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I've never been comfortable with the routining of placing a card back into my wallet then going back in to get another card. It telegraphs the point it happens even if they dont know exactly how it happened. I'd much rather just place their card in my wallet and reveal it verbally. Pull their card back out to prove I was right. I believe this is a more natural method and therefore these wallets aren't for me, personally.
I've got 3 wallets, each has a different peek: 1. ParaWallet by ParaLabs (Impression) 2. Orphic+ by Lewis Le Val (Inside Peek) 3. Razor Wallet by Dee Christopher (Outside Peek) The best of all worlds for me😄
Thanks for the review- regarding Astral is it English only or will it work with other languages? For the peek question - I use different ones depending on routine and situation, I mostly use the Orphic when it comes to wallets, also a modified Ellusionist EDC peek wallet, which is attached to the phone cover and works even when I have nothing else „on me“, and Phonewords as an „App peek“ and for folded billets an Acidus novus like peek. But it really depends.
Does anyone have the same issues as me when using NFC tags. Unfortunately the tag supplied with Syncroapp will only scan maybe 1 out of 10 times. Have been using it on my own phone as i cant trust the NFC not reading.
I think a name peek of a spectator’s friend might be powerful as well for akronym. They write an unknown name of a friend who isn’t there. It’s hidden from the crowd, etc. After the Akronym process, reveal the name to everyone. More spectator involvement. Greater impossibility still within the context of the effect
The Sixth Sense 1999. M. Night grew up in my county and films all of his movies in the Philadelphia area. His daughter just directed her first film "The Watchers" Galaxy Quest is an excellent Sci-fi comedy and a bit underrated
Akronym smashes parties. I like to have one of the spectators write the words out as it gives them an even more interactive experience. Let's say a boyfriend and girlfriend, have the girl choose the words and the guy write them down. A joint effort for the couple. 💫
I just never know which way to jump with AKRONYM. This was a great review but Mr Petty said it too easy to spot that the sites below the relevant page were unrelated and gave it a resounding NO. This is not cheap so am left confused.
To me it's similar to the "problems" with Inject, or other effects that simulate "real webpages." (I name Inject because it's the most popular.) The URL isn't perfect, and someone _can_ notice it. Before they had a better URL, it wasn't remotely similar to what it's supposed to be, and yet many magicians had zero issues. The trick comes down to spectator management. It's possible for Dog to have the word "Zirconium" and a small blurb about it, but not how it relates to Dog. Realistically, it's weird to see something about that. However, I feel like if you can get someone to click the word first without reading it at all, you wouldn't have that same issue. It's a good effect. However, you need to know how to pick a decent spectator.
Great products, great show... Paul comes across as a really nice guy and a great magician, but I wish I knew more about him! Was interesting to hear he did talks/presentations in schools - would love to hear more stories about his career, favoured style of magic/mentalism etc. Maybe just by throwing in some more stories/what you've each been up to that week? Cheers Eddie
Great show as usual. A short comment about that table. Many years ago I played with something like that. Here is what it needs. A little horizontal tab at the bottom of one of the legs you can step on to stabilize the table and prevent a tip over. (Speaking from experience.)
Cool story about AKRONYM from my perspective. I was also part of the "original underground" of owners and I've been doing it for a while now. Love it. Agree with David on the reactions it gets. My personal favorite reaction though was someone who had previously seen me do it was in a group watching me perform it on someone else. The name we were spelling was a 5 letter name and when we got to like the 3rd letter and beyond, this spectator who previously saw the effect kept reacting "Oh come on..." "how the hell"... every time they heard my spectator say the word they were choosing. The audience had no clue why they were reacting this way. Was a blast watching them from my side literally SEE the word come together with free choices. :)
i love it but do the really outta place Hyperlinks that seem completely irrelevant to the article at hand REALLY fly by the specs you've performed it to?
@@Moviemaniac221Lickily the process is so boring it benefits you because they are not curious enough to really pay too much attention to the context of the words.
@@Moviemaniac221 yes, the way I present it I prep the spectator to be making gut reaction choices, no thought, just pick as a "your gut is more right than you'd ever believe" type thing so we're clicking quickly.
@@jeangriffin8015 HA! To be fair, you're not wrong in certain settings. It 100% isn't a thing I do for every crowd or every show. Yes, there are certainly times when it is a bit too slow or nebulous to include in the set.
@@stevendl7879 i love it but do the really outta place Hyperlinks that seem completely irrelevant to the article at hand REALLY fly by the specs you've performed it to?
With "Akronym" you have the problem you have to take the spectators phone to type in the fake URL. That feels weird to the spectator everyone can type Wikipedia by themself. Furthermore the fake Wikipedia text makes no sense and some people recognize that. With these limitations it can't be 100% It can't be you never had trouble with sparkling. When the cork shoots out and falls to a bad place, happens to everyone at one time, you have to seek it on your knees. All I ask for is a little more honesty.
Hi. No one tells us what does score things and what to say about them. At the end of the day this is our personal opinions but we do try to cover the positives and negatives. I do completely understand that with different people, different personalities and different performing styles, taking someone's phone and typing the URL could be seen as suspicious. This is my currently most performed magic effect and no one has questioned it to my face. Some magic tricks you get a while and applause and some magic tricks live with people for a long time. Acronym gets by 100% because it lives with people a long time. It affects an audience in a deeper personal level.
@@paul_longhurst at least you agree it's an awkward moment when typing the URL and see someone's browser history. It's a very private information. No one questioned it to your face is no argument. I don't tell you what to do but give my personal opinion. No question the trick is great and personalized effects always give huge reactions but I wonder how a product with downsides can get 100%.
@@rainer4797 it's a fair question. I guess it's never been a downside for me but I do take your point. I'll try and think of things like that in future.
Some effects require presentation skills and tons of audience management. Akronym hardly requires any skills to be honest. Plus, the impact is worth any slight discomfort for the magician. PS- You should have the spectators phone in your hand from another phone effect. Grabbing it awkwardly to do the effect would be amateurish.
Jesus could you have an even more over the top process to reveal a CARD? make it better with a ring or something that matters to justify a lengthy revelation than just a signed card. there's just too many magic tricks out each year and most are shit
Is the change that the Wizard Magic Review was on 2 weeks after the last one (as it’s meant to be) and not after 3 or 5 weeks as the last couple have been. So from now on it’s going to be on fortnightly! See you on 3rd July 😁
