I pre-ordered Rubicon and received it last month. It is an awesome trick and now has a place in my
show. It is well made and thought out. This will last for years. It is packaged very well and the
packaging is so good you can use it for your shows. I didn't have to make any adjustments but other
might spend some time adjusting it to your needs. The only downside is the instructions or online
only, and I'm not a fan of that but that's personal preference. I think this one is a home run.
I am not a fan of online instructions as well...if you are going to price this at a level outside most magicians then...give a DVD as well...bad form in my book...even though I too will probably purchase this.
Personally I don't own a dvd player on my mac so i prefer online instruction... I think the best medium to satisfy everyone is a USB stick.
rtesta, LOL!!! Great comment!
I HATE online instructions, because my flaky Wi-Fi internet connection makes it impossible for me to watch them. Spend the damn 50 cents and burn a DVD, especially when you are charging hundreds of dollars for a single effect. There can be no possible excuse not to, that is terribly unprofessional.
While I also am not a fan of online only instructions, they most likely chose that route to help prevent the sharing of the trick, considering the price. Just my opinion...
I generally do not care if the instructions are online or offline, even though at this moment since i do not have a great wifi connection i would have preferred offline version... but i do understand the reasoning of Greg when he says that any time he gets a new idea he can just shoot it and it is the online available for us.
but i totally disagree that it is unprofessional.... because whoever knows effects by Greg has to know that every detail has been though out and us not having the physical dvd is not because he wanted to save money on that ....
A pile of shit has a thousand eyes..........
Most people want to watch on their iPad or computer and not many of us even have DVD players anymore. That said, there is nothing wrong with sending a DVD upon request too. But no excuse for items that ship with only a DVD when Penguin does everything on line now. Sorry you can’t watch their lectures. Does this item not allow you to download and watch later? Most titles do have that option as far as my experience with Penguin goes. As a side note to this effect, it looks great but the solve is not magical in that it takes moves that just make you look good at it. Back in the 1970’s Doug Henning did a version where he performed a magical version where he just tossed the cube in the air, caught it and it was solved. Not sure if it was ever marketed.
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