Lee Asher Six for $50.00 Booklet deal.
Price $50.00
Available here: Lee Asher | my store | books & manuals | Le Asher | Special Booklet Offer
Admittedly I’m a big Lee Asher fan. (Anyone who has purchased from his site will likely know why) With that in mind I will still try to give an honest review of this bundle of booklets. As an overview of the material I will say this is definitely “bang for your buck material.” Contained within this bundle are 31 sleights, effects, and routines and one recipe for pudding. The quality of the booklets is about what you would expect from any magic booklet, anywhere from 12 – 24 pages of material stapled together with thick paper for a cover. The only color photograph in the set is on the cover of the Pulp Friction booklet. The writing is direct and to the point with tidbits of Lee’s sense of humor interjected throughout. Overall there is nothing terrible fancy or detailed about the instructions but I think between the writing and the photographs most of the material should be easily understood. The best part about these booklets are all the hidden gems you will find within. Many of those have gone on to be sold as individual PDF downloads, like the Diving Board Double, Instructional DVDs like Witness, but best of all are the ones that have yet to be mass marketed. With these opening thoughts in mind lets dive into the booklets shall we.
What follows is a list of the booklets with an overall grade for the booklet and each effect found within. I, like many others, am not big on assigning “grades” to tricks since there is a lot of subjectivity in that, but I chose to do it on this review so you can see what I found to be the highlights and then jump to that specific review. Hopefully this will save you a bit of time sifting through all this.
Booklets Included:
Sex Sells
Yo: C
Tray Sheik: B
BS Control: A
Various Ideas: C
Old Gambler vs The Young Card Punk: B
Overall: B+
Thinking Out Loud
The Ripper: B
Asheresque: B
Joking Around: C
Deuce Bag: A++
Tres Pas: C
Overall Grade: A
Lee Asher French Tour ‘99
You Bet Your Asher: B
Magic Finger Box Of Death: B
Diving Board Double: B (but the move itself is an A++, I recommend getting the pdf download dedicated to this move)
Making Ripples: B
Overall Grade: B
Pulp Friction
New Addition to the Thunderbird: C
Pulp Friction: B
Multi Peek Control With No Change to Bottom Card: B
Red Black Separation: A
Touche’…is What You Say? A++
Overall Grade: A
Hand Jobs
Third Fastest Card Trick In the World(AKA Betraying Braue): B
Losing Control: A
Slap That Ace: B
Fan-see Meeting Both of You Here: D
Not Impressive: A
Cheek to Cheek Asher Style:A
Brute Force: B-
Overall Grade: A
Close Cover Before Striking
Wipe Your Ace: B
Face Down Silver Surfer: B
Put Your Tray Tables in the Upright Position: TBD?
Rosie Palm: B
Resistance is Feudal: A
That’s A Wrap: B+
Overall Grade: B+
Overall Thoughts On 6 For $50.00 Booklet deal:
On and off for 9 months I have been working my way through this material and for the last month (when I decided to write this review) I have been devoting the majority of my practice time to this work. I am far from mastering any of this so I feel a bit leery about dismissing anything I rated a C or D because it is just possible I have yet to put in the time to understand how good it is. Because of that I strongly recommend you look at this package as a whole and understand that if something rated a 'D" it is a subjective grade that I gave it and also to understand that that "D" or "C" should be compared against other material within the Lee Asher booklets. Overall this is a fantastic set of card magic that includes top card controls, bottom card controls, a DL, a steal, transposition plots, assembly plots, oil and water plots, and the list goes on. Anyone who is serious about card magic should get this set of booklets. Anyone who gets this set of booklets should force themselves to work through every trick and sleight in the book. I found that some of the stuff I liked the most wasn't the obvious or "top billed" effect from the booklet. Furthermore, many of the effects and moves that I personally won't use still gave me ideas on how to improve other effects and sleights I do use. Overall I can't see any intermediate card magician not finding value in these booklets if they give them the time they deserve.
