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BLACKPOOL CONVENTION UPDATE #3

Blackpool Fig Blog #3 And still it comes! Here are the goodies to look out for today...   Chris Rawlins has 5 full sets of Card Games hidden under his table. He isn't 'offically' selling them and he won't mention them unless you ask him about them. The password is "THE FIG". Don't miss these. Martin McMillan/International Magic - An Odd Card Trick. Typical Martin M brilliance.  Russell Hall - Tarot From The Stage. An essential guide book on how to successfully use Tarot for stage shows. Magcik Enterprises - Found Photographs book & various packs of photos. Mentalism and bizarre effects using... found photos. I can't wait to dive into this. Victor Zatko - The Black Pearl. Quite simply THE best version of Grandmother's Necklace. Velith Studios with Mark Lemon - Multipen. You wait years for a great Double Writer to come along, and then find two in two days!  Velith Studios - Force Polaroids. A stack of Sven photos that the participant can handle w...
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BLACKPOOL CONVENTION UPDATE #2

Blackpool Fig Blog #2 Yesterday was more, a lot more! 204 magic dealers = a huge (and I mean a truly massive, colossal,  mammoth, stupendous,  gargantuan) amount of trips, books, props, apps, electronics and all kinds of related materials. Below is a list of my faves from yesterday. As always, go look as early as you can, or risk them being sold out...    Jack Nobile & Piero Puddu - Levitas. This is the most visual piece of magic that I've seen so far at the Convention this year. Stunning. Luka Malensek - Sudokode. Puzzle + bookest + mindreading = Sudokode. You will use this. Lloyd Barnes - The Golden Elephant. The best just, somehow, got better. Alex Latorre - A-BOX. The visual appearance of multiple coins in an empty box. They just seem to fade into existence. So, so good. Alex Latorre - Trinity Book Test. This is a very, very good booktest, but there are a lot of those. However... it also the best method I have seen for Pegasus Page.  James Keatley &...
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BLACKPOOL CONVENTION UPDATE #1

Blackpool Fig Blog #1 My first impression: Wow, there's a lot of stuff! We really are living in a Golden Age of magic creativity, with brilliant creators, artists, writers, technicians, makers and visionaries. And modern tech capabilities give us the tools to make almost any idea a reality.  And nowhere in the world of magic is that more on show than in the Dealers' Room at Blackpool. It can be an overwhelming mind-**** to navigate, so below I'm providing a very subjective list of the material that has caught my eye so far... and which I suggest is worth a purchase. I won't be including all the fantastic material that has featured in The Fig over the previous two Blackpool issues and the 7 bonus updates this week*, rather the list below features material that I saw for the first time (or the finished version) at the Convention. -- Mark Bennett Magic: 1. Get Saucy. 2. The Gift Card & Gift Slide Mark Mason: 1. New Sharpie Through Card. 2. Conseal. And one of the best ...
Location: Blackpool, UK
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Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the new A Metabolic Fig blog. It will serve as a companion to the A Metabolic Fig weekly newsletter. The blog will facilitate more in-depth discussion of the recommendations, ideas, stories, trips and links that are shared in The Fig.  
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