Price$35.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJun 06, 2014
Frea-capped
Jonson, Kieron; Temple, Duncan; Rowe, Steve
Big Blind Media
(Based on 2 reviews)
Freacapped is an ingenious gimmicked Sharpie marker that allows you to perform an incredibly visual piece of magic with NO SKILL REQUIRED!
As seen on TV. Includes special Sharpie gimmick that magically recaps itself!
Imagine - you uncap your Sharpie and hold the pen and lid in one hand. A little shake and incredibly the lid is back on the Sharpie. You offer to repeat this stunt, but this time you place the pen and the lid between your teeth. With your hands at your side you spin on the spot, and, as you turn to face your audience, the Sharpie has recapped itself.
Utterly impossible. Incredibly visual. TV Magic in the real world.
From the minds of Kieron Johnson, Steve Rowe and Duncan Temple this jaw dropping effect is totally self working. Anybody can perform this incredible trick.
Comes with the special Sharpie Pen, plus material and instruction on how to build your own Freacapped gimmick in almost ANY PEN DESIGN!
"Just BUY IT!'"
- Alan Rorrison
"You would be a fool to underplay this."
- James Brown
"I LOVE it. It's crazy."
- Ravi MayarSuper easy to perform Featured on the popular TROY TV Show in the UK. Comes with hand gimmicked Sharpie, and the material to build replacement gaff. Created by Kieron Johnson (Remaxed, To The Max, Chaotic) High production values and excellent indepth teaching.
Reviews
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Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Devil's Dance by Metallica
Frea-Capped by Kieron Johnson Review:
One gimmicked Sharpie, some stuff to make another gimmicked Sharpie and $35 bucks. Is it gem or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.
Effect
Place the pen and cap of a sharpie marker in your mouth. With your arms raised in a "V" (if you're a Pearl Jam fan) or with your arms wide open (if you're a Creed fan), you turn around slowly. Upon completing your 360 degree turn around, the pen has been recapped.
Method
A simple self-contained gimmick does all the work for you. It's easy to make if your gimmick breaks, and you are supplied with enough stuff to make at least one, maybe two more. Further, the "stuff" is pretty easy to find at a craft store (e.g., Michael's or Robert's here in the U.S.A.). The method is so simple that you don't have to think about it. Let the gimmick do the work. You focus on the presentation.
Ad Copy Integrity
The ad copy is 100%. It really is clean, simple, self-working and can be set up with any kind of pen that has a cap.
Product Quality
Big Blind Media, home of Owen "the wonder lizard" Packard and the rest of the top notch BBM production team. The production quality is top notch. The teaching is clear and easy to understand and follow. The gimmick itself is solid quality and will last a long while, but when it does finally give up the ghost, you can make a new one in 5 minutes. A few pen switches and gags are also covered on the DVD, making this a pretty well rounded product.
Final Thoughts
If you can see yourself doing this type of effect, get it. It's as clean, simple and clever as they claim.
Final Verdict:
5 Stars with a Stone Status of Gem.
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I hated this when I watched the video. I felt the trick was really obvious. I ran thru it quickly for a friend, and she was fooled, and said, “Do it again.” I did, she busted it the second time when she asked to see the marker.
Granted, this is meant to be a throw away. You have to put the marker away immediately after the stunt, and you have to switch the regular marker for the gimmicked marker after it is used.
The trick is solid. The DVD teaches you how to make another gimmick from another Sharpie or almost any kind of pen. It also teaches you a variety of ways to switch the markers. The 30 dollar price tag is a little steep for a 3 second trick like this. If it was twenty I think that would be a better value.
There is also a MAJOR angle issue. If you do this for a table on one end of a restaurant or cocktail party, and then do it on the opposite end of the room, if they look over as you do this trick, they WILL see how it’s done. If I’m going to do something in my professional strolling work in the real world, I need something a little more bullet proof than that.
I think a teacher could do this for his class the first day of school, and be the coolest teacher ever. In that situation, the angles are right, and the distance/position of authority allows for them to not ask to see the marker.
This is not bad, it’s easy to execute, and a surprising effect. It’s a little over priced, and there are some major angle issues, but overall, this is decent.
Three Stars
Granted, this is meant to be a throw away. You have to put the marker away immediately after the stunt, and you have to switch the regular marker for the gimmicked marker after it is used.
The trick is solid. The DVD teaches you how to make another gimmick from another Sharpie or almost any kind of pen. It also teaches you a variety of ways to switch the markers. The 30 dollar price tag is a little steep for a 3 second trick like this. If it was twenty I think that would be a better value.
There is also a MAJOR angle issue. If you do this for a table on one end of a restaurant or cocktail party, and then do it on the opposite end of the room, if they look over as you do this trick, they WILL see how it’s done. If I’m going to do something in my professional strolling work in the real world, I need something a little more bullet proof than that.
I think a teacher could do this for his class the first day of school, and be the coolest teacher ever. In that situation, the angles are right, and the distance/position of authority allows for them to not ask to see the marker.
This is not bad, it’s easy to execute, and a surprising effect. It’s a little over priced, and there are some major angle issues, but overall, this is decent.
Three Stars