also an excelent coffee vanish you place a full cup of coffee into a bag and then you crush the bag
and the coffee together and hand it out for examination , i feel this alone is better than the
crushed cup version in the demo video cause any trick that is stunning as this people dont wanna be
restricted to examination plus handing them a crushed bag with a coffee cup inside is more
mysterious and they take the bag and open it to find an empty crushed cup inside it , its just
really sweet.
all in all if the demo looks great to you buy this for the coffee transform
and the bag version , those 2 versions alone are epic.
As stated on another post (one of the all too few voices of real world reason about this gimmick) — this trick only works reliably on YouTube, video or maybe up on stage. Why this trick got so many 5 Star reviews was a mystery to me. I do have an explanation. But it is as inflammatory as it is logical. Regardless, I GOTTA say ….
1) SET UP is not just “a bit awkward” it is almost impossible in the real world! You might actually pull it off in a coffee shop, IF you, lets say, cover yourself completely with a poncho to do the set up in a remote corner of the shop. OR stroll to the restroom (with all the necessary items) and do set up in a stall. And then you have to carefully stroll (BACK FROM THE CRAPPER!) to your table with your “full” cup of coffee.
2) NOT INSPECTABLE — it would require a close up audience of nitwits not to insist on IMMEDIATELY inspecting that crushed cup! The only “out” is IMMEDIATELY turning your back to your audience on your way to a trash can and VERY QUICKLY extracting the gimmick and then trying to palm it … BEFORE the cup gets tossed. ‘Cuz anybody (with a brain) will rush right away to the trash can to check out that cup sitting on top. Or if you’re blessed with a nitwit audience — extract the gimmick out from the trashed crushed cup later?!! C’mon … really?!!
3) NOT REPEATABLE — largely because of the Set Up rigamarole.
4) VIDEO DEMOS — note the first 2 demos show the trick already set up waiting for passersby… for obvious reasons stated above. But the #3 video is outrageously deceptive! It shows a cup at a Keurig being FILLED FULL and then quick cuts to the trick. Hey, you guys are supposed to be about helping us trick our AUDIENCES, NOT you tricking US into buying waaaayyy over priced gimmicks.
Great effect no real flaws
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