Wayne Dobson
SIX MASTERPIECES
$18
Suggested Retail Price $20
THE BLURB:
Introduction by Stephen Tucker, April 2011:
Forget The Magnificent Seven and The Famous Five, instead...
prepare to encounter Six Masterpieces from the fertile mind
of Wayne Dobson.
The six jaw-droppingly good routines in this book were
originally destined to be either marketed, as individual
tricks, or unleashed on the unsuspecting magic world in the
form of, what would have had to be, a high priced DVD.
However, in these times of economic uncertainty, rather than
put you to all that expense... Wayne has saved you a small
fortune by publishing them all in this little book, which
has cost you a fraction of what just one of the tricks would
have cost as a marketed item.
To do this, he has had to put his thinking cap on and adapt
all six routines so that you will be able to perform them
with props that you either already have, will be able to buy
or can make at very little cost.
My personal favorite is Once upon a Time- a routine which
truly has a fairy tale ending! Wayne has cleverly built the
prop for this item into the book itself.... genius!
Settle down now, fasten your safety belts, extinguish those
cigarettes and enjoy the company of; Best Friends, Amnesia,
Only Joking, Every Time, Perspiration and The Once upon a
Time.
Best Friends: You predict which 2 of 5 coins are selected!
Amnesia: 2 signed cards change places!
Only Joking: Their chosen card, matches your prediction, and
the rest are... Jokers!
Every Time: You predict the hour they think of!
Perspiration: You reveal which colored coins are in their
hands and predict the one they left in a purse!
Once Upon A Time: They cut and shuffle repeatedly, yet you
predict 25 face up, 16 red, etc.
Pages: 12 - 8 1/2" x 6" - Color cover - Saddle Stitched
MY COMMENTS:
Wayne Dobson always has some intriguing thinking. Since
five out of six of these effects are mentalism effects, this
is certainly an item for me to look at. Half of the six
effects use playing cards and all of them are well
thought-out.
Due to Dobson's physical situation, most of his more
recently created effects are hands off and easy-to-do. The
effects in this collection are no exception. Some of the
solutions seem a bit skewed towards a magician's viewpoint,
but that certainly doesn't undermine the quality or
effectiveness of the routines.
Nothing in here is new in terms of principles or plots, but
the presentations (such as Dobson's version of
Shuffle-Bored) and thinking are quite worthwhile. And the
price is very fair for this slim twelve page, 8 1/2" x 6"
booklet.
Introduction by Stephen Tucker, April 2011:
Forget The Magnificent Seven and The Famous Five, instead...
prepare to encounter Six Masterpieces from the fertile mind
of Wayne Dobson.
The six jaw-droppingly good routines in this book were
originally destined to be either marketed, as individual
tricks, or unleashed on the unsuspecting magic world in the
form of, what would have had to be, a high priced DVD.
However, in these times of economic uncertainty, rather than
put you to all that expense... Wayne has saved you a small
fortune by publishing them all in this little book, which
has cost you a fraction of what just one of the tricks would
have cost as a marketed item.
To do this, he has had to put his thinking cap on and adapt
all six routines so that you will be able to perform them
with props that you either already have, will be able to buy
or can make at very little cost.
My personal favorite is Once upon a Time- a routine which
truly has a fairy tale ending! Wayne has cleverly built the
prop for this item into the book itself.... genius!
Settle down now, fasten your safety belts, extinguish those
cigarettes and enjoy the company of; Best Friends, Amnesia,
Only Joking, Every Time, Perspiration and The Once upon a
Time.
Best Friends: You predict which 2 of 5 coins are selected!
Amnesia: 2 signed cards change places!
Only Joking: Their chosen card, matches your prediction, and
the rest are... Jokers!
Every Time: You predict the hour they think of!
Perspiration: You reveal which colored coins are in their
hands and predict the one they left in a purse!
Once Upon A Time: They cut and shuffle repeatedly, yet you
predict 25 face up, 16 red, etc.
Pages: 12 - 8 1/2" x 6" - Color cover - Saddle Stitched
MY COMMENTS:
Wayne Dobson always has some intriguing thinking. Since
five out of six of these effects are mentalism effects, this
is certainly an item for me to look at. Half of the six
effects use playing cards and all of them are well
thought-out.
Due to Dobson's physical situation, most of his more
recently created effects are hands off and easy-to-do. The
effects in this collection are no exception. Some of the
solutions seem a bit skewed towards a magician's viewpoint,
but that certainly doesn't undermine the quality or
effectiveness of the routines.
Nothing in here is new in terms of principles or plots, but
the presentations (such as Dobson's version of
Shuffle-Bored) and thinking are quite worthwhile. And the
price is very fair for this slim twelve page, 8 1/2" x 6"
booklet.
