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Torn and Restored Card by Richard Young
Richard Young was mentored by the great Bob Swadling, and has been fortunate enough to earn his trust so to be allowed to resurect one of Bob's greatest inventions. The Swadling Torn and Restored changing card. This is an interview with Richard. ..
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The Shadow Wallet by Dee Christopher Review

An index and peek in a super slim wallet. Surely its too good to be true.

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One Question by Ollie Mealing

Ollie Mealing isn't the first to make an effect from this old party game. 

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PropDog Live Show February 27th

● Misprint 2.0 by Luke Dancy ● Gentleman LeatherSmith wallets ● Amnesia by Vincent Hedan ● Ring in the Bell by Reynold Alexander ● Close Up Cases ● Black Art Well Table ● Bruce Cervon Castle Notebooks ● Pure Imagination by Scott Robinson ● Thought Transmitter (battery replacement) Yes/No Coins 

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Chinese Tweezers by Tenyo/Tango - Review

Chinese Tweezers by Mario Lopez, is a great visual coin trick.

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Upper Hand by Gary Jones - Review

Top UK working magician Gary Jones offers up a brilliant version of cards to pocket.

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PropDog Live Show February 19th

Trevor Duffy Close Up Pads ● Adult Coins by PropDog Electric Finger Flasher £2/50p Coin Unique ● Electric Finger Flasher (continued) ● £2/50p Coin Unique (continued) ● Bison Shell and Peas ● Pizza Paddle by Rob Thomson  ReaList by Greg Rostami One Way Trip by Steve Youell Magic by Gosh 

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PropDog Live Show February 12th

PropDog Close-Up Table ● SUMMIT by Abstract Effects ● TCC Close Up Bags ● Pad surfaces explained BitCoin by SansMinds ● Oracle System by Ben Seidman ● Thought Transmitter 3.0 ● The Dark Room by Duvivier ● Calculated Thoughts by Doug Dyment 

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PropDog Live Show February 5th

● BitCoin by SansMinds ● Music Box by Gee Magic ● Boxing Match ● Thought Transmitter 3.0 ● Wallet Hacker by Joel Dickinson ● Fall 2.0 ● Beyond Look Don't See ● Perfect Poker by Duvivier ● ColorFool by Victor Zatko ● Fully Naked ESP by MindFX ● Four Treasures by Harapan Ong

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PropDog Live Show January 29th
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PropDog Live Show January 15th

● Vanishing Candles ● Murphy's Cups and Balls ● Match of the Day by Al Prendo ● Thought Transmitter tips ● D'Lites by Rocco ● Real Egg Silk Gimmick ● A Clockwork Apple - Chris Mayhew ● Alex butchers a trick from the book ● Smudged by John Horn

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PropDog Live Show January 8th

Vanishing Ring Box by Sansminds Leather Chop Cup ● Syouma Silks ● Michael Stehle Peas and Shells ● Subtle Card Creations - Nick Trost ● The Boy Who Cried Magic ● Punch'd by Abstract Effects ● Prism by Max Maven

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PropDog Live Show December 18th

● Hysteria by Chad Long ● Sonic Dice by Hanson Chien ● Super Quick Cube ● CBS by Paul Vigil ● Alex's Favourite Books of 2020

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PropDog Live Show December 11th

 ● Rubik Cube Effects Discussion ● Animinimals by AmazeKids  ● The Boy Who Cried Magic  ● 007 Playing Cards by Theory 11  ●  Alias Wallet by Colin Mcleod  ● CubeFX by Karl Hein  ● Politically Correct by PropDog  ● Harpacrown by Mark Chandaue  ● CardOracle by Yves

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Reselling Magic - The Ethics

Fill up your bottom drawer or burn your unwanted magic and we can rid ourselves of Abstract Effects, and make the world a better place.

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Music Box by Gee Magic

Is the Gee Magic Music Box, Music to our ears?

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Four Treasures by Harapan Ong

Fresh on the heels of his acclaimed Principia book, Harapan Ong treats us to just four effects in his this new book(let)

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How to replace the band on a folding coin

Our resident expert Dave teaches how to replace your band on a folding coin. An esential skill for anyone wanting to perform coin in bottle on a regular basis.

