Volume 30, Number 2
June 15th, 2009

Greetings from all of us at Hank Lee’s Magic Factory. Being the middle of June, you would think that the sun would be shining and we would be running around in shorts and T-shirts. You would be oh, so, very wrong. June has been gray and dreary and rainy and cold, so far. Bonnie has not put the fleece away and walks around complaining about how darn cold it is. That having been said, I am sure the weather will immediately change to hot and humid so that we can complain about how hot it is. There’s just no making us happy.

As those of you who are fathers know, Father’s Day is coming right up. Another wonderful Hallmark Holiday. Every year, I am interrogated as to what I want for Father’s Day. The truth is, there’s very little that I want. I live a simple, monastic existence and tend to shun the frills and baubles of the materialistic world. (Are you buying this, grasshopper?) But, the questioning continues. So, this year, I saw an ad for a very neat hammer from Sears. Perfect. I went online, found the ad and printed it out. I left the ad on the dining room table, right on top of Bonnie’s pile of junk, I mean important papers. She couldn’t miss it. And she didn’t. She saw the ad and assumed it was something I was buying for myself. She was wrong, and the questioning continues. No matter what shows up on Father’s Day in a wrapped package, I guarantee it will be perfect.

On the magic front, I am pleased as punch to tell you that Dice Illusion has finally arrived in stock and is now on the way to the zillion people who ordered it. The props look great and I know you will be pleased with the effect. We do have lots of these in stock, so please feel free to order, knowing that your order will be shipped right away!

Lots of new stuff coming in the door, as always. I have personally gone through it all and picked only the best of the best for you. I will not keep you from the new goodies for another second. Just read on…

See you next month,
Hank

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(1) CAPtivated - Alex Lourido
Another incredible creation from Alex Lourido. CAPtivated is the perfect culmination of what a magic trick should be: It’s shocking, it’s highly visual, it’s simple to perform, it’s an instant reset with multiple possibilities and routines, not to mention it comes with a handsome metal carrying case that easily fits into your pocket! Alex unveiled CAPtivated at this years Blackpool Convention, creating a feeding frenzy and completely selling out in less than two hours!
One of the beautiful things about CAPtivated is that it can be performed for both stage and close-up audiences. The gaffs -- you receive eight -- are beautifully designed and defy scrutiny from the most critical audience. With CAPtivated you are able to easily change the identity of any bottle cap while in the hands of a spectator! You are also able to make bottle caps switch places while tightly held by two different spectators! With CAPtivated the magic happens right in the spectator’s hands.
Three Cap Monte: Now you can perform this classic of street magic for your audiences using bottle caps, but with an incredible twist! You openly display three simple caps of different brands and place them on a table face down. You turn over the center cap, or have your audience choose a brand, as you tell them that this cap is the proverbial Ace, and is the one they are going to try and follow. Very slowly mix up the caps and ask a spectator to point to the one they believe is theirs. To everyone’s shock, when the cap is turned over it is revealed that they are wrong! This is done two or three more times, but to everyone’s surprise the spectator chooses incorrectly every time. Then you inform them that you are going to let them in on the big secret. The cap they were instructed to track is no longer among the three! “In fact,” you say, “none of the original caps are here!” You ask a spectator to turn over the caps, which reveal that all three have changed to a completely different brand!
* Very simple to perform.
* There is no switching of caps.
* Caps can be examined thoroughly.
* No sleeving, pulls or invisible threads.
* You end clean and set-up is virtually instant!
* Can be performed completely surrounded, no bad angles.
$35.00; yours for $28.00(10.1522)

(2) Clink - David Regal
Coins magically & visibly fall into a clear glass. Any glass.
Perform it close-up, on stage, at a party, a restaurant...anywhere.
Contains three utility gimmicks and DVD instruction. $39.95 (20.419)

(3) Illusion EFX DVD - Andrew Mayne
Seven incredible easy-to-build inexpensive stage illusions for the beginner and the pro.
Make motorcycles appear, move through human beings, build a Shadow Box illusion for under $50, and more!
Based upon his experience performing around the world in resorts, showrooms and cruise ships, Andrew Mayne presents practical illusions that can be put together very quickly for very little money.
* 7 illusions
* DVD running time 65 minutes
* Shot in widescreen 16:9 format
$24.95; yours for $20.00 (DVD01006)

