Great to see you back at it Craig! Good honest review - keep 'em coming! Thanks! Jim

Good to have you back. My suggestion is to put the video in full-frame; I don't want to watch your show in essentially a quarter of the viewing area. I also don't need to see you talk next to a still-frame of you holding aces... even if it means I don't get to see two copies of your glorious face. ;)

CRAIG! Just saw the new trailer for your new release: CHROME! IT'S FANTASTIC!!! Congratulations mate :)

Great to see you back! Yes, that's so true about magicians loving toys -- I just love me some gimmicks, even the ones I won't use, because I love to see the way things work. I do try however to keep my focus on the basics of technique so that I could perform without gimmicks if called upon to do some magic. I don't want to become too reliant on gimmicks (though that doesn't stop me from buying them!). Sometimes though gimmicks can be a good way to give myself an incentive: I have a couple of gimmicks that for optimal effect require mastery of a few things I'm just not that good at yet, so having the gimmick is actually like a carrot on a stick for me to master those techniques.

This is so true, I'm touched! Thank you very much sir!

I liked the review. I also liked you did it front of the Ladies Room.

I'm glad to see you've come to your senses: "I opened this up half an hour ago and I can do it already" isn't always a good thing. A little harsh, but you make some good points, but I feel like it's a problem with magic in general, not just this effect.

Couldn't agree more. It's easy to get carried away at things like Blackpool - and my rules for a routine are - first, I have to like it .Does it suit my style (or could I adapt it), is it practical for the conditions I work in?, reset, can it work in conjunction with with anything else I do (as in stringing effects together). For example, after Sankey's "In a flash", I use the same coin for the nest of wallets. There's absolutely no heat on the coin at point of switch. Just my two bob's worth. Incidentally, I have a ton of stuff here...95% of which I'll never use - but - buy applying my own criteria, I rarely buy anything new. Maybe about 4 effects a year..and I use them.

ABOUT TIME SOMEONE WILLING TO SAY IT AS IT IS, loved it, and ive shared it, how often do you expect to do these

Awesome review show! Please keep doing it! Save us from buying the rubbish

I liked the review. To add to your review, you mentioned Jay Sankey. For those that know or are not familiar with Sankey's Fan Mail routine, check it out on Front Row Sankey. It uses the $100 Bill Switch. It's organic, personable, makes for a conversation, and can be given away to the participant. I enjoyed when you demoed the products on the WPR. So, If you happen to come across a product that gets a higher rating, I'd like to see you demo the effect whether in studio and/ or in a live performance. Just a suggestion. Again, Craig keep 'em coming...... All the Best, ~allen

Brilliant! This is why WPR used to be so good.

Keep 'em coming. Definitely more than one at a time if/when you can. Glad to see you back. Magic was missing a little something while you were away. (Oh yea, The Truth... that's what it was)

Full screen would be great Craig

Hi Craig, agree with your general thrust that too many 'toys'/too many magic products are being produced. Most of which, as you say, end up at the bottom of the drawer, especially for 'workers' who need to have command of sleight of hand and pocket management which magic products do not give you. These toys likely end up in the bottom of the drawer for hobbyists too. I would though perhaps have used a different example than this product/Nick Einhorn because he is such a good magician and that to date, his magic is built on the craft of sleight of hand, misdirection and magic that simply packs a punch - as indeed I know you said about 'Nest of Wallets' et al. Perhaps people/company's who are churning it out like Sans Mind, Alan Rorrinson etc might have been more worthy targets to illustrate your points. Agree 100% that the TT & Jay Sankey's dvd (&/or the book you mention) are all you need! I'm going to be saddened when we move over totally to plastic money. However, as some of the commentators here have said & you've endorsed, we have fantastic tricks we can do with a TT such as Fan Mail which is why the dvd/book are so much better...

"Looks like the magician's got diarrhea." I laughed out loud.

Noticed one bad habit you have, you pushed your glasses back on your nose at least 25 times. Maybe change the angle of the camera and please make it full screen and make sure the camera does not jiggle when you move. Keep em coming, welcome back.

Good job Craig,

very true!

nice review good points made the problem I always have with review shows in my opinion is that they are all focused on the point of view of the worker. you talk about 30 sec reset but I do a trick by the late and great vanni bossi that has a reset of about a month and is perhaps the closest thing to real magic I do!! there are more ways to perform magic than the walkaround environment and I wish they were covered more (intimate setting, magic for other magicians, stage etc) of course it is hard to talk about the other ways if you only have experience in one field but i think that one "truth" for a table hopper is a different "truth" for a stage magician. just my thoughts

KEEP IT UP BROTHER BEEN WAITING ON YOUR RETURN

So you are saying there shouldn't be any new methods for bill switches? The only switch magicians have to do it the $100 bill switch or extreme burn?

Why don't u perform the effects before u review??

+1 subscribe! cool video! Thank you my friends

You've completely misunderstood Nick's change.

I don't agree. First of all, if as you said the effect is the same to the spectator as the $100 bill switch but Insta-Change is easier then that surely is a positive thing, no ? Second, as with all tricks, it's a matter in which situation you perform it. Why should the receipt be examinable ? It's your job to find a good performance routine for it, so simply do one where the receipt doesn't have to be examined. I mean, do you only do tricks where every object is examined by the spectator beforehand ? Each and every time ?? Second, the non- existent reset problem: Trick needs a reset ? Well, only do the trick in situations where an instant reset is not required. I don't get this focus on reset anyway - not everyone is a walk around magician, in fact most magicians i know are not but either perform casually for friends or have a proper, set-up show. Reset time is really only siginificant for a very specific type of magician, the walk around guy and it's about time you maybe re-think your idea of the average magicians situation (same goes for the guys at WPR who also seem to think the only existing magicians are restaurant magicians when in my experience the opposite is the case). Third, angles - i agree angles can be a problem, but duh, angles have always been an aspect to work around since the beginning of magic tricks. Not even the cups & balls are angle free, would you dismiss the trick because of it then ? Last but not least, by your logic one could argue that a method with a TT has the disadvantage of having to get rid of the TT at some time, you could flash the TT and you cannot go on with the next trick before you don't get rid of the TT. Bollocks. As said, it's your duty as a magician to decide when & where to perform which trick and which method to use; almost all tricks have an issue or two, but that's because real magic doesn't exist. Your logic is flawed, really: On one hand you say "read a book" (i generally agree), on the other hand you complain if a trick is not instantly angle-free, instant resettable and not automatically examinable. Geez.