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tophatter
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Hello Fellow Magicians - I always watch the videos on Youtube of the Blackpool Convention & really enjoy it ! I know I will never go cause I am in the U.S. The New tricks
they show are incredible "Were Do We Buy Them" ? I know the video will show the creator & the booth but why not Add a link Highlighted that stands out So we can purchase the trick !
Anyone Else Agree ?

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Tophatter
michaelpenkul
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I love watching blackpool videos, you get all the front-row views without having to deal with the big crowds

What you're suggesting is a nice idea, but my understanding is a good amount of the tricks at Blackpool aren't officially released yet at the time, and can only be purchased at the convention. Many creators use the convention to boost hype about an upcoming product, but hold off on public release until weeks/months later, for various reasons.

Wayne Fox's effects only became available 4 days ago, even though he was showing & selling them at Blackpool, & Crazy Sam's Mind was one of the hypes of the convention, but for us plebs who weren't there, we could only buy it weeks later
Philippe
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Actually, I still can’t find Sams Crazy Mind anywhere.
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The Unmasked Magician
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I saw the effect with the table tennis ball and Googled my *^s off to find it. To no avail. Until today, when videoman posted it here in L and G. Turns out it’s called Blow Hard and in the ad they called it a styrofoam ball.
Please check regularly if you are becoming the type of magician Jerry Seinfeld jokes about. (This applies to mentalists as well.)
Magic KL
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It's a good idea, but I don't know if it's doable in reality. The reason is because most of them are pre-release or even BP exclusive products.
michaelpenkul
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There was also an audio effect called something like 'Sonor', making sounds from nowhere - it was mentioned and briefly shown in 1 video out of the 15+ I watched, and until now I've failed to find anything more about it