Cosmo Solano
NEWSWORTHY
$81
Suggested Retail Price $89.95
THE BLURB:
From the creator of "International Pocket Change", "Q" and
"SHOPAHOLIC!" comes an organic, all natural magic effect
with everyday objects! NEWSWORTHY! is an easy to do,
entertaining and MIND BLOWING effect which utilizes the
power of "Q" and leaves your audiences stunned!
EFFECT: What if your audience could "create" the news? You
present your audience with over 2 dozen choices which would
make up the elements of a Newsworthy story. They choose a
famous person and a location. One person NAMES an hour of
the afternoon.
BEFORE revealing the spectator's choices, You hand a
newspaper clipping to a spectator.
(no switches!)
It is unfolded and read aloud,
The choices are revealed and they MATCH
the printed information on the newspaper clipping!
The kicker is in the CLOCK in the background of the
picture... It shows the EXACT hour named too!
NO SLEIGHTS, SUPER EASY TO DO!
Comes complete with specially printed materials, One
"Q-Singles" unit and a free, lifetime membership to the
online "Q-Network" and forums!
("Q" is the revolutionary system which has been secretly
used by professionals worldwide and allows the performer to
EASILY & instantly produce any named playing card at the
fingertips (used also with billets, photos, messages, etc.)
"Q-Singles" are new stand-alone effects which utilize the
ingenious Q System to perform fresh and unique miracles with
seemingly everyday objects!
Use the "Q-Singles" unit (included) to perform countless
other effects with playing cards, billets, photographs and
more! Collect multiple Q-Singles and you can build a system
that will provide you with a lifetime of endless effects!
MY COMMENTS:
I have much to talk about regarding the "revolutionary" Q
system, which is a whole separate consideration, but let me
first discuss the effect. It really is a strong
mind-control type effect in which a participant chooses a
person of interest for the story, a location, and a time,
all of which are in a newspaper clipping.
To choose the person of interest and the location, you have
a stack of cards (white cards with black lettering) and the
participant selects one of each category. Each choice uses
a different method. None of these methods are new, but all
are very effective. The third item to choose, the time,
does not use cards at all and also uses a very nice idea
that I've personally not seen used before.
The consideration with this is that the use of pre-printed
cards is not organic and might feel too magicky for some.
Also, the same goes for the newspaper clipping, but, to me,
the clipping does look real and doesn't bother me in the
least.
The package comes in a DVD case, including the cards, the
newspaper clipping, the instructional DVD, and one Q system
gimmick. The instructional DVD is the same one you get for
the SHOPAHOLIC, another effect in the Q series. So this DVD
teaches the Q Network idea, plus two effects. If this
effect interests you, or if the Q system interests you (see
below), then this may be worth checking out for you.
Now, let's turn to discussing the Q system. The biggest
aspect of the blurb that I find most annoying is that Cosmo
Solano has chosen to keep secret what the Q system actually
is. I totally disagree as I think knowing what it is would
sell more product, because this gimmick has been around for
decades, at least, and there just isn't a variety of designs
available (at least, not at the time of this writing).
What I'm talking about is an i**e*. (Experienced performers
know what letters those asterisks represent.) It's flat and
leatherette, approximately 4" x 5" with twelve slots - three
columns of four - on one side. It's a different design than
I've seen. And it features some velcro which allows you to
stack them in a way that each individual gimmick is easily
accessible.
I cannot say how durable this is as I don't use it
regularly. I also cannot make a judgment as to whether this
is a great or a wasteful product. Like some other gimmicks,
this style may suit you or it may not. You may find that
this will work beautifully for some routines and not for
others, etc.
From the creator of "International Pocket Change", "Q" and
"SHOPAHOLIC!" comes an organic, all natural magic effect
with everyday objects! NEWSWORTHY! is an easy to do,
entertaining and MIND BLOWING effect which utilizes the
power of "Q" and leaves your audiences stunned!
EFFECT: What if your audience could "create" the news? You
present your audience with over 2 dozen choices which would
make up the elements of a Newsworthy story. They choose a
famous person and a location. One person NAMES an hour of
the afternoon.
BEFORE revealing the spectator's choices, You hand a
newspaper clipping to a spectator.
(no switches!)
It is unfolded and read aloud,
The choices are revealed and they MATCH
the printed information on the newspaper clipping!
The kicker is in the CLOCK in the background of the
picture... It shows the EXACT hour named too!
NO SLEIGHTS, SUPER EASY TO DO!
Comes complete with specially printed materials, One
"Q-Singles" unit and a free, lifetime membership to the
online "Q-Network" and forums!
("Q" is the revolutionary system which has been secretly
used by professionals worldwide and allows the performer to
EASILY & instantly produce any named playing card at the
fingertips (used also with billets, photos, messages, etc.)
"Q-Singles" are new stand-alone effects which utilize the
ingenious Q System to perform fresh and unique miracles with
seemingly everyday objects!
Use the "Q-Singles" unit (included) to perform countless
other effects with playing cards, billets, photographs and
more! Collect multiple Q-Singles and you can build a system
that will provide you with a lifetime of endless effects!
MY COMMENTS:
I have much to talk about regarding the "revolutionary" Q
system, which is a whole separate consideration, but let me
first discuss the effect. It really is a strong
mind-control type effect in which a participant chooses a
person of interest for the story, a location, and a time,
all of which are in a newspaper clipping.
To choose the person of interest and the location, you have
a stack of cards (white cards with black lettering) and the
participant selects one of each category. Each choice uses
a different method. None of these methods are new, but all
are very effective. The third item to choose, the time,
does not use cards at all and also uses a very nice idea
that I've personally not seen used before.
The consideration with this is that the use of pre-printed
cards is not organic and might feel too magicky for some.
Also, the same goes for the newspaper clipping, but, to me,
the clipping does look real and doesn't bother me in the
least.
The package comes in a DVD case, including the cards, the
newspaper clipping, the instructional DVD, and one Q system
gimmick. The instructional DVD is the same one you get for
the SHOPAHOLIC, another effect in the Q series. So this DVD
teaches the Q Network idea, plus two effects. If this
effect interests you, or if the Q system interests you (see
below), then this may be worth checking out for you.
Now, let's turn to discussing the Q system. The biggest
aspect of the blurb that I find most annoying is that Cosmo
Solano has chosen to keep secret what the Q system actually
is. I totally disagree as I think knowing what it is would
sell more product, because this gimmick has been around for
decades, at least, and there just isn't a variety of designs
available (at least, not at the time of this writing).
What I'm talking about is an i**e*. (Experienced performers
know what letters those asterisks represent.) It's flat and
leatherette, approximately 4" x 5" with twelve slots - three
columns of four - on one side. It's a different design than
I've seen. And it features some velcro which allows you to
stack them in a way that each individual gimmick is easily
accessible.
I cannot say how durable this is as I don't use it
regularly. I also cannot make a judgment as to whether this
is a great or a wasteful product. Like some other gimmicks,
this style may suit you or it may not. You may find that
this will work beautifully for some routines and not for
others, etc.
