Maxello Magic

Dishonest Abe is a staple for close-up workers all over the world. It's a motivated, funny and completely devious jumbo coin routine that's all action. Here's what happens...

Mention that there's a new counterfeiting ring in the area, and boy are they dumb. They're counterfeiting PENNIES! Ask to borrow a penny and take a close look at it. Yup, it's a counterfeit! How do you know? Hold a magnifying glass over it, and the penny grows to twice it's normal size. See, you say, you can see it's larger than a normal penny. When they don't believe you, remove he magnifying glass and the penny is now permanently the size of a HALF DOLLAR!

Ask them not to stare at the penny too long, 'cause the longer they stare at it, THE BIGGER IT GETS!! The half-dollar size penny instantly and magically morphs into a 3" jumbo penny!

Once again, a normal penny grows to the size of a half dollar then climaxes with the blowing up into a GIANT THREE INCH PENNY! All in your hands!

Dishonest Abe is a Jumbo penny routine that anyone can learn. It's easy to do, spectacular to see, and you'll get more "do that again" than from anything else you perform.

Included are--Gregory's Routine, matched luster set of coins (a regular penny, half dollar size penny, and a 3" jumbo penny), a magnifying glass, and 3-D Illustrations that make learning Dishonest Abe a cinch.

"Rodger Lovins has done it once again! He has created a piece of magic that is a real stunner! When Rodger sent me a copy of his new idea, I knew right away that 'PLAY TIME' would be another success in a long line of ideas coming from this magical genius." - John Rogers

"It fits in my wallet and is with me at all times. I really like the way Rodger thinks! Play Time is a keeper." - Stephen Bargatze

"Thanks Rodger, your 'Play-Time' is my new favorite trick to carry in my pocket." - Mac King

The Magician has two cards selected from a deck of cards. He tells the spectators that a lot of people ask him, "How long have you been doing magic?"

The magician then shows the spectators an old black and white photo of himself as a child. The small child, age one, is holding a playing card. The magician tells the spectators that "A picture is worth a thousand words."

He tells the first spectator that on the reverse side of this picture is another photo of me holding a face up card. The magician asks the first spectator to reveal their selection. The photo is turned over and the child star is holding a playing card. It's a Match!

The magician turns the photo face down on the table and asks 2nd spectator to reveal his selection. The magician then asks the 2nd spectator to turn the photo over. The photo has changed to match the other selected card!

• Only one photo is used.
• It never leaves their sight!
• Easy to do.

Rodger Lovins has been creating magic for over 30 years and this may well be his ultimate creation. Don't pass this one up!

Comes complete with wallet-size double sided photo, gimmick, plastic business card holder and 12 page booklet with other routines, tips and methods.

First Effect:

After a brief introduction speaking about intuition and the possibility of applying it to events of real life, a spectator is asked to shuffle a part of a deck of cards. Then, these cards are dealt in two piles, as if there were two players of a game. The spectator is invited to try to guess the color of the cards in one of the piles, to see how good his intuition is. He ends by guessing around half of the cards colors. Now the magician takes the other pile and proves his intuitive skills are beyond normal guessing all cardss colors without a single mistake.

Second Effect:

The magician now refers to the number 7 and what it symbolizes: the seven prophecies, the seven wonders, the seven capital sins. He says he needs to make four groups of seven cards each, so he asks a spectator to remove 28 cards from the deck, one at a time. The magician shuffles the cards and then asks the spectator to riffle shuffle them again. Now the cards are dealt in four piles and the spectator chooses one, getting rid of the others. The spectator takes these cards and fans them so he can see the faces. The magician now starts telling him how many hearts there are, how many clubs, how many picture cards, and finally names all the cards one by one.