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The Trick Story Challenge by Bryan Robson

Loyal customer Bryan Robson has sent in his valient attempt at Dave's spontaneous challenge. Enjoy.

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Finley Southgate gets to meet his magic hero!

Finley (the one in the middle) shows the PropDog Community spirit by sharing this peach of an embarrassing magic story.

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The Trick Story Challenge by Doug Heath

Another Trick Story Challenge, this time it is The Stranger & The Mysterious Box by Doug Heath. Keep those entries coming!

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How to get more TIPS at Gigs

A lot of professionals get more in tips than their fee, this is a Do's and Don'ts Guide for the Working Close-up Magician by Kevin King (a working professional).

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The Trick Story Challenge by Rob Jayne

On the FaceBook Live 11th July, Dave challenged the viewers to write a story using the names of well known magic effects for the words. This is Rob Jayne's entry!

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The Trick Story Challenge by Alex Adams

On the FaceBook Live 11th July, Dave challenged the viewers to write a story using the names of well known magic effects for the words. This is Alex Adam's entry!

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The Trick Story Challenge by Theo Scott

On the FaceBook Live 11th July, Dave challenged the viewers to write a story using the names of well known magic effects for the words. This is Theo Scott's entry!

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The Trick Story Challenge by Nick Lear

On the FaceBook Live 11th July, Dave challenged the viewers to write a story using the names of well known magic effects for the words. This is Nick Lear's entry!

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How to use Plasti-Dip

Plasti-Dip is very versatile and ideal for making your life easier when it comes to certain effects.

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Friends and Family can be right b@@@@rds

If you have a big fish in a small pond spoiling your tricks, use the right bait and reel him in.

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PropDog Live Show 10th July 2020

Magic At The Bar by Chris Randall ● Rubik Art by Gee Magic ● TF Dice by Chris Wu ● SMS by Wayne Dobson ● Ultimate McDonald Aces by Jean●Pierre Vallarino ● Magical Mentalism Tour by Mel Mellers ● Product Giveaways

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Magic At The Bar by Chris Randall DVD Review

Quite possibly the worse DVD featuring something vaguely resembling magic I have had the displeasure to sit through.

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How to use a Harry Robson Roughing Stick

Using the Harry Robson Roughing Stick is so easy even Alex can do it. Here's how..

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TOP 5 Do As I Do Routines

Having a volunteer mirror you is not only a comedy goldmine but it can also leave your audience gasping in amazement. 

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Rough and Smooth which spray or stick?

An explanation of the different ways to rough and smooth a deck.

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Suits you sir! What to wear.

What you wear says a lot about you. Lets look at your wardrobe.

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Don't tell my Mum!

The dangers of fork bending at school.

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The Magicians Omelette

The sleight by which a magician can be judged

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TOP 5 Bank Night Routines

Bank Night is an effect which has been around for ages, and it suits almost every style of performer. Narrowing it down to 5 wasn't easy.

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Freddie shares a gig which no doubt still haunts him.

Sometimes, through no fault of your own, you aren't going to win the crowd over!

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PropDog Live Show 3rd July 2020

Magic Tie ● Andy Hickman ● Takeaway ● Aprendemagia ● Chop Cup Balls ● Final Load ● Jaks Wallet ● Ultra Coke ● Syouma ● Coin Unique ● Light It Up X ● Virtual Triumph ● Alan Rorrison ● Relaxed Impossibilities ● Stephen Minch ● Ken Krenzel ● Product Giveaways

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Uri Gellar Signed Box and Spoon

Dan and Dave talk about the Uri Gellar Signed Box and Spoon with hilarious results!

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The Case by Sansminds

Don't make Dave angry! You wouldn't like him when he's angry! :-)

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The Vanishing Ring Box from SansMinds

Simply the best release that Scamsminds have ever produced!

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Magicians vs Carolina Reaper

Dan and Dave takes on the Carolina Reaper Chilli Challenge with hilarious results!

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How misdirection can help with nerves

Help yourself, take the heat of your hands.

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PropDog's customers are the best, they are also NUTS!

The magnificent Ottar, a swedish pyrotechnic madman plays tribute to PropDog's explosive Live Streams.

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Dave Bonsall's Ice Bucket Challenge

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenges a few years back?  Well this is Dave's version of it.

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A Big Hand to Geoffrey Hubbard!

A 'handy' story from Geoffrey Hubbard.

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Some customers just think they know it all!

Shawn Farquhar visit to the PropDog Magic Shop.