(4) Gymnastic Deck
Gymnastic Deck uses a glass and a deck and a silk handkerchief.
Four cards are selected by a spectator and returned to the deck.
The deck is placed in a long-stem glass with an indifferent card showing.
The glass is covered by the silk, just for an instant.
When the silk is removed, one of the chosen cards has appeared on the face of the deck! Yikes!
The effect is repeated three more times, each time one of the selected cards appears on the face of the deck! It’s as if the cards have jumped right to the face of the deck! Quite the gymnastic feat!
Gymnastic Deck is easy to do. If you can hold the glass, you can perform this routine!
Comes with long-stem glass, all the special cards and complete instructions. Supply your own silk. Just $20.00; yours for $16.00 (30.536)

(5) Menu Of Miracles Vol. 3 DVD - James Prince
Contents include:
Roaming Card
A totally impromptu card across - any deck, any time, anywhere! Eliminates the problems associated with other impromptu versions
The Bullet Concept
Have a hole appear in a freely selected, signed card This is not a stand alone effect; it is a discovery that can be applied to your own presentations. James Prince has worked with this, in the field, for years. From now on so can you! Three presentations included on the DVD: Shot To The Heart, Card On Ceiling, and Target Practice.
Ready Teddy Go!
A finger ring is borrowed from a spectator. Suddenly the ring vanishes from the magician’s hands. It's found attached to a cute little teddy bear key ring.
So what's new? The spectator removes the key ring from your pocket The spectator can freely handle the bear The spectator can remove their ring from the clip
Coin Kebab
A real worker! Spectator chooses a coin to give to the performer, a hole is drawn on each side with a Sharpie, a kebab stick is pushed through the ‘hole.’ The coin and stick can be handed out or given to the spectator to keep or the stick removed and the coin returned intact
Strike Three!
Routine with three mini baseballs. They travel from hand to hand, vanish, return and finally one morphs into a solid crystal ball! Ala Vernon, Marlo, Roth but with some extra little touches.
Bleached Deck
One card is fairly selected. All the cards turn blank. The selection is found in the pocket. No faked cards. All can be examined at end.
The JP Jennings Wallet
Adapt a Jennings to enable effortless loading time after time Not just cards - Necklaces, rings, mobiles loaded instantly As easy as dropping something into a glass.
Pepper Pot Strikes Again
James' classic borrowed Ring To Pepper Pot is revisited with a significant upgrade.
The JP/Erdnase DPS
Following numerous requests, a more detailed teach-in of James' variation to the classic Erdnase DPS.
Plus bonus hints and tips covering correct table positioning and creativity.
$45.00; yours for $36.00(DVD01015)

'If Close-Up Magic or Restaurant work are your forte, you cannot go wrong with James Prince's DVDs. He's served up pure gold"
- Review in MAGIC - December 2008

(6) Pocket Technicolor Prediction - Martin Lewis
From the creative mind of Martin Lewis, the originator of Cardiographic and Sidewalk Shuffle, comes Pocket Technicolor Prediction, a comedy mindreading effect with a stunning climax!
First a lady, then a gentleman, are asked to choose one of three envelopes. The envelopes are red, green and yellow.
Let’s say the lady chooses red and the gentleman chooses green. That means you are left with yellow.
Opening up the envelope, the lady reads, “I predict that you will choose red.”
The gentleman reads, “I predict you will choose green.”
Of course, the audience thinks this is some kind of joke. Rest assured, it is not!
A spectator reads the contents of the yellow envelope, the one left for you. “The lady will choose red, the gentleman will choose green and yellow will be left with the magician.” A killer finish!
Pocket Technicolor Prediction plays the same as Martin’s full size version, but fits in your jacket pocket. It can be performed anywhere and anytime from stage to close It has built in laughs and a surprise finish.
This version uses Mike Porstmann’s Double Decker envelopes, gaffed envelopes that have a wide variety of magical uses.
In the accompanying Quicktime movie, Martin shows you how to construct the Double Deckers quickly and easily and in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles, including a Poker size pay envelope and a most innocent looking drug store security lined style. He then goes over the Technicolor Prediction routine in both performance and handling, and also give many other ideas and routines for using these versatile envelopes.
The package includes pre-printed sheets to get you started quickly on making the envelopes, and Acrobat template files to allow you to print your own as required. You will need a computer with a color printer to take full advantage of these files.
A best seller during Martin’s recent US lecture tour. It comes complete with the sturdy acrylic board, envelopes and full instructions. Just $35.00; yours for $28.00 (40.684)

