Maxello Magic

Breakthrough Close-Up Mentalism

Imagine sitting at a restaurant table with a group of people, saying, Before you decide it's impossible for words alone to influence your choices, consider why corporations spend 26 billion dollars a year in product and brand advertising.

A friend in the ad business, John Shrell, agreed to share a few insider tips to show how it works, you continue, With the condition that he be allowed to verify my success. So when we finish, we'll have to make a phone call to satisfy him. He owes me lunch at (a local fine restaurant) if I show him I've learned enough. Here's his toll-free number. You write it on a paper napkin of a packet of Sweet'n'Low and toss it on the table in full view.

Nearby items are quickly grouped in the center of the table - a salt shaker, a spoon, a glass, a packet of Equal, a napkin - the normal things found on most restaurant tables. Then you continue, All but one item will be eliminated in the fairest way possible.

Here's how it's done, you explain, Everyone will take turns pulling two items slightly away from the others. One of them will be eliminated and the other will be returned to the center. But first, I'll attempt to influence your decision by using marketing terms. Just keep in mind, the final choice will always be yours.

As each pair of items is selected, you describe them with advertising hyperbole and buzz words, You are deciding between a clean, shiny spoon and a sensible, conventional pepper shaker, or You're evaluating the fragile shaker full of sweet, delicious sugar and a sturdy cup for a man-sized serving of robust coffee.

One by one the participants around the table cull the assortment of items until only one remains, for example, the napkin. I'm surprised, you admit, how dependable certain words are for influencing choices.

But don't take my word for it, you continue, Let's call John to verify. Offer your cell phone to the person holding the number you wrote earlier. Go ahead, make the call. Let John know he owes me lunch. A voice mail message answers the call on John's line, he apologizes for being unavailable to take the call, and asks the caller to leave a 30-second message - especially if the caller is holding the thought of a napkin!

Influence U is small enough for your shirt pocket and always ready to go. All you need is a cell phone (required), a restaurant, coffee shop, or diner - and someone you want to blow away.

• No forces
• No gimmicks
• No sleights
• No electronics (well, your ungimmicked cell phone)
• No memorization
• No set-up
• No assistants or stooges
• No special conditions.

No matter which item they choose, John names if specifically! This is not a P.A.T.E.O. force. We'd be ashamed to sell something like that for this price. Influence U is not any other kind of force, either. Period. It's a free selection. John Shrell will name ALMOST ANYTHING normally found on a table at the diner.

For a single person (or when not actually at a restaurant) you could just as easily say, Imagine you've just sat down at a booth in a coffee shop. Let your eyes roam over the things on the table - does the glass have dried water spots on it? Are the fork's tines bent? Is the menu appetizing? Look at other things; the salt shaker, the teaspoon, the napkin... Now, imagine me reaching into your imagination and removing one of the things you've visualized. Which one did I take?

Remember, your 'back story' is that you are going to influence their choice, to an item you already have a wager on.

Comes complete with everything you need to pull off this amazing feat of mentalism!

For over half a century great magicians have made reputations with the illusion of sawing a woman in half.

There have been many methods, all with strengths and weaknesses but with this model all the drawbacks are eliminated.

It is very easy to use and portable. You can use any assistant from the audience or your own assistant.

After the person lies down on a table, their middle is covered with a frame. You now start a menacing jigsaw, saw a few pieces of wood and then run it, visibly through the frame and her/his body.

If you use a person from the audience they will wonder if they survived. With the noise and excitement of this forceful effect, they aren't sure until it is over.

You may perform this illusion under all conditions, up close and surrounded. Everything you need is included except the volunteer.

This model has some definite improvements. First of all it is laminated with Formica and built much stronger than any model on the market today. The saw does not have to be fumbled with to trigger the gimmick.

The resetting is much easier. I can't tell you how, without exposing the secret but is a definite improvement over the other models now available.

You can build a reputation with this deceptive illusion, one of the best ever created.

NB! This is the European version with 230V 50Hz.

Throughout the ages man has been fascinated with the concept of time. His quest to harness it has taken him from the ancient sundial to the atomic clock. But never before has time been told like this.

The mystery begins with the magician displaying a small glass disc; the crystal from an old pocket watch. A spectator thinks of any time of a secret time.

After blowing on the crystal, a vaporous watch dial appears on the glass, and the hands reveal the chosen hour!

The misty apparition slowly fades, disappearing in time, and the crystal is once again transparent.

This astonishing crystal comes in a velvet carrying bag, with customized polishing cloth and illustrated instructions to an intriguing and timeless presentation.

Now you can add magic to your daily life. Imagine having a friend come to your home or office and notice a colorful print of a carnival scene hanging on your wall. As they admire the attractive work of art, ask them to think of any one of thirty different numbers in the poster. You then reveal the number they are thinking of with one hundred percent accuracy. It's a killer. Immediately repeatable (and believe me, they will ask for a repeat). Impossible to figure out. No matter how many times you perform it.

If you have a wall on which to hang the poster and can count to seven, you can do this routine. Easy to do. No writing. No fishing. No memory work. No cue lists. No sleight-of-hand. No complicated formulas. Numbers range from 1 to 76. Nothing added or taken away. Comes complete and ready to use.

Artwork by well known Comics? artist Aldrin Buzz Aw (known for Justice League, Dragon Lance, X-Factor, Vengeance Of Vampirella.

Suitable for framing. Poster size is 17 Inch x 22 Inch printed in full color on 80 lb Gloss Enamel. Interactive art at its best. You will want to buy one for yourself and one for a friend.

Welcome to the VERSATILE world of the Shufton Card Catcher!

