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DaveGripenwaldt Elite user 487 Posts 
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Julie: I'm not familiar with his gimmick or the marketed trick...but it's an obvious approach so I'm sure its been "invented" over and over.
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Also, I think Danny Korem had work on a pendulum-type gaff in his book, "Without Limits"...I fact I seem to remember he claimed he invented it (maybe, but not first), but I may be slandering him because I read the book so long ago, I may not have that right. Mb: The vanishing shot glass was awesome - get's a hell of a reaction. Does anyone still make it available? Just last week I was shoveling out old stuff and I came across the pull for that...so old that the ball crumbled apart. Back in the day, I sometimes I reversed things and used it as an appearance of a full shot glass, using the gaff as a holdout instead of a pull. |
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DaveGripenwaldt Elite user 487 Posts
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The shot glass vanish post got me wondering and, of course, the answer to my question was just a google away. Royal Magic still puts it out - at least I think that was the brand I had back in the day - and it's an Penguin Magic, among others.
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Mb217 Inner circle 9538 Posts
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I think that's the cheapy one Dave... PMd you.
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Julie Inner circle 3875 Posts
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On Aug 8, 2017, Mb217 wrote: The vanishing shot glass was invented and often credited by Percy Abbott as the trick that made Abbott's Magic Novelty Company a success in the early days of that venerable enterprise. He called it, "Squash". Julie |
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DaveGripenwaldt Elite user 487 Posts
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On Aug 8, 2017, Julie wrote: Yeah, "Squash" was the name I first heard. Mb told me the original Abbots version was a glass shot glass. By the time I got one, it was plastic. Wonder if anyone makes a glass version these days... Back to Google, I guess. |
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Mb217 Inner circle 9538 Posts
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Not sure anyone makes a glass version nowadays (except maybe Abbotts?), plastic is so much cheaper for an effect that's really not done much if at all anymore....But, if you make the gimmick yourself, which is taught on one of the download websites I believe, you can probably use any shot glass you want...Just make it to fit as you like. Nice "pull" project for something truly amazing and classically worthwhile IMHO.
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Julie Inner circle 3875 Posts
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You can also currently find glass "dessert cups" that are a bit taller than a shot glass and the same diameter, but without the heavy bottom a shot glass has. These are effective for Copentro. I imagine they would work well for Squash, too. Being light, the elastic would not need to be as heavy. If you choose to explore the Pendulum Principle the heavier shot glass might be better...
We recently bought a four pack of dessert cups at The Dollar Store (my hometown magic shop .)
Julie |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27302 Posts
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Updating to use a 5hour shot or ePipe?
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bsears Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 1040 Posts
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I purchased Squash from Abbott's two years ago at a convention. It came with the heavy, real glass shotglass and the caution from the salesman to "be careful, because the glass can fall off easily during or after the performance." Another magician standing at the booth at the time also cautioned me that the trick was not reliable. After a few days of experimentation, I also found this to be the case and never had the nerve to try it in a show. Using a plastic glass with the original gimmick might change the physics enough to make it workable, but I don't know.
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Ray Haining Inner circle Hot Springs, AR 1907 Posts
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DrVG Loyal user 273 Posts
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Where could I read more about those (i have read Wonder book 2 and Pat Page book on Pulls) ?
Also any video showing effects with it in action ? thanks VG |
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Jerry Inner circle Some where in Florida 1412 Posts
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On Aug 7, 2017, Stperformer wrote: I recently acquired this neat little item. It was "Old New Stock". |
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mindmagic Inner circle London 1744 Posts
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On May 12, 2024, Jerry wrote: I have this, but it's a while since I used it. I think it might be hard to use with a flat object like a coin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoADsQi5M7o |
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Posted: Aug 8, 2017 06:28 pm 
That was an amazing trick that creatively used this method of things. 