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Top 5 Marlo effects for the socially distanced

These are Marlo routines I do normally walk-around but really lend themselves to socially distanced events.

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Should we keep running?

I'm a rubbish runner, I like a clean get away.

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Repect and empower, free yourself from guilt

Hands up I do 'borrow' material occasionally.

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TOP 5 Swedish works of genius

Sweden has produced more than its fair share of great magic.

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Prism by Max Maven

Prism by Max Maven, is one of the best selling mentalism books at PropDog. It is easy to see why. A very accessible writing style, fool proof methods with no tricky techniques or expensive solutions.

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Take a Breather not a break.

Don't grab a break and be trapped, take a breather and relax. The breather crimp has really helped my magic performances.

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For Your Entertainment Pleasure by Daryl

Daryl was not just a very popular magician, in the 80s he developed the core essence of the routines which remain very popular today.

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PropDog Live Show December 4th

 ● Food to Go by George Iglesias ● Sans Minds Vanishing Ring Box update ● Dave's "go to" routine for Coin under Watch

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PropDog Live Show November 27th

● Rubik's Cube Die Box ● Ali Cook Interview Hip Hop Rabbits ● For your Entertainment Pleasure by Daryl

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PropDog Live Show November 20th

● Unmasked Kids by Arkadio ● Invisible Aqua Playing Cards by MPC ● Vanishing Band by Romnick Tan Bathan ● Wonder Glass Pro ● CardOracle by Yves Doumergue ● Balloon Burster by Taiwan Ben ● CardOracle Performance Match of the Day by Al Prendo  Lotz of Magic for Kidz by John Breeds

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PropDog Live Show November 13th

● Fox Hunt Book (present from Ottar) ● Split Focus by Gregory Wilson ● D4M by Matthew Wright ● Dave's coin move ● Airplane Mode by George Iglesias ● 21st Century Phantom new characters 

PropDog Live Show November 6th

● PopGun by Chad Long ● Zig Glue ● Houdini's Card Trick with Mike Sullivan ● Miracle Material by Michael Kaminskas

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PropDog Live Show October 30th

● Halloween Intro ● FoxWatch Update! ● Competition Intro ● Twisted Pen Update ● Dave's phone rings in the middle of The Live ● A quick peek at Outstanding by Marc Oberon ● Decide by Chris Webb ● Blind Corner by Craziest ● Fire Wallets (again) ● Inverse by Gee Magic Impromptu Wild Card by Dominique Duvivier ● Alex's Book Corner  Competition Time!

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PropDog Live Show October 23rd

●  FoxWatch : The Update ● The Bend by James Kellogg Jr ● Murphy's Professional Fire Wallet ● Tenyo 2021 Range ● Theory11 Products - Back in Stock 1:00:15 ● Double Agent by Theory11 More of George's Homemade Gimmicks ● Alex's Book Corner Jason demonstrates Blur by Tenyo ● Laws of Attraction - Shoot Ogawa 1:28:31 - Product Giveaways

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PropDog Live Show October 16th

● Key Bend by James Kellog  Lubors Lens ● Phil Deck discussion At The Card Table by Darwin Ortiz

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PropDog Live Show October 9th

● Jumping Stool ● Picture by Julio Montoro ● Two Headed Prediction by Christopher T. Magician ● Virtual Impuzzibilities ● InstaCAAN by Joel Dickenson ● Malone meets Marlo DVDs ● Principia by Harapan Ong ● Inverse by Gustavo Sereno ● Stand Up Magic by Paul Romhany 

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PropDog Live Show October 2nd

● The team eat Sturstromming ● Ring in the Bell by Reynold Alexander ● Pick Me by Michael Chatelain ● Dave's Ring in the Bell handling Corner and Exposure by Cameron Francis -● Diamonds are Forever by Rick Lax ● MO Modus Operandi 

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PropDog Live Show September 25th