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PropDog Live Show 26th June 2020

Product Q & A function ● The Hoop & Glass Masterclass with Paul Martin ● Ultra Coke ● Crystal Playing Card Display ● Stacked by Christopher Dearman ● Vampire Bee ● Kids Cards Across ● Rabbit On The Rainbow ● Ultimate Homing Card ● PropDog Bo****ks Board ● Impromptu by Martin Gardner ● Credit Card Fraud by Brad Manuel ● Random Acts of Magic by David Acer ● Product giveaways

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Spot the difference a good story makes

It isn't what you do but how you do it. A lesson demonstrated by the brilliant Tommy Wonder.

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Spice up your act with variety

Why not show off a bit? if you've got it, flaunt it!

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The Magic Has Gone!

A story about Card on Ceiling at a local pub.

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 Clicks & Mortar Focus – PropDog

In May 2014, Phil Sweeting of www.bicycle-cards-co.uk, visited the PropDog Magic Shop as part of a review on Brick and Mortar Magic Shops.  Here's the article on us.

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Let it be sponge - Part 1

Leonardo DaVinci said he just let the statues escape from the marble, PropDog's Mila does the same with sponge.

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Bill Malone - On The Loose (4 DVD set)

Back in 2002, everyone was chanting Biillll Maaallloone!

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Packet tricks are brilliant

So much power can be carried in your everyday wallet, you can blow people away in a moments notice.

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TOP 5 Monte Style Tricks

Whether you call it Find the Lady, Chase the Ace or The Monte, it is one entertaining trick.

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More Power to You -The Very Best of David Acer

David Acer's Greatest Hits (minus some of the best ones.)

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Mentalist Prop-aganda

Don't go propless, put on a show.

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PropDog's Carrot in Card

Just how much fun can be had with a carrot?

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Inspirations by Larry Hass

A completely under-rated book. Truly inspiring.

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Be More Funny by Christopher W. Barnes

We won't laugh when you order it. 

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It is horses for courses, but which stack should you learn?

Fight all you like, there is only one stack worth learning.

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TOP 5 Effects with Dice

Dice can be used in a variety of ways for magic. We roll 5 of the best.

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PropDog Live Show 19th June 2020

PropDog Lounge ● Debut by Abstract Effects ● Champ by Rick Merrill ● XL Facemasks ● one handed top palm ● Refill for Machinations ● Chinese Clothes Pole ● Superhero Book Test ● On Stage, On Line by Magic Gareth ● The Long Goodbye by Stephen Minch ● Wonder Card ● The Memory Arts ● Dave on Man Vs Fly ● Be More Funny

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Uncovered by John Luka

This isn't a hot new book but rather a little diamond I found in the rough

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Excellence in Family Magic

Scott Green squeezes his rather good advice on family shows into just 300 pages. 

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Balance by Joshua Jay

We liked it!

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License Plate Prediction by Martin Andersen

We loved it!

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Zandman Book Tests

We loved them!

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Ultra Torch to Cane 2.0 by Bond Lee

We thought it was pretty good!

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Mini Cube to Chocolate by Henry Harrius

We loved it!

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Turbo Stick by Richard Sanders

We loved it!

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INKLING by Abdullah Mahmoud and Shin Lim and MagiKub by Federico Poeymiro

We hated them!

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Flashy by SansMinds Creative Lab

We hated it!

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Leap by Agus Tjiu

We thought it was pretty good!

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Astonishing Bottle by João Miranda

We thougth it was great!

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Tommy Wonder's Rubik's Card

We hated it!

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Bond Lee Professional Manipulation Balls

We loved it!

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The Vanishing Ring Box from SansMinds

We loved it!

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Cyclic Ring by Rodrigo Romano

We didn't like it very much!

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Egyptian Ink by Sansminds

We hated it!

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Tic Tac Toe Mini by Bond Lee

We quite liked it!

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Wonder Pop by Gonçalo Gil and Danny Weiser

We loved it!

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Evanesce by Mike Liu and Vortex Magic

We hated it!

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Retrieve by Smagic Productions

We thought it was ok!

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Gecko Pro by Jim Rosenbaum

We thought it was ok!

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Tic Tac Toe Parlour and Stage

We liked it!

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Fair Play by Steve Haynes

We thought it was ok!

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Do you have a story to tell?

We want your stories!  

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Building the PropDog Shop

Check out how the PropDog Shop was created, from an airport luggage service unit to a walk in magic shop!

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TOP 5 Resources on Misdirection

Surprisingly few magicians have covered misdirection well, we've picked five.

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PropDog Live Show 12th June 2020

Fragment ● MATRIX ART ● The PropDog's Bo****ks Ranking Board ● Jim Steinmeyer Impuzzibilities ● Misers Dream ● Amaze Cups ● Children's Magic Props ● How to Read Minds Kit by Ellusionist ● Tyvek Himber Envelopes ● Super Mini MTP ● Dead Lock ● Travel by Mickael Chatelain ● Ripper by Matthew Wright ●  Machinations ● Magic Matters by Robert Neale and Larry Hass

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UnVeil by Manos Kartsakis

Limited to just 500 copies, is it worth getting?