Whether you are at a meet and greet, or out on the street, you are always ready to dazzle with the Card Catcher! Instant, stunningly visual magic at your fingertips with playing cards, credit cards, business cards, paper money, written predictions - you are as unlimited as your creativity! And, you are ready to perform again with no reset!

The Shufton Card Catcher is a sturdy, specially constructed windowed envelope that puts your miracles center stage any time you want to perform them. You won't be caught off guard again with the Card Catcher in your pocket! Many stunning, highly visual effects are possible with this precision made, specially die-cut device. Objects will appear, vanish and transpose with ease, leaving your audience spellbound!

Many possible effects, always ready to go:
The Card Catcher is empty - they can see into it through the windows! A card is selected, signed and returned to the deck. Tap the deck with the Card Catcher, and a card appears inside it INSTANTLY! Remove the contents - it is their SIGNED CARD! Impossible!

Signed Transposition:
An unknown playing card is slid into the Card Catcher. They can see it through the windows at ALL TIMES. They select a card, sign it and return it to the deck. The card that was put in the Card Catcher before the selection - that has been in full view the whole time - is now removed. YES! It is their SIGNED CARD! This puts a terrible cramp on their brain!

Card to Wallet:
Have the Card Catcher in your wallet, or in another envelope. You are ready to do card-to-wallet at any time! NO PALMING! Put the card catcher into an envelope and mail it to your client with instructions not to open it until you are there! When you see him, have him select and sign a card and return it to the deck. The envelope he received in the mail is opened, and the Card Catcher is found within with a playing card "prediction" that can be seen through the windows. Watch his brain explode when the playing card is removed and it is HIS SIGNED CARD!

Torn and Restored Card or Bill:
They see a bill or card in the Card Catcher through the windows. Remove the bill or card and tear off a corner, handing it to the spectator for safe keeping. The bill is completely torn up and vanished. A bill can be instantly seen to appear in the Card Catcher! It is removed - the bill has been fully restored, but it is missing a corner. The spectator is still holding the corner, and of course it is an exact match!

Psychic Serial Number Reading From a Borrowed Bill:
A spectator provides a bill, which they fold up and slide into the Card Catcher - you don't want to even touch it! They can see the bill at all times through the windows, but the serial number is not visible - it is in the inside folds of the bill, which they folded themselves. It remains in view at all times on your outstretched hand. Almost immediately you start receiving psychometric impressions (perhaps with a dash of cold reading thrown in!), and you ask a spectator to write down a series of numbers as they occur to you. When the bill is removed from the card catcher and handed directly to the spectator, they open it up and discover that the serial number perfectly matches your divination! A psychic miracle with a borrowed, unseen dollar!

Business Card Open Prediction:
You write a prediction on the back of one of your business cards, and slide it into the Card Catcher where it remains in full view, though you cannot again touch it. They select a random number, or a birthdate, etc. When the business card is removed, the prediction matches! Not only a stupifying mental miracle, but a great way to give out your business card! Your Swami routine just got A LOT STRONGER - leaving no possible explanation!

Business Card Transposition:
Their business card is slid into the Card Catcher, where it can be seen at all times. A snap of the fingers, and it has changed into YOUR business card! A great impromptu piece of BUSINESS!

The Prediction Matches:
With a deck of ESP cards, or my preference, a normal deck of cards, this effect is a fine piece of mentalism theater! The mentalist selects a card from the deck as a prediction. It predicts the color and value of a card the spectator will randomly select. The odds are only one in 51 because only one other card in the deck will match. The mentalist places the prediction in the windowed envelope, back showing through the windows, so there can be no manipulation or funny business. Once in the envelope it is a committed prediction, which cannot be changed, yet it remains in full view at all times.

The deck is shuffled and otherwise shown to be a full deck, in a completely random order. Cards are dealt off the pack one at a time until the spectator says stop. Without looking at it, the card is left on the table (or in the spectator's hand) face down. It is shown that the other cards in the deck surrounding the selection are truly different.

The magician must show his prediction first or it wouldn't be fair! The prediction is removed from the envelope and turned face up on the table. Now all that remains is to see if the spectator's free selection will match your prediction � and, of course, it does! Astonishing!

All of these effects are possible, and many more, with the Shufton Card Catcher!

Painstaking effort and meticulous attention to detail were required to bring you this incredibly versatile prop. Professional artwork, and a booklet crammed full of ideas, concepts and effects make this a pleasure to own, and even more so to perform!

Each Card Catcher is precision made, die-cut, hand assembled and tested to make sure you have a magical device you can be proud to use.

Comes complete with the Card Catcher, an ungimmicked duplicate, and a 28 page booklet, filled with 8 hard-hitting, audience tested routines to get you started!

Miserable old fogies are always telling us "There's nothing New in Magic !" How wrong they are! There's new effects galore, and here's a trick to prove it! A sparkling new effect by one of Magic's greatest originators.

The Magician shows his hands empty .... then lifts up and freely displays a purple 6 inch plastic ring .... nothing else. Ring is taken between hands and a catching motion is mode. Instantly a band of bright green ribbon appears threaded onto the ring.

Mysteriously, and as though from nowhere a 6 inch white ring appears at the other end of the ribbon, then, quick as a flick a bright yellow one appears between the two rings!

A nice trick .... and an unusual one .... but the applause-pulling climax is yet to come when.... suddenly .... TWO WHOLE CHAINS OF RED AND WHITE RINGS APPEAR, threaded on the ribbon!

OOOH! WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!!

We have seen Werry work this and can vouch for its effectiveness. You'll have to practice a bit to perform it as neatly as he does, but it's worth it! You'll have the pleasure of proving those old fogies we told you about are completely wrong.

The rings are made of plastic, specially produced for this effect. A great trick-kit! Comes complete with detailed instructions.