● Mental Dice by Anverdi ● FPS Wallet by Brent Braun ● Transporter by Joshua Jay ● Calendar by Rick Lax  Letter Perfect by David Regal ● Thin Crushed Bicycle Cards ● Close-Up and Personal by David Regal 

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PropDog Live Show September 18th

Remaskable by Agnus Tjiu Card Artistry by Justin Flom ● Flite by Steve Thomson ● Changing Cards by Richard Young ● Jumping Stool Various Marked Cards ● Vision Deck by W.Eston ● Lucid Coin by Marc Oberon ● Kane's Variant by Peter Kane ● Mosiac by Perseus Arkomanis ● Coke Zag by Richard Griffin ● Alex's Book Corner - Roger's Thesaurus by Roger Crosthwaite

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PropDog Live Show September 11th

● Vernet Finger Set ● JL Magic Colouring Book ● Jerrys Nuggets Playing Cards ● Hall Pass by Julio Montoro ● Super Multi Balls ● Accomplice by Danny Wieser ● Lucky Cluckers ● Josh performs a rubberband trick ● Finlay performs a card trick ● Fire Bang Wand ● El3don ● Close Culls by Harapan Ong 

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PropDog Live Show September 4th

 ● Package from Ottar  ● CTG by Peter Egink  ● Gimmickless CTG by Dave Bonsall  ● Magical Mentalism Tour by Mel Mellers  ● Changing Cards by Richard Young  ● Interview with Richard Young  ● Miracle Monte by Anthony Owen  ● Worlds Beyond by Paul Curry  ● Cyber by Worm 

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PropDog Live Show August 28th

 ● Madison Pad ● Easy Card Forces ●  Air by Shin Lim ●  Wonder Pop by Gee Magic ●  Tips on Storing Silks ● PropDog Polo Shirts  ● Cheery casino Cards Teal ● TCC Close-Up Bag ● Resigned to Miracles by Peter Groning  ● Prodigal by Atlas Brookings, Redivider by Max Maven, Temporarily Out Of Order by Patrick Redford

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Creativity, we all have it.

I really believe everyone is creative, they just need a little coaxing to develop it.

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Essential magician Carry-All

Being prepared isn't just for the Scouts. 

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The Blur by Tenyo Magic - Review

A nice and quirky idea from Tenyo, the deck that goes blurry accept for the chossen card. A cute little trick at a cute little price.

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Unbelievalope and Unbelievalope 2 0 by Jeff Kaylor - Review

Despite there being no Unbelievalope 1.1 or 1.9, Jeff Kaylor has launched Unbelievalope 2.0! I'm a fan of 1.0 so how have they improved it?

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TOP 5 Impression Gimmicks

Impression devices are super sneaky, but they need to be covert and easy to peek. They also vary hugely in price.

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Double Agent by Blaise Serra
Double Agent was a difficult one to review, we wanted to rave about it as the effect is great and uses no gimmicks. The issue is that it is pure, tricky sleight of hand that we feel many people will give up on. ..
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It's the Rules by Bob Sheets

Jason's hero shows the real work on Sack's dice routine

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Inverse by Gustavo Sereno

Take a peek at the new Inverse. There is glim chance you may like it.

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Mini Me by Steve Marchello

Does the magic world need another Stickman pulling a card from a hat?

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Diamonds are Forever by Rick Lax

Rick Lax is one Penguin Magic's favourite creators, always commercial and fun.

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Mental Die by Tony Anverdi

It is Mental Dice's little brother but could it actually be better?

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Myles Thornton At The Table Lecture

Myles popped into the shop, so we thought we'd review his At The Table lecture with him sandwiched between us. Fortunately, it is very good and Myles is just too charming not to warm to.

Nick Lewin's Ultimate Slow Motion Newspaper Tear

A great tutorial on Alex Elmsely's method for the Newspaper Tear.

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I used to put the horse before the cart?

Don't put the method before the effect. Concentrate on what you are trying to do, not how you are doing it.

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Lake Tahoe Card Magic by Louis Falanga

This cheap, slim stapled booklet should not be over looked. It contains some of the best card magic I know.