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TOP 5 Zoom tricks you already own

Zoom may be a new medium, but the classics are very adaptable

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Magic in Tanzania

A story, about a New Years Eve gig in Arusha, Tanzania

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PropDog Live Show 5th June 2020

Ottar Review of Impossible ● Skype Interview with Lee Hathaway and demo of Zoomfab ● Jason's review of Amaze Cups by Danny Orleans ● Fragment by Abstract Effects ● Lockdown by Manoj Kaushal ● AnyWeb by Magic Pro Ideas ● Tips on performing Card on Ceiling ● SYZYGY 1 to 6 by Lee Earle ●  One Degree by John Guastaferro ● MATRIX ART by Mickael Chatelain

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Share the spotlight and spread the power

Take your favourite trick and just see if you can give your volunteer magic powers.

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Not all Close-Up Pads are created equal

Trying to choose a close-up pad? Worried about the direction of the nap? Relax, here is Dave

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A Special Delivery the PropDog Way

Move over Postman Pat, here comes PropDog Special Delivery!

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The Dave Bonsall Appreciation Society

As if he doesn't get enough love already, there is now a The Dave Bonsall Appreciation Society.

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This is INCREDIBLE! Dave on Man vs Fly

This has got to be seen to be believed!

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Start clean and get dirty

Why it is important your audience believe the constraint of the trick before you break them.

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TOP 5 Make'em jump effects

Stephen Bargatze once said, never miss an opportunity to make someone jump. Never a truer word was said.

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PropDog Live Show 29th May 2020

PropDog Face Masks ● CREDiTKA ● Plus Wallets ● Shop Tour ● TT Advice ● Social media magic ● No Palm wallet ● Jumping Jacks ● Morphed ● Machinations ● Amaze Cups ● Haunted Key Deluxe ● The Steel Morgan Range ● Chinese Coin Shells ● Magicians' Table Servants ● The Raccoon ● Dining Out ● Bill Abbott Performs Magic For Kids ● Error 404 ● The Switch by Shin Lim ● The Solution by Michael Murray ● UnVeil by Manos Kartsakis 

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PropDog Live Show 22nd May 2020

Mental Dice ● Bill Abbott Performs Magic For Kids ● Little Hand Gimmick ● Fidget Deck ● Incarnation 2.0 ● Rose 2.0 ● Rubicon 2.0 ● Rubik's Cube Shell Holder ● Vintage Feel Jerry's Nuggets ● False Anchors Set ●  Shining ● Selfie King ● Magnetic Airborne ● Do As I Do Plumes ● Quick tour of the shop

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PropDog Live Show 15th May 2020

Talking mouth coil productions ● Alex's Book Corner ● Distilled by Ryan Plunkett ● Jason and Luke review AmazeWands by Danny Orleans

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PropDog Live Show 8th May 2020

Lockdown Live! ● Dave's on his own on this show and answers questions and gives advice ● Skype Interview with Paul Martin about Mine, Yours and the Mystery by Paul Martin and Jamie Raven ● Alex's Book Corner ● The Darkest Corner by Ben Hart

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PropDog Live Show 1st May 2020

Lockdown Live! ● Dave's on his own on this show and answers questions and gives advice ● Dave also teaches the Mercury Fold, giving a complete breakdown of the move and subtitles

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PropDog Live Show 24th April 2020

Lockdown Live! ● Dave's on his own on this show and answers questions and gives advice. 

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PropDog Live Show 17th April 2020

Lockdown Live! ● Dave's on his own on this show and answers questions and gives advice ● Alex's Book Corner ● Dirty Work by Ryan Matney ● Deal Not Deal by Mickael Chatelain ● Dark Corners ● Asymptotes by Ben Blau

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PropDog Live Show 10th April 2020

Lockdown Live! ● Dave's on his own on this show and answers questions and gives advice ● Finger Cutting ● Prisma Lights ● Neck Cracker ● Is Dave growing his hair back? Relax he has just been too busy packing up orders and running the PropDog empire single handedly.

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Should you try to be funny?

It's an interesting subject, it works for some, it doesn't for others!

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TOP 5 Russian Roulette Effects

Fancy getting your audience on the edge of their seats without putting your life on the line

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PropDog Live Show 3rd April 2020

Daryl Legacy range ● Bizarre Assembly ● Ultra Monte ● The Princess Card Trick ● Alex's Book Corner ● Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue ● Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo ● Pop Eyed Popper Decks and how to make them.●

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Visualise to actualise

Visualisation is not just for athletes! 

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Give them a chance

Is your latest purchase really that bad?  Maybe ...mabye not.

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Does Size Matter Poker v Bridge

Bridge? or Poker, that is the question!

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