Price$34.95
Media TypeTrick, DVD
CategoryGeneral, Close Up
Date AddedMar 27, 2015
mINt
Steve Rowe
Big Blind Media
(Based on 2 reviews)
Steve Rowe's 'MinT' is a killer new card revelation for magicians of any skill level. Make a signed card vanish and reappear inside a transparent mint box, that's been in full view throughout! Just as ideal for formal work as it is for showing your mates in a casual setting, 'MinT' is easy to handle, super clean looking and just about the "ultimate card to impossible location"!
Includes Steve's full professional routine, where a playing card openly isolated in the mint box later becomes a spectators signed selection, where the SPECTATOR removes the card from the mint box THEMSELVES!
The mint box is a professional, hand made prop that you can use with playing cards, bank notes, billets and anything else that takes your fancy.
Includes special mint box, materials to customise your gimmick with red or blue bicycle cards, and a replacement label.
Quotes:
"This is one of the best object to locations I have ever seen. If you want an impossible piece of magic with an everyday object that's as clean as it is visual then look no further. Amazing!"
- Lee Smith
"Steve Rowe's Mint is as beautiful, organic and natural as a card to impossible location can get. I'll use this for cards, predictions and as a wicked out. It's so clever, I wish I'd thought of this!"
- Brian Watson
"Steve Rowe has created the most organic looking clear object to box yet, looks so innocent, yet the secret is fiendish, and it doesn't look like a magic prop."
- Chris Congreave
"By far the most practical, logical and justifiable clear box I've seen. If this isn't in your pocket, you are missing out"
- Mark Waddington
"Straight forward solid concept. Visual change! Perfect for walk around. What more do you want. Ticks all the boxes for me!"
- Ravi Mayar
"Steve Rowe has created a natural impossible location that is easy to do and is ..... Mint"
- Kieron Johnson
"Mint is a breath of fresh air. So simple, so clever. And sweeet! Love it."
- Stephen Leathwaite
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Overview
If you like organic looking props and love the card to impossible location plot, mINt might be one of your EDCs (every day carry). mINt by Steve Rowe and Big Blind Media is a unique take on a theme that has been quite common these days which is a chosen card ending up in a closed box.Effect
A spectator’s favorite card is chosen from a deck. They draw a small picture on it to make it totally unique. Their card in now lost in the deck. The performer also has a favorite card in his pocket, which he takes, folds it and puts it in a Tic Tac mint box. The spectator names their card and tries to guess the performer’s card. To see how accurate they are, the performer’s card is tipped out of the box. To everyone’s surprise, the spectator’s card comes out of the box instead.Method
The methodology used is no different than many other card to box scenarios. The use of standard card handling techniques and the m****** c*** f*** is all that is required to achieve success with this trick. Of course some misdirection is required to ditch and retrieve an object but the skill set required is not as high as the nerve to perform the moves.Product Quality
The quality of the box is fine since it is an ordinary mint box which has been modified a bit to achieve the effect. As a side note, their claim is that it is a Tic Tac box, but I would assume that this was a European Tic Tac box which appears to be different than boxes we see here in the US. They box is lightly smaller and it is a firm plastic but not hard plastic like we are used to. The DVD instructions run cumulatively about 30 minutes. It is broken up into segments of 2 – 7 minutes each depending. Everything is covered from the basic routine, setting up the box, modifying the gimmick, alternative handlings and other possibilities. It is shot at the counter of what appears to be a coffee shop type storefront. The filming, sound, lighting and setup are average.Ad Copy Integrity
The ad copy is as accurate as it can get. Properly handled and practiced you can perform all of which is stated. This effect would be more for table hopping or casual performance.Final Thoughts
If you were looking for a similar type effect for parlor or stage, I would consider other card to box tricks out on the market. I feel the “visuals” of this would not play well in more formal settings. Due to its size and ordinary appearance a larger, more polished looking prop might be better in those situations.(Top ▲)
PROS
The effect is tremendous! I think the Tic Tac box is so much better than any other revelation boxes on the market. Having a Tic Tac box to reveal a card can be so much more powerful than some unfamiliar see through box as there are many on the market now.
The routine is equally tremendous! The subtleties of the patter in performance is really clever. He teaches every subtlety, including how to handle difficult audience members.
He teaches tips and subtleties that make this a routine that can be performed completely surrounded.
The prop is very good quality.
This routine is best suited for close up or parlor. It’s probably not best suited for stage.
CONS
This is not likely suited for stage, but rather for close-up or parlor.
VERDICT
Excellent prop, routine, and instruction. I think this is far superior to any of the other clear production boxes on the market for the reason that it works just as well, and is much more of a natural and convincing prop.
The effect is tremendous! I think the Tic Tac box is so much better than any other revelation boxes on the market. Having a Tic Tac box to reveal a card can be so much more powerful than some unfamiliar see through box as there are many on the market now.
The routine is equally tremendous! The subtleties of the patter in performance is really clever. He teaches every subtlety, including how to handle difficult audience members.
He teaches tips and subtleties that make this a routine that can be performed completely surrounded.
The prop is very good quality.
This routine is best suited for close up or parlor. It’s probably not best suited for stage.
CONS
This is not likely suited for stage, but rather for close-up or parlor.
VERDICT
Excellent prop, routine, and instruction. I think this is far superior to any of the other clear production boxes on the market for the reason that it works just as well, and is much more of a natural and convincing prop.