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Unbelievalope Review
Three envelopes, a whole bunch of streaming videos, $40 bucks and one Unbelievalope Review! Is it gem or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.
Effect
The effects possible with this gimmick are many-fold. The basic idea, however, is that you have a card (or prediction) in clear view from the beginning of the trick/your show. A card is selected and signed. Then the card in the envelope is cleanly removed by you and shown to be the signed card. A variation is that you can have a folded piece of paper in the envelope that clearly shows some writing on it. Then the audience makes several decisions (e.g., Make, Model and year of a car). The envelope is opened, and the prediction is removed to show/prove that you knew what the audience would decide (i.e., confabulation).
Method
The envelope, as pointed out in the ad copy is a switching device. It allows you to show something in plain sight and secretly switch it for something else. The envelopes supplied require a 5 minute one-time modification to get them ready for performance. Also, the streaming videos included show you how to gimmick a standard USPS Priority Mail Window Envelope (shown below).
Once the envelope is gimmicked, it's ready to go and can be used at any time. The operation of the gimmick is super easy and within the grasp of any skill level. It's practical and works in both platform and close up settings.
Ad Copy Integrity
The ad copy is very accurate. It very clearly tells you exactly what you're getting. There is no reason why anyone would not know what they are purchasing based on the ad copy. There's no added hype, and it describes exactly what the product is.
Unbelievalope Review: Product Quality
The supplied Unbelievalopes are very sturdy and should last a very long time, especially with the tips Jeff Kaylor gives for preserving them. Further, the instructions (a bunch of streaming videos) are very detailed and cover everything you could possibly need to know. The audio and video quality are just fine, and each video is short and direct and to the point. You can choose which video(s) you want to watch when.
Final Thoughts
The bottom line on this one is simple. If you need a way to clearly and cleanly switch out a playing card sized object in full view of your spectator's, this is it. It's inexpensive, and you'll never need to buy refills if you make your own out of the USPS Priority Mail envelopes.
Final Verdict:
5 Stars with a Stone Status of GEM!
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66 Comments
i wish i had an envelope tonight lol
@Joseph – As my dad used to say, “Wish in one hand; spit in the other . . . see which one fills up faster.” 🙂
There once was a review of Unbelievalope.
Jeff announced a fun contest that gave us hope,
So I wrote a limerick for him.
Even though the chances were slim
That I’d come away not looking like a giant dope.
@Mark – Thanks for the entries. Both made me smile. 🙂
On New Year’s Day Jeffro came up with a contest,
And I magically approached this just like a test.
I sent some mental thoughts his way
And tried very hard to sway
His mind to send me magic’s very best.
lol
I went out to do card to anywhere
So I prepared an orange with care
I was feeling quite slick
But when I performed the trick
They insisted on choosing a pear.
@Billy – Very funny brother. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
I choose grapes im lazy
A Musing on the Purchase of Magic Reviewed by Jeff Stone
Five Stars? – From the dealers go pluck it!
Past our wives we have then oft snuck it.
But when it comes to Sans Minds
Their ads cause our whines:
“Jeff’s Obscenity Ban: We must chuck it.”
@Emory – Good to see you again brother. Thanks for the Limerick. 🙂
For the review and contest my brain was spinning,
That Jeff gave chance to a fare vote winning.
Predictions were made and cards were shuffled,
All this tension my mind went buffled.
But all the wonder of what my be,
Left one envelope sealed with a question.
Is it me?
There once was a man named Stone
Who reviewed Magic but wasn’t alone
His advice is supreme
The others can dream
Without him real reviews would be unknown.
There was a young magi from Spain
from staring he could not refrain
He was gazing for days
in dour, somber ways
He was mistaken for one David Blaine
Oh, there is so much magic we can buy,
It’s hard to learn it all, but we do try.
Soon we realize, a lot is junk,
Only to end up in a trunk.
But due to our guide, gems we do find, huzzah to the Stone Cold guy!
Magic is easy you see,
If Stone Cold says it will be.
My wife took my cash,
I can’t find my stash,
Again to my wife I must plead.
There once was a man so eclectic
His passions you would not expect it
From his tunes to his magic reviewed
(God it’s so hard not to be lewd)
Jeff’s the man! Your rule I must respect it!
Jeff’s reviews have been great.
I’ll buy his magic because it’s not fake
I now have too many tricks
And I don’t have any time to pick up chicks
It’s hard to do a limerick that’s clean
I’m sure there are few to be seen
But at the request of Mr. Stone
I’ll leave vulgarity alone
and resort to using me ole bean!
It’s hard to do a limerick and not curse
I’m sure this is one of the first
But I want to get this prize
away from you guys
If I don’t I believe I will burst!
To some magic’s more than a hobby.
Watching it can make many sobby.
If the magician is crappy,
It makes the audience unhappy,
And he’s relegated to stay in the lobby.
Watching magic’s a wonderful pastime.
You can see a penny change into a dime.
But you’ll surly want to miss
A magician named Criss,
Or you’ll feel like you’ve sucked on a lime.
There once was an assistant named Sue
Who wanted to be sawn into two.
The sawing magician was fake
and he make a mistake.
Now she haunts him with an audible “Boo!”
We magi had really lost hope,
like junkies buying junk magic dope
magic reviewed is the bomb
my junk drawer is gone
Jeff, my man, you’re unbelievalope.
