Product description : Coin magic ! I know a lot of you don't like it but let me tell you that this routine and this gaff will change your mind about it ! It's so good you wouldn't believe me if I said I worked this day and night when I received it ^^ Basically, this is a coin gimmick which will allow you to do several things such as 3 fly, coins across but also change, vanish, travel etc.. Those are made by the expert Johnny Wong so you expect nothing but quality !
Price and where to buy it : This is sold at $109 for the half dollar version ($149 for the dollar one) and you can find it in nearly every Murphy's magic « partner » shop !
What you get : As usual with Johnny Wong, you get a small plastic “bag” with inside the DVD which covers some routines in order to get you started with the gimmick. Mr. Wong is not very good at english so it's quite hard to follow some time but overall, you will learn all the moves and the routines. Then, you have the gaff inside a little ziplock bag, it's very well made, literally just a little bit thicker than a regular coin but I don't think people can tell. You also get stickers if the one on the gimmick wear out, if you want to replace them ! I do like this gimmick a lot, I think it's a game changer in the coin magic world, I can't see anybody being disappointed with it !
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 :
It's expensive, even if the gimmick is really good, I must agree.
The DVD could have been a little bit better for the explanations.
The stickers wear out quite quickly on my gimmick, don't know why.
THE PROS :
This is a tool more than a trick, you can do a lot of things with it, so you don't have to carry 36 gimmicked coin for 36 effects, just use this one for a transposition routine, a 3 fly or even turning American coin into Chinese ones.
The gimmick is really well made and should last a long time, since they provide you with additional stickers.
In almost every routine, you end the same way you began so there is no reset at all.
It's not a self working prop since you need to learn some moves but since it's so good, you won't feel doing work when playing with it, it's much more funny to learn than any other trick I've seen.
Playing with it in front of a mirror is just so amazing, you do it again and again and again, you'll fool yourself.
You can order new stickers online to get a wide variety of things : English coins, poker chips etc..
Overall rating : It's a very good product, the effects you can do with it are amazing, I carry it with me at all time now, this is one of my favorite coin gimmick, 4/4 hearts.
As for the difficulty level, there are some moves to master, it depends really on your skills, I would say 3 to 4/5 stars.
Similar products : There are some products like Triad Coin by Joshua Jay or a regular split coin which could do the same job (without the transformation of the coins).