Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: I Can't Drive 55 By The Red Rocker Himself, Sammy Hagar.

For $25.00 you get a crappy set of instructions, some misleading ad copy and a pain-in-the-butt-to-make gimmick that you have to destroy at every performance.

To be fair, however, the package comes with 12 premade gimmicks. However, after doing this routine 12 times, you'll have to make more gimmicks. Each gimmick requires you to destroy 3 full card boxes . . .

The directions (a few typed up pages stapled in the corner) open with a bold attack on the current state of magicians and magic products by mentioning that 70% of the stuff produced today is crap. Well . . . they're not helping that statistic with this product.

The ad copy is misleading. It claims that if you do this seated, you can stand up 'instantly' after the deck vanishes . . . nope. You can't do that. The so called stand up version instructions sound like they were thought up on the spot and never tested. By the way, I have no problem publishing something that's never been tested as long as you make it very clear that it's never been tested.

Here's the deal. For both the seated and the standing version, the effect is this: you put your cards back in the box. Then you make some comment about doing another trick, but you can't because the box is empty and the cards have vanished. Due to the nature of the gimmick, you can't actually just open the box and show that the cards are gone. It would reveal the method. So you have to tear up or crumble up the card box to prove that the cards are gone. Putting aside the fact that you have to make a new gimmick for each performance, this is an ok method for proving the box is empty. However, in the stand up method, they suggest tossing the crumbled box out to your audience.

Um . . . nope. If they uncrumple the box, the jig is up . . . honey . . . start the car! Frankly the stand up version is not as strong as simply switching card boxes would be.

Finally, there is a briefly glossed over handling of deck through table performed much like you would do salt shaker through the table. Again, of course, you must destroy your card box for no apparent reason. Then you have to waste three more card boxes to make a new gimmick for the next performance.

Sorry folks, I'm not buying it . . . literally.

Final Verdict:
1.5 stars with a Stone Status of Rubble.