Coinvexed

THE BLURB:
David Penn has finally released his Coinvexed gimmick to the
magic world!

After signing a coin the spectator experiences something
extraordinary as the signed coin bends within their own
hands. The spectator can then keep the coin as a souvenir
that freezes the moment of magic forever.

No switches! The coin that the spectator has signed is the
same coin that bends. Only the coins and the sharpie are
seen and the sharpie is perfectly normal. No special
chemicals! Just a diabolically clever gimmick that hides in
full view.

"David Penn has the best solution for a signed, bending coin
routine I have ever seen! This is sure to become a regular
performance piece for many professional magicians."
- Nicholas Einhorn, Magic Circle Close-Up Centenary Magician

"Finally, a coin bending gimmick that I actually want to
use!"
- Marc Spellman, leading European mentalist

"This is too good to sell!"
- Braco, World renowned inventor and magical historian

"This is what we have come to expect from David Penn.
Revolutionary new thinking and an expertly structured
routine that is now destined to become a modern classic!"
- Chris Priest, Millennium Champion of Close-Up Magic

"Charlie the Chicken and I never leave home without it and
we look forward to damaging the economy forever!"
- Max Somerset, TV magician and star of "Max Magic"

Comes complete with gimmick and instructional DVD.

Running Time Approximately 36min

MY COMMENTS:
This is certainly an ingenious gimmick and unquestionably
recommended for those who are looking for a device that will
cause bending miracles with coins. However, it may not be
for everyone.

In handling, it's similar to Guy Bavli's key bending
gimmick, except that the gimmick is not hidden inside a
well-known magician's device, but hidden among, and
disguised within, the coins in your pocket. Aside from that,
the gimmick is made of metal and is certainly heavier than a
couple of coins in your pocket. You do have to use both
hands in order to use the gimmick, but you are doing it
during an off-moment and the gimmick is well-disguised so
anyone watching wouldn't really know what you're doing
anyway. Also, there are magnets in the gimmick, but they
are there mostly to use in the disguise of the gimmick.
Finally, there is a one-time preparation involved in the
gimmick, but it's takes a few minutes is very easy to do.

Besides the Coinvexed gimmick, which will last a long time,
you also get special stickers which help in the construction
of the gimmick, and DVD instructions. The production values
of the DVD aren't great, but it is certainly viewable and
useable as a learning tool. The coins you use are small
coins and so it can certainly work for any performer in any
country, however if you perform in different countries, know
that you may have to construct different gimmicks for each
place. Though I don't do much PK work, I can't say if
I'd personally use this, but I'd certainly consider it if I
did and definitely recommend this if this sounds like
something you could use.