(7) Hell's Tea Towel
Is there anything funnier in all of magic than the classic Magic Cooking Routine? Baking A Cake In A Hat. Baking A Cupcake In A Shoe. Baking A Cake Magically using a Dove Pan. There are a hundred variations on this classic theme.
And, what better way to vanish some of the key ingredients, like the eggs, than using the new Hell’s Tea Towel. There is no better and certainly no more innocent way!
How about the classic Orange, Lemon, Egg and Canary. What a great way to vanish the items, using an innocent-looking dish towel!
And, let’s say you don’t have a show. Wouldn't it be great to be able to do magic for your friend with items that are inherently found in your home? Like a dish towel!
The Hell’s Tea Towel is a newly designed utility device disguising itself as an ordinary looking dish towel while allowing you to perform amazing feats of magic.
Remove an egg from it's carton and cause it to vanish within the folds of a dish towel, only to reappear a moment later back in the egg carton.
Drop a bunch of grapes in the folds of the tea towel and cause them to transform into a full glass of wine.
Place a fork in the folds of the tea towel and have your guests focus their energy on it. The center of the towel is then seen to mysteriously rise and fall as if it were breathing. A moment later the fork is removed and is seen to have bent itself in an unbelievable manner.
Included:
* Hell's Tea Towel
* Instructional DVD with routines from the mind of Aaron Paterson
$39.95; yours for $32.00 (60.1590)

(8) Blackout!
A new utility coin that allows you to perform ridiculously clean vanishes, changes, productions and transposition miracles, right under your spectator’s nose! Blackout! can be performed anytime, anywhere, under all lighting conditions and completely surrounded. This utility system is 100% practical and allows for literally endless possibilities. No need for close-up mats, backdrops, or anything extra.
Blackout! is machined to precise specifications by master craftsman Roy Kueppers. It then goes through a second and third stage of meticulous handcrafting and treatment by Mike Platt. The result of this laborious process is a unique gimmick that brilliantly overcomes the inherent problems of combining Black Art with the unforgiving conditions of close-up coin magic. Perform in any black (or even partially black) shirt or pants or jacket.
Comes complete with full length DVD and everything you need to perform impossible looking coin magic. $55.00; yours for $44.00 (20.416)

(9) Infinity Bend
Allows you to perform the most visual coin bends ever seen. Eric came up with the solution to the problem that most coin bends face, the ability to make bends visually without cover or the use of expensive gimmicks. With Infinity Bend you can borrow a coin from a spectator and bend it in full view, at your finger tips.
The methods taught are all easy to perform and well within the grasp of any performer. Eric covers two handlings of the bend ranging from beginner to intermediate. Infinity Bend also features Brandon Williams' ultra visual handling of the effect. In addition, Eric has included a very clever handling of the classic Coin Matrix. $25.00; yours for $20.00 (40.683)

(10) iUtility - Magic With Your iPhone
The third installment of iPhone Magic! We taught you magic for your iPhone, now it is time to learn magic with your iPhone! Perform easy to do amazing tricks with your iPhone.
iPhone magic is a fun and unique way to break the ice. Perform these tricks for your friends and family at a moment’s notice! You always have your phone, so you will always have a trick in your pocket. From appearances to vanishes, you’ll find it all inside. You don’t have to be a magician to learn, perform, and enjoy “iUtility” the ultimate utility gimmick.
Your host, Sam Rubman, will teach and explain over twelve amazing tricks and tips with your iPhone, including:
Vanishing iPhone: Vanish your iPhone with no setup or special gimmicks.
Make an Appearance: Make your iPhone appear anytime without preparation.
Hottest Phone on the Market: Make your iPhone so hot it leaves a blister!
iVoodoo: Turn your iPhone into your own personal voodoo doll.
iShiner: Force a chosen card through an iPhone.
iPression: Use your iPhone to read someone's mind.
iSwitch: use your phone to switch out any item.
iThru: A spectator's card passes through your iPhone. $19.95; yours for $16.00 (DVD01010)

