Product description : This is the new « Bang On » from Mark Oberon, which allows you to produce any named card from an enveloppe that has been in your wallet and this wallet has been « checked » by the spectators. (notice the « », they are here for a reason).
Price and where to buy it : This is sold at $99.95 and you can find it in nearly every Murphys partner as well as on the website of the creators.
What you get : You get a nicely made wallet which includes 2 principles that have been in the wallet magic area for quite a while. But let me say this is the only wallet that has so many of these (those who have it will understand) which makes it a very useful prop, not only for the « named card » plot but as well for any routines that requires such things. The leather is high quality, not far from the JOL (which is, for me, the best leather you can find) and should last a lifetime. Cards and enveloppes are provided, both have been specialy designed so the whole thing stay very thin even packed.
The pros and the cons : Here is the core of my review, let's begin with the cons, as I will usually be doing, I prefer to keep the good things for the end.
THE CONS :
The wallet does not have that many space left, which could be a problem for people wanting using it as their real wallet. It has 4 slots for credit cards, a zipped compartment where you can store coins and a bill compartment, large enough to hold almost any currency. You have to be aware of this, to be honest, I started using it as my real wallet and it's quite fine, I store in it : Powerball 60, 4 credit cards, my driving licence (which is huge here in France) and my ID Card. The wallet is a little bit bulky but there is nothing noticeable.
For now, you're only limited with cards. Well, you're not in fact but if you want to have the possibility of doing a 52 outs revelations, it will be difficult. BUT you can totally use the wallet for tricks like Heirloom for example, KK and so on. If they produce some pictures that would have the same properties as the cards provided, this would be awesome and open a new world of routines.
The instructions are well shot but not the best I have seen. You get what you need to know but I would have liked a little bit more advices and presentation tip.
Be careful, in the add copy, it is written that spectator can « examine » the wallet. If you think they can check the wallet from every side, well, they can't. But I think they wanted to mean « They can check the compartment where the enveloppe is » which they completly can ! So yes, it's a matter of what does « examinable » mean.
THE PROS :
You only have to setup once, which will be a 20 minutes preparation but after, it's almost instant reset, it's a matter of putting back the enveloppe into the wallet and you're ready to blow some minds again.
No hard memory work has to be done, after a few performances, you will have all the informations needed in mind without any hesitations. This is very cool because I don't like having to remember a lot of things.
The leather is high quality as I said and you get a quality product, you're not disappointed at all when you receive the package, the price is totally justified. You feel that everything has been thought of so that the trick is just very simple to do, to understand from a spectator point of view and works as supposed.
It opens up a new world of possibilities since the wallet is very generous in terms of.. Well, I can't say it there but you have a lot more space that you may think of ;)
Spectators can check the compartment where the enveloppe is at the beginning since there is only ONE enveloppe in view and nothing more in this compartment. This really sells the trick since people are not aware of gimmicked wallet and for them, there is only one enveloppe.
You have only ONE wallet that is on the table since the beginning and as far as I'm aware of, this is the only version where you can take out any named card from a wallet that has been on the table the whole time.
Overall rating : I really enjoyed this product, I find it to be a very strong piece of magic and the reactions you will get from it will be, I'm sure, awesome. I give it, without any hesitation, a 4/4 hearts and a big recommandation from me.
As for the skill level, it's very easy to do, 2/5 stars !
Similar products : There is of course Kolossal Killer, Heirloom, On The Mark and Bang On. All those products are very good, I recommend you to check them out.
Thanks to Murphys Magic for sending me this product !