Overall Grade for the Booklet Deal: A+!!!
Price $50.00
Available here: Lee Asher | my store | books & manuals | Le Asher | Special Booklet Offer
Admittedly I’m a big Lee Asher fan. (Anyone who has purchased from his site will likely know why) With that in mind I will still try to give an honest review of this bundle of booklets. As an overview of the material I will say this is definitely “bang for your buck material.” Contained within this bundle are 31 sleights, effects, and routines and one recipe for pudding. The quality of the booklets is about what you would expect from any magic booklet, anywhere from 12 – 24 pages of material stapled together with thick paper for a cover. The only color photograph in the set is on the cover of the Pulp Friction booklet. The writing is direct and to the point with tidbits of Lee’s sense of humor interjected throughout. Overall there is nothing terrible fancy or detailed about the instructions but I think between the writing and the photographs most of the material should be easily understood. The best part about these booklets are all the hidden gems you will find within. Many of those have gone on to be sold as individual PDF downloads, like the Diving Board Double, Instructional DVDs like Witness, but best of all are the ones that have yet to be mass marketed. With these opening thoughts in mind lets dive into the booklets shall we.
What follows is a list of the booklets with an overall grade for the booklet and each effect found within. I, like many others, am not big on assigning “grades” to tricks since there is a lot of subjectivity in that, but I chose to do it on this review so you can see what I found to be the highlights and then jump to that specific review. Hopefully this will save you a bit of time sifting through all this.
Booklets Included:
Sex Sells
Yo: C
Tray Sheik: B
BS Control: A
Various Ideas: C
Old Gambler vs The Young Card Punk: B
Overall: B+
Thinking Out Loud
The Ripper: B
Asheresque: B
Joking Around: C
Deuce Bag: A++
Tres Pas: C
Overall Grade: A
Lee Asher French Tour ‘99
You Bet Your Asher: B
Magic Finger Box Of Death: B
Diving Board Double: B (but the move itself is an A++, I recommend getting the pdf download dedicated to this move)
Making Ripples: B
Overall Grade: B
Pulp Friction
New Addition to the Thunderbird: C
Pulp Friction: B
Multi Peek Control With No Change to Bottom Card: B
Red Black Separation: A
Touche’…is What You Say? A++
Overall Grade: A
Hand Jobs
Third Fastest Card Trick In the World(AKA Betraying Braue): B
Losing Control: A
Slap That Ace: B
Fan-see Meeting Both of You Here: D
Not Impressive: A
Cheek to Cheek Asher Style:A
Brute Force: B-
Overall Grade: A
Close Cover Before Striking
Wipe Your Ace: B
Face Down Silver Surfer: B
Put Your Tray Tables in the Upright Position: TBD?
Rosie Palm: B
Resistance is Feudal: A
That’s A Wrap: B+
Overall Grade: B+
Overall Thoughts On 6 For $50.00 Booklet deal:
On and off for 9 months I have been working my way through this material and for the last month (when I decided to write this review) I have been devoting the majority of my practice time to this work. I am far from mastering any of this so I feel a bit leery about dismissing anything I rated a C or D because it is just possible I have yet to put in the time to understand how good it is. Because of that I strongly recommend you look at this package as a whole and understand that if something rated a 'D" it is a subjective grade that I gave it and also to understand that that "D" or "C" should be compared against other material within the Lee Asher booklets. Overall this is a fantastic set of card magic that includes top card controls, bottom card controls, a DL, a steal, transposition plots, assembly plots, oil and water plots, and the list goes on. Anyone who is serious about card magic should get this set of booklets. Anyone who gets this set of booklets should force themselves to work through every trick and sleight in the book. I found that some of the stuff I liked the most wasn't the obvious or "top billed" effect from the booklet. Furthermore, many of the effects and moves that I personally won't use still gave me ideas on how to improve other effects and sleights I do use. Overall I can't see any intermediate card magician not finding value in these booklets if they give them the time they deserve.
Overall Grade for the Booklet Deal: A+!!!