(11) Jumbo Whole Thing - Daryl
Two hole cards and
two whole cards
magically transform into...
a spot card,
a card with a whole bunch of spots,
a card with a spot that covers the whole card,
and a spot card with a hole!
For a surprise finish, the final card is turned around to reveal the word "HOLE" written across the whole card!
The snappy patter makes this hilarious whole routine make sense.
No gimmicks, everything can be examined and the entire routine is instantly reset.
Comes complete with: four specially printed and die cut 4.5" x 7" cards, heavy vinyl protection case, complete script, and a performance and explanation DVD. $19.95; yours for $16.00 (30.1430)

(12) Infinity V2 Invisible Elastic Thread
This 300' spool contains the finest invisible elastic thread available on the market. The thread is solution dyed black (no fading possible), matte finish (already dulled), and has incredible elasticity!
The perfect thread for any kind of stage or close-up levitation or animation. Available now in an easily dispensable container! $29.95; yours for $24.00 (70.971)

(13) Printing - Dominique Duvivier
The adventure of this best seller goes on!
Now printed on Bicycle card stock and complete with instructional DVD!
Dominique Duvivier's masterpiece of card magic, Printing, is one of the all-time great visual mysteries. Thousands have been sold all over the world, but not until now has Dominique consented to reveal his personal methods and techniques for accomplishing this gem.
In effect, a small packet of face down cards in introduced. One at a time, the four tens appear face up. The rest of the cards are shown to have blank faces. The blank cards magically "print," duplicating the tens like a magical copy machine. The process continues, comically and magically printing the cards, culminating with printing the color of the close-up pad, an image of your wallet and finally the front of the card case.
Printing is extremely visual and super-easy to perform. Comes with a set of custom-made Bicycle cards, special wallet and DVD. $25.00; yours for $20.00 (30.732)

(14) Gambling Protection Series DVD Set - Steve Forte
Steve Forte is a living legend. Respected worldwide for his unparalleled knowledge of the gaming industry, he released the original Gambling Protection Series in 1986 and immediately established a new standard of excellence in the gaming protection genre. For the DVD release, the original series has been digitally remastered and complete chapter indexes and menus have been created. In addition to the four original volumes the new series also includes a 'bonus disc' containing almost two hours of never-before-seen footage of Steve Forte demonstrating cheating techniques in a casino environment, a tour of his private museum, and fifty-two select moves from his amazing repertoire.
Steve Forte demonstrates over 200 techniques in this series accompanied by multiple camera angles, slow motion replays, live situational performances, and on screen text with protection tips and narration. This is the most comprehensive guide ever produced on protecting private card and dice games.
Volume 1: False Shuffles; Stacking; Beating The Cut
Volume 2: Gaffed Cards; Peeks; Miscellaneous Techniques; False Dealing
Volume 3: Palming; Holdouts & Mucking; False Dealing; The Cold Deck; Miscellaneous Techniques; Gin Rummy; Blackjack; Bridge
Volumes 4: Crooked Dice; Switches; Controlled Shots; Cups & Backgammon Moves
Bonus
* Gambling's Invisible Thieves
* Hidden Secrets of Magic Clip
* Museum Tour
* 52
$99.95; yours for $80.00 (DVD01012)

(15) Coin Bomber - Johnny Wong
– One of the finest gimmicked coins ever created! It is also the best item Johnny Wong has invented in the last ten years ten years.
With the Coin Bomber, you can perform all kinds of penetrations, transpositions, appearances, disappearances, changes and more!
There are more than 50 amazing magic effects described! The instructional DVD teaches 10 routines in detail.
One of them is to multiply one Half Dollar into so many that they fill up a small table.
The gimmicked coin does all the work, and you have never seen a gimmicked coin like this!
Comes with the very special Half Dollar,
Includes many routining ideas and several full routines by the creator, Johnny Wong.
Not inexpensive, but when you see the coins, you will be totally thrilled!
$399.95; yours for $320.00 (20.415)