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 Tooru Suzuki challenges himself each year to release tricks that utilize borrowed objects. This is the first effect in that series. The most appropriate effect for a finger ring is a penetration effect. Vanishes and transpostions can be performed with any small objects, such as coins, but penetrations can only be performed with items that contain a hole, such as finger rings. A pole of some sort is also required, as is a case that can cover everything. Numerous magicians have created tricks that follow these guidelines, but Suzuki excelled over all previously existing methods with his clever idea. It is just as amazing to learn the secret as it is to watch this trick.
Created by: Tooru Suzuki (1992)
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| SOFT COINS |
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 One technique that is available to creators is to utilize principles that will not work with a single item, but will succeed with multiple items. Through the use of multiple coins, the method of SOFT COINS becomes completely camouflaged. And, the effect of penetrating three pencils through three coins is also much more impressive than the same effect using just a single coin. As much as possible, we try to incorporate a method into Tenyo products that allows the props to be examined by the audience, but SOFT COINS was the very first trick that includes a locking system that can be engaged after performing the effect. This mechanism was created by Takuya Yoshizawa.
Created by: Keiji Takahashi (1981)
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 After winning the Ishida Tenkai prize in 1987, Hiroshi Kondo wrote a book of his collected works, as do all winners of this prize. He was determined to create tricks that each had a title starting with a different letter of the alphabet, from A through Z. When he reached the letter X, "X-ray" was the only word in the English language that had a magic theme. So, Kondo had to invent a trick that demonstrated clairvoyance. He set out to find a method for the following effect. A spectator selects one coin out of a group of three coins, and places it into a case. The magician then looks at the outside of the case and determines which coin is inside. Kondo hit upon a principle that allowed him to differentiate between the coins, and that principle was included in his Tenkai prize book. Later, this idea was further polished at one of Tenyo's new product meetings. Shigeru Sugawara created a new mechanism to display the marks, which caused this idea to evolve from simply a creation into a finished product. |
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| CLEAN CUT |
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 This effect incorporates a mechanical technique that allows you to perform the classic magic trick of cutting and restoring a piece of rope. The method is a variation of ZIG ZAG CIG, but since both ends of the rope are visible outside of the case at all times, it is clear that there is no possible way to switch the rope.
Created by: Hiroshi Kondo (1990)
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