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Did a bit of searching for this one. The U.S. Half-dollar measures at: 30.6 mm The closest Chinese coin that will match that size is 31.mm. Which would be the 1/2 oz Panda-Sterling As for Euro, we get a bit smaller at 29.mm with the much more expensive €10 euro (the 'Hercules' one) I hope...

Good luck to all involved!

The digital platform has made things...interesting, as far as keeping secrets and exposure goes. I'm sure there are magic secrets that are still secrets. But to a bit hard to utilize them in public because everyone has a camera phone to record, analyze, and replicate. I think the best way to...

Clean Cut is rare in Japan too? I didn't think Clean Cut was that big a deal because it's a really easy straightforward trick if you go by the instructions. And I thought people would veer away from it. But you can do some REALLY cool stuff with it, but it takes a bit of practice Parabox and...

I know that you can't go wrong with Royal Road to Card Magic when you're starting out. That's a great baseline to start from. I know some of the more experienced hats will have a vast array of information. But as far as card tricks go. Maybe look up Ambitious Card, invisible Deck, and...

So I'm trying to write magic reviews, but I think I have a limited scope of the different settings one can perform magic. Here's what I think exist: - Show for kids - Close-up show - Stage show - Close-up busking (restaurant, for - example) - Street magic - Parlour Have I missed any others?

I appreciate it! Eventually, when I can sort the details (and the budget for it), I'll start up a legitimate blog with the reviews (sans the video and picture links. The copyrights from the shows and movies are more than likely going to bury me than anything else). But for now, this is a...

I think it's rare in the sense that I have only been able to find it in ONE shop online and it cost me 36 bucks. The shop is on EBay (Magico-Japan. Highly recommended, by the way). Haven't been able to find it on any other online store. On and off EBay. There is the Magic Works version of...

You had me at 'blank packet trick'! I'm going to look all of these up! And Wildcard sounds nuts!

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No problem. The contests are on...well...Saturday night. They are announced at 7:30 EST and you have 24 hours to make an entry. From there they are judged and a winner is announced either Sunday night (if it's a picture or random guess contest, it'll be Shnday night.). If it's a video...

Buying DVDs are a bit of a tricky thing. As you don't want to buy something that will take up space only to use 2 or 3 things from it. I only have two DVDs: Ray Kosby's Impossible Card Magic and Impossible Close Up Magic. I'd honestly have downloaded them if I could just to save space. It's...

All right. I have 5 packet tricks. Each of the have a small variance in difficulty here and here. Mostly with presentation, but a couple also benefit from sleights and fancy handiwork I have one in which I purposely MADE more difficult in order to take away some potential issues and make it...

I'm not familiar with ambitious card either, but I'm hoping this can help. - If you can get a card to the bottom of the deck, you can do a flourish called 'Erdnase Go Round'. And reveal the card that way. Little tip, you'll have to do a 1 1/2 spin on the bottom packet to make it work. Or you...

If I name a trick that uses wax, I'd basically be revealing the method of how it's done. I didn't even know how (edited for exposure) was done until you mentioned it in your initial post.

Sure! ;) I actually got 10 blank decks in April. They are an absolute blast to work with on any level! So far, I've been 'onesy-twosing' from one deck with the contests that have been going on. Being able to do virtually whatever you want without the standard card faces open up so many...

Now, I haven't got Sub Rosa (yet). But the ideas I've been messing around with involve blank cards. Having spectators sign them and all. The idea is that everyone who signs a card 'is stranded on an island. As they shuffle, you have them say how they would get off the island, and they pass...

Here's the thing that helped narrow it down for me a bit: WHO do you want to perform for? Kids? Adults? A mixture of both? Now, WHERE do you want to perform? On the street? Restaurant? Close up shows? Stage? Hospital? I feel like once you have an idea of these, you have now plowed...

It seems like that this sort of thing teeters on exposure. but to try and steer your question in a more positive direction. What sort of medium (coins, cards, etc) are you intending to use? What sort of an effect are you trying to achieve? Are you making your own effect?

He's said it a few times. I can't remember the exact number, but it's a little more than you can put in your belly button