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My apologies if this is not the right forum for this...does anyone remember a monthly subscription whereby you'd get a trick a month? The theming IIRC reminds me of the George Schindler books of the same era.
When I was involved would have been 1975-1977 timeframe. I didn't have many. The ones I remember were a mentalism plastic necklace with a weak bead; a TT labeled "The Magician's Secret"; a coin box with spikes (I think)...is this ringing any bells with anyone?
It was an interesting time for magic awareness in the public.
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Well the name Reiss doesn't ring a bell at all, but after a Google search returned me right back to this forum, this post: https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view......&start=0 yes, that's it exactly. In looking at the list I also had Psychic Stamps, Vanishing Milk, and that might be where I got the Magic With Cards book. In that thread they even mention the monthly "Young Magician's Club".
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Yes those effects were also sold in many retail shops as well back then. I had quite a few as a kid starting out.
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Interestingly when I was doing magic as a teenager I had already progressed beyond those of the toy nature (except the TT...I unfortunately never made good use of it that I recall). Like, I would never use the coin pierce or stamps in a kids birthday party routine. But I was so eat up with anything magic and we had so little access to anything in our town that I thought I had to have all that stuff.
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