There was a magician named Zatanna,
Who hailed from the state of Montana.
She tried hard to focus
When she said, “Hocus pocus.”
But she still screwed up Banana Bandana.
A seasoned magician named Matt
Was adept at pulling things from a hat.
From a force of habit
Out came a rabbit.
But he was supposed to have pulled out a rat.
There once was a guy who wrote a review
asking for limericks thinking he’d get a few
Then much to his surprise
To the Challenge they did rise
Picking a winner will be harder than he knew!
You Guys Really are Unbelievalope! These Limericks are awesome and really prove just how clever magicians are.
The greatest magician of all ages was Houdini
Who inspired David Blayne and Slydini
He once made an elephant split
Audiences yelled HOLY S#@T!!!
Causing his rivals to conjure spirits from strong martinis.
@Kent – Thanks for the entry!
Jeff is a magical guy.
Watch him and you know why.
He always gives you a clue
on wonders nobody knew.
Trust him if you want a good buy.
@Dieter – Thanks for the entry. I can’t believe how many of y’all are writing about me and my reviews.
There once was a magician named Dave
He wanted something that packed big but played small
He saw the review for Unbelievealope and it had it all
So to Jeffro a limerick he gave
@David – Thanks for the entry. Bonus points for slipping “Jeffro” into the Limerick.
Clean shaven Jeff Stone had no stubble
Honest magic reviews were no trouble
Tricks that were crem de crem
Well, he called them a gem
And the bad ones, he just called them rubble
@Rick – Beautiful brother. It’s amazing that my show can be summed up in a 5 line Limerick. 🙂
Jeff’s magic reviews are the best
at separating gems from the rest.
He’s honest and clear,
but mostly he’s sincere,
when he puts new effects to the test.
@Bob – Me likee! Thanks!
Jeff – your videos and reviews are much appreciated. Keep up the great work! Here’s a little diddy for the contest:
Go look for magic here and there;
Go look for magic ev’rywhere!
But please keep it clean;
You know what I mean:
No Magic Mike in underwear!
Happy New Year!
Mike
@Mike – Thanks brother. It’s a funny thing about the Limerick: some are easier to read (i.e., have nice flow and rhythm) than others. This one is smooth like butter. 🙂
There once was a mentalist named Joe
Whose booking of gigs fell to zero
Not a MagicReviewed subscriber
He may soon be an Uber driver
Because he bought the Nomad Pad 2.0
@Kent – Ah . . . The rise and fall of a mentalist all because Jeff is not in his life. I love it! Thanks for sharing.
There was an assistant named Nadine,
Who grew so abnormally lean,
And flat, and compressed,
That her back touched her chest,
and now she performs Origami unseen.
Ouch!
There once was a magician named Dwight,
Whose speed was much faster than light,
He set out one day,
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.
@Mark – Way to sneak in Einstein brother. Beautiful.
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She started one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.
A. H. Reginald Buller in Punch (Dec. 19, 1923): 591.
Thanks for that. It would appear that @Mark “borrowed” a Limerick, no? 🙂
Not from Mr. Buller. It was a different hand-me-down.
There once a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his gold in a bucket.
His daughter named Nan, ran off with a man.
And for the bucket, Nan tucket.
@Fredy – Sneaky . . . 🙂
Stone ignored a “no smoking” restriction,
And set fire to a book with conviction.
Half the words disappeared,
But the rest, crisp and clear,
Won the Pulitzer prize for non-Frixion.
Dude – Seriously Brilliant! Thanks.
Jeffro he so wanted to laugh,
A grand chuckle, no, not just a half,
So just like the rest,
I gave it my best.
And he’ll know that I did so sans gaffe.
@Daniel – Good one brother. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff reviews magic that’s old and that’s new.
We await his reviews ‘til we’re blue.
We buy all the gems
And let out “a-hems”
If the purchase makes us say “pee-you!”
I was searching for magic so late.
I couldn’t find any ‘twas great.
I looked at Jeff’s site
And to my delight
I’m glad I found 793.8!
@Mark – bonus points for sneaking 793.8 in there.
Tired of magic?, that I can’t believe.
Tired of business?, that I can conceive.
When the magic blues has got you down,
count on Dr.Stone, who’ll always be around,
with magic and surprises up his sleeve!!
@Xavier – Thanks for the post brother. 🙂
There once was a spectator named Jill
who nearly fainted and felt a tad ill
she had shuffled and dealed
eerie knowledge was revealed
the magi grinned at the power of Spectral Chill
@Kent – Good one. Spoken like a true “understander” of the potential of Spectral Chill. 🙂
A man on a magic review
Gave an honest opinion or two
With a wink and a smile
Sorted substance from guile
and purveyors of magical poo…
@Andy – Beautiful brother. Nice rhythm.
A female magician from Dearing,
Linked two tiny hoops through her earring.
She said “The Chinese
Used ones bigger than these,
But I find Three Ring Circus endearing.”
Second Stab at Three Ring Circus
A magician named Jay, never fearing,
Linked key ring to key ring to key ring.
He explained, “The Chinese
Prefer big ones, but these
Set conventions of hardware men cheering.”
The Greek Muse of limerick verse
Inspired lyrics raunchy and worse.
She was left apathetic
By Homer’s long epic,
Preferring verse terse and perverse.
@Jim – Thanks for the entries, but the contest is closed. Check out this video to see who won.