Nice to see Issue 4 for 2005 have 2 routines submitted by Hong Kong Magicians, Zenneth Kok and Tony Ko. Congratulations! Another small step in magic history, a giant step in my city's magician circle.

Frank,

The magazine is of amazing print/paper quality and it always introduces 5-8 routines. In addition, it has some enjoyable reading from Racherbaumer, Swiss, Taylor and others. Their articles are very educational and sometimes thought provoking.

You should check out a copy.

Mike

I cant wait to get my "Fingerprints" on the next issue!

Is reflection the same as sinful?
and what is this antinomy? you pay 92$ and get some magazines and cd-roms or what? sounds interesting so far

I subscribed and couldn't be happier! THE BEST Magic Magazines on the market. No Ads, just hard hitting magic and clever thoughts and insights.
Reflection is a card trick by Dean Dill. A spectator freely deals cards from a chosen deck. The card they stopped at is proven to be a "Reflection" of a prediction previously set aside. When I saw the demo to this on the bonus CD-Rom, I though 'WOW'. I was stunned, I had no idea, I immediately went and learned the effect and have it set up all the time.
Sinful is completely different! It is Wayne Houchin's 'Impromptu signed coin in borrowed can'. It is probably the best impromptu trick of the last century!
For the $92, you get 4 high class magic magazines with about 8 routines in them, so four magazines with 8 effects = 32 effects, not bad eh!.
All extremely well written and described, and printed on best quality paper. Lots of high definition pictures, and essays from Swiss and Racherbaumer. The CD-Rom has video performances of some of the effects in the magazines. It also has all four magazines on pdf format for when you are on the road and want to read them whilst taking up little room. You also get a bonus issue packed full of awesome magic on pdf. It is the best $92 I have ever spent! I can't recommend these enough!

My very words exactly Christopher. And Gene Taylor allready know how much I love Antinomy. It has no equal.

So where can I learn Deans Effect?

Dean Dill's "Reflection" is in Issue #3 of ANTINOMY.

Did anybody happen to find the "special" box for Dean's Reflection effect online anywhere?
I've scouted every antique shop in town and not found anything appropriate.
If you found one online anywhere, could you PM me the link please.
Cheers.

http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/page/DM/PROD/PC/pcbCRMD

http://www.quagmirepuzzleboxes.com/doubl......oxes.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com/FISHERMAN-FISHING-PL......ViewItem

http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Virt......dex.html

http://www.roundtablegifts.com/cg002.html

These are the best taht I could come up with on such short notice. I hope you see one that you like. Just do a search through what ever search engine you use for "wooden playing card boxes double boxes"

Cheers Eric, thanks for the links and the tip!

In the UK in London, there are hig quality wooden boxes to hold two decks of cards with brass playing card suit pictures on top (Heart, Club, Diamond and Spades), these are really cheap as well! Like £8 or something like that!

A few kind folks posted here and PM'd me with links.

I've found the PERFECT box thanks to a PM and have ordered it up.

I've been playing around with the patter and moves for Dean's "Reflection" routine for months now and can't wait to try it out for real, with Dean's reccomended props.
You know how some routines give you the feeling even before you debut them that they're going to play very strong?......this is one of those routines for me.

.....but then I'm a huge fan of almost anything Dean puts out!

Thanks to those who assisted.

Has anybody else been doing this routine?.......how has it been playing?

Just a note to anybody else trying Dean Dill's "Reflection", after spending quite a few bucks on a case, I got it today and it's beautiful......but it doesn't fit cards in their boxes, only loose.....which is a major drag.

I'm going to keep the case (because it cost me $40.00 and looks great) and try to vary the handling to do "Reflection" without the card boxes. Maybe I'll tie each loose deck with a ribbon or elastic band.

Lesson learned?......when you order off the internet, you can't ask questions you don't know you should be asking, and you can't stick the deck in the box before you buy to make sure it'll fit!