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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...

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 &...