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In general I’m always sceptical if someone releases a second release on a existing trick. The question is always does it make sense to buy the new version if you already have to original one. In case of NEWSFLASH 2.0, the answer is, it depends …

Just by chance I stumbled today over this beautyful teaser for Jeff McBrides Butterfly Blizzard…

O.k, now it almost month ago, but I want do complete my Blackpool report.
The dealer’s room
When I first visited Blackpool Convention I was totally stunned about the size of the dealer’s fair. It covers the whole floor of the Empress Ballroom, its balconies as well as a second hall the Arena. All in [...]

Sorry that you had to wait that long for Part II, but I’m just too busy at the moment with other projects. But now as promised Part II
Saturday
As Levent had introduced me to David Kaplan, who stopped by at our dinner table, I wanted to see his lecture, although it was the first in the [...]

While working on Eugene Burger’s pretty routine “The Burned Card” I was not really happy with the force that he proposed, as in my view it did not fit well in a Voodoo based theme. After reading the book  Roy Benson by Starlight I decided to use the  Benson Knife Force but I wanted to [...]

I just added a new page to the top menu of my blog “Used Magic Items” there I offer some magic items that I no longer need.
I want to point out, that I never sell any items that I got for free for doing a review! Also if I perform or plan to perform any [...]

I will only talk about my personal highlights as it was just too much going on and I could not see everything. As in numbers Blackpool 2010 again broke its records: 3600 Magician from 36 countries and 125 international dealers…