Distortion Gimmick

[nitelife]

i wasnt sure to where to put this, but I cant seem to find the distortion gimmick by its self in the store, is it no longer carried? if so does anyone know where i can get just the gimmick, ive made a few some better than others but they just dont hold up after just a couple performances, thanks

[Misjief]

Nitelife-

What is it and how do you make one? I love making stuff!

-misj-

[[RH]magician]

Misj, it's an effect by wayne houchin. It's sold by theory11 but you should try check exomagic's shop out.
It's a trick where pips visually move from one place to another to find the spectator's chosen card.

[nitelife]

i did a search in the store and nothin came up so am i to assume they no longer supply them?

[Brandon Pomeroy]

That's odd, I can't find them either I do know that we used to have them. I'll contact Alex (or maybe he'll see this thread), and find out what's up.

[nitelife]

cool, sounds good thanks

[lag]

I think you can make them yourselves using IT. There's a thread about making it in the past (way before I joined exo). You can try using the search function.

[melvin]

http://www.exomagic.com/forum/howto-...n-gimmick.html

here is it...the distortion.. ^^
wanna try to make one too.. LOL
but i never tried to make any gimmick b4..

[Allen]

Moving Pips 4 To 6 By Cyril Card Close-Up Magic Trick - eBay (item 300440920714 end time Jul-25-10 17:30:51 PDT)

ebay sells just the card if you do a search for Moving pips card on Ebay.

[lag]

but i never tried to make any gimmick b4..

melvin! you should try making one. the process may be frustrating but you do gain insights into how things works (hence improve your performance) and may trigger off new ideas! haha

[melvin]

yea... i sure will try out...
window by david stone...
TnR by *oh shit... forgot dy* LOL
hard to get material and the mood.. and time... TT

[industrialchild]

Ah, the distortion gimmick is called "The Moving Pip" card. The gimmick in question used to be incorporated in a stage routine with Jumbo cards. Michael Ammar popularized this gimmick, and brought it into the realm of close-up and applied this principle to poker-sized playing cards in his routine "Visually Yours".

Michael Ammar's routine is also taught on the Distortion DVD.

While you could make the gimmick, it's very frustrating to try and do so. Not to mention the final product probably won't be nearly the quality as the one you get with the Distortion DVD.

Upon purchasing the Distortion DVD, you also purchase the right to buy replacement gimmicks, that are handmade by the crew at T11. I'm still using my gimmick that originally came with the DVD. I've owned mine for around a year and a half now.

I'd highly recommend purchasing this legitimately, it's well worth the money.

[Brandon Pomeroy]

Sorry for not getting back sooner, I've been having trouble getting online. Anyways, I talked to Alex and it turns out that we no longer carry the gimmick. Sorry for the inconvenience, but, as others have already shown, there are many other alternate sources.

[nitelife]

thanks anyways, guess i'll just go thru t11, itd be nice to be able to buy replacements as well as add to the library of illusion dvds, would rather spend my time performin it than making it lol

[haroldross]

Not to discourage you from buying it. You really see the value in buying it for yourself.

On the other hand, when you try to construct one yourself, you may end up creating something totally new or an improved version. I think of all the people who have taken Patrick Page's 'Easy Money' and created some very good variations and improvements to his idea. Just look at the Heiny 500, Extreme Burn, and Hundy 500- All started from Patrick Page's basic idea. The same is true with the 'Torn And Restored Newspaper' by Gene Anderson. There are many versions of this effect, all based on the basic effect from Gene Anderson.

What am I saying? Buy the effect (support the magic industry) but also don't be afraid to experiment and mage the effect better!