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Smile and the world smiles with you

Your face is the best natural misdirection, and fortunately it isn't about how beautiful it is. Once again it is how you use that matters.

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Pick Me by Mikael Chatelain
We can honestly say this gimmick is really well made and works 100% as designed. What we can't say is if it is worth getting. The plot has been visited in the past usually without a gimmick and often more sucessfully with better routining.     ..
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iDrop by Tim Elis
It is very rare that product arrives at PropDog which everyone in the shop loves. With iDrop, Tim Ellis has produced a great prop and routine. Not only that we think he is literally giving it away. how this isn't over £100 we don't know. ..
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Why would anyone bother to read the original texts

Books are better value, but besides that, they contain the correct way of doing things. Not lazy habits.

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Roller Coaster by Hanson Chien - Review

I have no idea why the coin under glass has sporned so many gimmicks recently. Roller Coaster is a good effort.

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Easy to Master Card Miracles by Michael Ammar Review

Some things never get old, like strong classic card magic.

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Verbal Magic by Juan Tamariz - Review

Once again Juan Tamariz is ahead of the curve, Verbal Magic is all about remote magic. Check it out for Zoom and radio shows.

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Peas, Shells and Accompaniments by School for Scoundrels - Review

Jason is the PropDog self acclaimed expert on the pea and shell game. And as ever we can't stop him expressing his opinion.

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Asymptotes by Ben Blau

Mentalism with cards has never been this good. Ben Blau's effects are clever, easy and powerful.

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Interview - Richard Young talks about Changing Cards

Changing Cards are revolutionising the flap card concept, only there aren't new. Richard Yound talks about bringing Bob Swadling's invention back to the magic community.

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How to build an awesome magic website

We all know a website is the number one marketing tool these days. It isn't a case of throwing money at it, you need to avoid silly pitfalls. Guest writer Kevin King explains all.

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Don't be a robot

In the world of close-up strong interaction can be more important than precise scripting. Guest writer Saavan explores the need to be human.

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Interview with Peter Groning author of Resigned to Miracles
Resigned to Miracles is a book which opens up many exciting possiblites in card magic. I was lucky enough to chat with the author, Peter Groning about the trick, the book and magic in general. ..
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Let's Make This Interesting: Finding Unique Premises for your Magic

You can't please everyone, but there is no time like the present to read this. Rob Teszka has an axe to grind.

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Magic with phones just isn't possible

Effects using phone and apps are amazing, but not magic.

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PropDog FaceBook Live Drinking Game by Ottar

The PropDog FaceBook Live has gone interactive with Ottar's Drinking Game! The hours will fly by in a blur and double vision.

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PropDog Live Show 21st August 2020

Wallet by Nicholas Lawrence ● iDrop by Tim Ellis ● Smoke Watch Pro by João Miranda ● Changing Cards by Richard Young ● Invisibelt by Marcus Alexander ● Alex’s Book Corner ● Nukes by Doug Edwards

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Shuhari - the secret of magic

Easy to do is great but what about transcending the physical

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PropDog Live Show 14th August 2020

Ottar Review ● Shoe Business 3.0 by Scott Alexander & Puck ● MIB Unplugged by Scott Alexander & Puck ● The Needles by Scott Alexander & Puck ● UPS by Roddy McGhie & Dee Christopher ● Jason and Alex’s Dice Stack Off! ● Alex’s Book Corner ● Complete Al Leech by Al Leach ● Product Giveaways

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Turbo Bunny by George Kovari

The classic Run Rabbit Run has been turbo charged by the great George Kovari.

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No Choice Wallet by Tony Miller

Alex is on the fence with this one, Jason is more keen.

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Fast and Loose Chain and DVD

Jason takes all Alex's cash with this easy but super fun trick.

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Every Table is a Stage by Dan Fleshman

Every Table is a Stage by Dan Fleshman review. Alex gets a little personal without a leg to stand on.

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Bolted by Jared Manley

Jason and Alex review Bolted by Jared Manley.

