Got mine in the post here in Wales in the UK today.
Watched it 3 times all ready. First impression are; From the first viewing, you can instantly see, not only how natural, convincing and fair this looks but from our point of view, you can see straight away the sheer practicality of it.
As for the routine, if anyone here does any other TnR's, such as Garcias Torn, then you will deffinatly be able to remember the full sequence to the routine. I've watched it 3 times and already I know the full routine, including all the nuances. Everything follows on in a fairly easy to remember progressive order, so it's easy to go through the motions.
The ease of this is one of the best aspects for me; No palming of extra pieces as your restoring the card. Angles (for the most part) are 360, aside for one or two moments which is nothing!
The 3rd piece is the most beautiful, organic and fair restoration I've ever seen. At first, before watching it for the first time, when it got to the 3rd piece, I thought I knew what was going to happen, NOPE, totally caught me off guard. And then I realized I had to close my mouth. This is wicked. It looks, dare I say, perfect. And I know that's a pretty bold statement.
The final piece. Now Wayne does something here, which I'm not going to go into any detail with, but as he was saying "Now for the fourth piece, it has two edges, so I'm going to ..." and I made an assumption before he'd even done the restoration. So I watched with bated breath... and as he restored it and showed the card restored, I almost wanted to give a standing ovation but at the same time slap my self in the forehead, saying "D'oh! why didn't I think of this!" It's a really practical, working and most of all CONVINCING ending. Of course, leaving them with an impossible souvenir and truly restored card that they can keep forever.
Overall, this is worth it's weight in gold. I don't like saying the word "Best" because nothing can really be "Best" at anything, if you get me. But, right now, this is my personal favorite TnR to date!
Bravo Wayne for tackling such a demon of a plot and coming up trumps!
Cheers,
Lloyd.
P.s. I don't care about production quality of any DVD as long as I can see and learn the effect off of it, but as always, production value from Wayne, is stellar.