Hey people of the interwebs Steven back again with yet another blog post. This post is going to be 100% aimed at magicians so apologies in advance to my non magician readers.
In today’s post I will be reviewing a magic effect from the man that is known as Jay Sankey. In case you have been living under a rock for the past 25 years and you haven’t heard of Jay Sankey check out his work by clicking here.
For those of you who have heard of Jay Sankey you may have heard that at
the recent FISM convention held in Blackpool England Jay along with the
team at Vanishing Inc (Andi Gladwin and Joshua Jay) have released a
mega 3 book set called The Definitive Sankey this is an amazing 1600
pages that includes 500 tricks. Check out the demo for the books below.
Purchase it from here: http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/magic-books/the-definitive-sankey-volumes-1-3/
Well I am not here to review the books maybe I will do them sometime soon. So Steven what exactly are you reviewing I hear you ask. Well in today’s review I will be reviewing a really old trick that was released maybe 5 or 6 years ago called Bigger Finish so let’s get into the review.
Name of product: Bigger Finish By Jay Sankey
Price:Around $25 or £17
Available from:
http://www.sankeymagic.com/detail.aspx?ID=48029 or your favourite magic dealerQuick Description:
Ideal for restaurant and walkaround work! A card is selected and returned to the pack. Four cards are then removed from the deck and the spectator is asked if her card is among them. It is! All four cards are given to the spectator to hold between her closed hands, but when she opens her hands she finds that they have melted into a SINGLE JUMBO CARD! When she unfolds the jumbo card, it's found to match to her selection!!! Comes complete with two specially-printed jumbo cards, illustrated instructions and an incredible instructional DVD with brand new handlings and bonus material!Trailer:
Quality of the DVD:
The DVD runs for around 18 minutes and is shot is a studio using multiple cameras and the menus are easy to navigate. Everything is explained really well and jay also goes a little in to performance theory and Jay also explains some routine ideas. The DVD as well as coming with the DVD has written instructions included so if you don’t like learning from video then you can read and learn from the instructions. 9/10 |
| The Main menu on the DVD |
My honest opinion on the effect:
This effect is great and it is one I have done for a number of years. The handling can vary from beginner level all the way to advanced there is a handling for everyone on this DVD. It is also one of the tricks that people remember me for. I have a friend who whenever I do magic she asks me to do the one “with the 4 cards” and she is referring to this trick. Whenever I go to do a gig I will have this trick with me because it gets me great reactions and I really enjoy performing it. I have used a few of the handlings from the DVD in the past but one of my favourites to do is the classic handling. One of my other favourite handlings is one called “The Box Load Handling” this is a cleaver switch that can be used in a number of routines. The DVD comes with 2 gimmick cards I got 2 red rider back gimmicks. I have over the years worked through only one of these so they will last you a very long time.Rating out of 10:
This is a great trick/product my only problem is that the DVD includes a section of adverts for a few of Jays other marketed products but if you don’t want to watch them you don’t need to. Over all this is an amazing effect taught really well, excellently made and is one of my favourite tricks to perform. 9/10 |
| The trailers for other effects that are on the DVD |
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