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PropDog Live Show 7th August 2020

Covid Gig Precautions ● Dream Box ● Cyber by Worm ● Magicians' Table Pocket ● SNAPS by David Jonathan & Dan Harlan ● Rubinstein Coin Magic ● Curious Impuzzibilities ● Everyday Magic Kit ● Caption Competition Results ● Gimmicked DVD ● The Raccoon ● Collard 2 ● The PHP Creators Kit ● Resigned to Miracles 

 

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Spoon feeding

Spoon Feeding isn't about treating your audience like a baby, but helping them enjoy every mouthful.

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Creativity #2: The mind-set of a stock-line magician

Why do magician's think it is okay to use stock lines.

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PropDog Live Show 31st July 2020

Mene Tekel Deck ● Dice Stacking Cup Pro ● No Choice Wallet by Tony Miller and Mark Mason ● Verbal Magic by Juan Tamariz ● Center Tear Jumbo Card by Sumit Chhajer ● Remote Control Change Pack by James Biss ● Secrets by Anthony Owen

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The Importance of Versatility

As a seasoned professional, Kevin King explains why having a lot of tools in your box is important. Steve Martin once said, everything you learn comes in useful eventually (he performed Professors Nightmare in The Three Amigos).

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Creativity #1: Why do stock lines exist?

There really shouldn't be any such thing as a 'stock line'. The first in a series of articles of creativity.

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Sponge Ball ToolBox by Steve Dacri

Jason raves about the late Steve Dacri's Sponge Ball ToolBox. Complete with a blooper reel at the end.

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PropDog Live Show 24th July 2020

Fishing Card ● Rock Silk ● Hocus Pocus Issue 2 ● Dobbo's Dollar ● Bolted ● Hole on a Sec by Zamm Wong & Magic Action ● Alex teaches the Top Shot ● Alex's Book Corner ● Five times Five (Japan) by Richard Kaufman ● Product Giveaways

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The very real Danger of Silly String Roulette

Poor lighting and a can of silly string, what could go wrong? Nick Lear shares the answer.

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Conjuror's Wisdom by Joe Hernandez

Ignore the cover, this is a fun book every magician can enjoy.

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TOP 5 Avoided Cards Moves

Sleights we try to avoid. Don't look at me like that! We all do it. 

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PropDog Live Show 17th July 2020

Sword Through Neck ● Die-Vided ● Turbo Bunny ● tips on the One Handed Top Palm ● Magic Trick Name Stories Competition ● Bolted by Jared Manley  ● Initial Shock by Alex Latorre and Mark Mason ● Mutilated Umbrella ● Pompom Taps ● Ropes ● Conjuror's Wisdom by Joe Hernandez

 

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The Trick Story Challenge by Finley Southgate

Our youngest competitor so far shows age is no barrier as he dreams of Jeff McBride.

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TOP 5 Tricks used by both Beginners and Professionals

A selection of tricks well within the skill level of a beginner, but brilliant enough to be used by professionals.

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The Trick Story Challenge by Dave Bonsall

Time for the PropDaddy to do his bit! Here's Dave Bonsall to show you losers how to do this properly! :-)

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The Trick Story Challenge by Jason Noble

We couldn't let the customers have all the fun, Jason Noble has thrown his hat into the ring.

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An example of Plasti-Dip in use

As this is the least known method of 'roughing' a card I thought I'd show an old trick which I used to do many moons ago. I have used Plasti-Dip to make it a little bit easier, and why not!

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The Trick Story Challenge by Peter Meacham

Peter Meacham has been strict on himself and used the BARE minimum of non-trick words.

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The Trick Story Challenge by Anonymous

An Anonymous entry making a fun stab at a certain recent release!

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The Trick Story Challenge by Alex Kirk

I suspect this is the first entry to be an autobiography. Names have been changed for legal reasons and to get more Tricks in.

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The Trick Story Challenge by Stuart Harrizon Cassels

As the entries keep flowing in, Stuart 'Harrizon' Cassels brings us his tale "Matthew’s Adventures as a Magical Male Escort During Lockdown"

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