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SHATTERED REVIEWS
Short version: This is cool.
Longer version: This is way cool.
"Seriously, though, Chance has come up with a very well made and thought out piece
of magic. It looks freaking good, both in quality of the props and the effect. Some
paddle tricks are silly in premise; some are silly in method ("Choose a number from
1 through 6. Great, 6? Okay, that's s-i-x...you chose the third stone!"); and many
just don't look believable. This isn't very silly in premise, the method is clean
cut, and it looks realistic (the shattering isn't even really a "move", per se, and
it looks like you're really breaking the thing each time you break it, and the
restores look amazing). And it looks so cool!"
Andy Leviss
"When I received my demo of the effect, I thought wow this is going to be one heck
of a paddle routine. The second thing I thought was wow, how long did it take Shelly
to make the little custom cases for the tricks...Kudos to Shelly... ...And Kudos to
Chance for top quality as usual. It's from Chance, so you know it is made well
beyond expectations.
The effect is outstanding and by far the most unusual presentation of a paddle
effect I have ever seen. What's cool about the effect is that so much happens, and
the routine Chance supplies on superstitions can be worked right into anyone's style
of presentation.
This effect would also be great for dealing with corporate clients such as
glass/mirror companies, beauty and cosmetics, producers of cleaning products, and
the list goes on. This can be incorporated into so many routines that this effect
can actually work for you and make you money.
This is a stand alone effect and I highly recommend it.
Oh and it's just plain cool!"
Peter Loughran
"Hot Rod Tricks! You either like 'em or you hate 'em.
If you like them, you will love SHATTERED. If you hate them, I'd urge you to give
SHATTERED a look anyway-- you may change your mind!
SHATTERED overcomes most of the objections some people have to Hot Rod effects:
1) There is a plausible reason
for carrying the prop. (OK, barely plausible, but it beats heck out of the little
black or transparent sticks that scream, "Beware: I could only be a magician's
prop."
2) There are NO jewels. The inevitable change (it is, after all, a Hot Rod-type
effect) is surprising. You do not see it coming as (I think you do) with jeweled Hot
Rods.
3) There is NO flimsy forcing of a number. ("Oh, you chose 1? Let's see, let me
spell that: O-N-E..." As Ortiz points out in "Strong Magic", if the choice of 1 gets
you the third stone, then the spectator can only imagine that if he wanted the sixth
position, he'd have to have chosen E-L-E-V-E-N!)
4) There is an entire routine provided. You don't just show a rod and essentially
say, "See, it changes!" (OK, I know, we all do better than that, but it's pretty
close...) SHATTERED not only changes appearance, it changes shape and leaves you
clean. The size of the
rod is perfect for vanishes. I cannot tell you how frustrated I get with Hot Rods
that are so long I cannot do the standard "cigarette vanish" without my hand looking
like an over-extended claw. SHATTERED's rods also fit within my closed fist without
peeking out. Switches are, therefore, a lot easier. I don't have large hands, but if
you do, the size of SHATTERED will work for you, too. This is a case where bigger is
not necessarily better.
SHATTERED is good, solid, visual magic that does not require knuckle-busting
sleights. The people I have shown it to have been blown away.
This is the first
Hot Rod-type effect that has brought me a spontaneous round of applause!"
John D.
Clarkson
"I am a fan of paddle tricks, and yes, this is
something new under the sun! Visual and magical...it'll give you seven years of good
luck."
David Regal "As I told
Chance during testing: this is the only paddle/hot rod trick I would ever consider
performing.
The quality is exceptional (god, I LOVE those little velvet bags). And the idea of
messing with superstition in the form of a broken mirror is mind-opening -- at last,
a good paddle trick for the bizarrist!
All in all, "Shattered" is well designed, sophisticated magic. (When was the last
time you heard a paddle trick described in those terms?) Recommended."
Neil Tobin
"I have been doing this effect for a few months now
and all I can say is DAMMIT!! Now that Chance is releasing this everyone will be
doing it.
Believe everything that you have read on this post so far. This is a great effect
that plays well.
I predict that I Chance takes these to Kramien's Get Together next week that he will
sell them all.
Congratulations Chance on another fine magical creation."
Payne
"I have been using my "Shattered" a little over a
month to great reactions across the board. I use it sometimes in the middle of a
card trick where I stop before someone makes a selection and remove the little
mirror and place it on the table right below the fan of cards and say "ok, now
choose one but pull it out slowly" as I am directing the hand above the mirror. It
gets a great little "hey, magic boy, I see what you're doing, nice try." From there,
it's out and it's almost an afterthought that I then fry them with!
To sum up...
I have been performing my hot rod for years professionally and thought I had one of
the best routines out there... my reality has been "Shattered"!"
Tim Parsons
"THANKS GUYS
and we hope that everybody gets a chance to get "Shattered"!
Created by Chance
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