Maxello Magic

To all appearances it is a clear net Shopping Bag. Yet you can use it for some very strong mental effects, or general effects where you need to force an item. Here are just three of the dozens of amazing effects you can perform with this bag.

• Crumpled notes or bills of different denominations are collected in the bag and mixed. A spectator is invited to pick out one of these. Performer mind-reads the serial number on the note.
• Assorted finger rings - both gents and lady's are put into the net Bag. Now a couple is asked to drop their rings in to the bag. Rings are mixed then the magician correctly picks out the pair of matching rings, behind his back!

There are several effects on the market, working on a very clever mechanical lock, where one key from half a dozen or more opens a lock, while the others do not. And the key that unlocks some treasure, (like a hundred buck bill between two plates, or a bar of gold in a clear chest) is the last one the performer gets, after the audience has had a free pick of all the others. (We make a model of the mechanical lock, advertised as Kontrol Key!) You can easily duplicate this effect with the Force Shopping bag, using a genuine lock, and several similar keys tied to ribbons or large key tags, only one of which will open the lock.

With each bag you get a 12 page instruction manuscript that gives you the basic handling techniques, and a few examples of the wide variety of effects possible. As you use the prop you will soon create many amazing routines of your own. With routines by Gay Ljungberg, Ian Adair, & Sam Dalal.

Twist a small string of pearls into a cute little poodle - much the same way that you make a balloon animal - except that it's faster and won't leave out of breath! It's the cutest thing they've ever seen!

Explain that it does tricks - have it play dead by lying it on its side, 'roll over' by turning it over a few times, and sit up by sitting him up on his rear end! Just about the time they think you're a few biscuits short of a doggie bag, your act gets a new leash on life - you now present this hot doggie to a spectator as a souvenir that they can keep. It makes a cute and memorable give-away that they'll hold on to forever!

Comes complete with a generous supply of pearls, sample poodle, and instructions. Additional pearls available.

Since the great Al Baker many master magicians like Dai Vernon, Edward Victor, Ed Marlo, Ross Bertram, Finn Jon and many more have worked and performed some version of this classic, but this is the epitome.

The magician places the deck on the palm of his hand. Waving the other hand above it, the cards begin to move forth and back in a weird way, cutting themselves and leaving a card protruding from the deck.

The spectator can remove this card and verify that it is his card. The performer repeats the same effect with the second card and this time it is again the exact card that the spectator has selected a moment ago. Immediately the performer returns the deck to the owner. The deck may be borrowed from a spectator.

You can perform it under any lighting condition. Requires no set up. There is no wax, blue tack or similar involved. You don't add any card to the deck The effect is performed with two cards, one at a time. If you have the gimmick in your pocket you are always ready to perform it. You can return the deck immediately to the spectator without any tricky move.