Scott - Glad to see this review. Good job! When the trailer of this effect was released, I discussed with a few people how this looked terrible. For some reason, magic companies keep producing these "STRANGE" looking props that SCREAM "gaff" from a mile away. It has all become a cash grab. Keep up the good work.
Whilst i generally agree with sentiment that there are a lot of props that come out that do look suspect, i would disagree in this instance that this is the case. The world is full of weird and wonderful coins for either a holistic use or just for fun. I've performed with double sided coins for a while and always used normal looking coins and i believe the suspiciousness of the coin comes from over use of the gimmick. Even if it looks normal after a while a spectator will start to wonder if its the coin really doing the work. The type of coin used i don't believe plays a part in that thinking unless it looks and feels like a cheap knock-off of a real coin in circulation. These coins are really nice and well made and don't believe they scream gaff. I've even had people ask where they could get one because they like the way it looks, to which i obviously lied and gave some BS of where i got it. So whilst I'm not a fan of the routines involved in this project i will admit that i love this coin and would purchase it on its own if that was an option.
Unbiased magic review is extremely biased, and the guy isn’t even a magician. The videos of him “performing” are atrocious so I would be leery of taking his advice. He certainly has his bias and thinks he knows what he’s talking about.
I agree 100% with your highly critical review of HOT. Absolutely appalling, the coin(s) look awful and as you say, far too small. I am sure you will receive heat over this review and I take my hat off to you for your honesty and courage to tell it as it is. Few( if any) do this. Keep up the good work!😊
The best which hand effect without any props is the VERBALIST method explained in "V2 by Manos Kartsakis". It is impromptu and highly practical. I really like it a lot. It becomes one of my favourite EDC effect.
Foolishly pre-ordered this. Boy is my face red. They even had to replace my coins because they all looked completely different colours! The routining is so dumb - taking the coin back repeatedly just introduces so much unnecessary suspicion. I only pre-ordered because of my respect for The 1914 and Alexander. His billet masterclass was incredible. I'll wait for reviews like yours in future.
Exactly! Taking the coin back to “show” the result only to place it back in their hand. It has potential but it’s an unfinished product. Yes, it’s always better to support reviewers and see what we have to say before deciding to spend your hard earned money.
I appreciate the review, we need a little more honesty when it comes to the products that people are selling. I feel like you really have to search for the diamonds in the rough these days. Thanks for the video man
Definitely need to try to see through the bs. There are lots of gems and a lot of people don’t talk about them. You’ll find some on my channel. This is why I sometimes review old effects. They’re better than what’s being released.
Great review my friend, i am usually a fan of Alexander Marsh, but reading yours and other reviews, not wasting my money or time on this. Keep the reviews coming please.
@@EverythingMagicPro99 it's on there now. Someone else posted a link. Don't know how long it'll take for my review to come down. Watched mentalist on a shoe strings review. Know not to trust his opinion on props now.
@EverythingMagicPro99 This is Don Wand I only trust 2 reviewers yours and Unbiased . Keep the Honest reviews coming 👍 Good or Bad you have always told it like it is. And that's what the Magicians 🎩 need to be told. Best Wishes Don Wand
Thanks for the review, I think I'll be getting at some point anyway because for me I think I'll get something out of it, but I appreciate you going against the grain and giving a well reasoned review
I’d consider waiting to see if they release an improved version from my feedback. The coins are so small that your spectator is likely to drop them. I actually like the idea of the product a lot. If they improved it with a Plus version with larger (and magnetic) coins it would be worth £50 or £60.
Thank you so much for this review, I had my reservations about this but now I know the truth I'll give this a miss. I know some reviewers big up rubbish to get sales, but I won't mention any names, this is why I always come to your channel for a review, thank you :-)
I wonder if they're using small, hard to read custom coins to try to minimize the chance of people noticing they are holding a double sided coin. Also the final phase is terrible. A 2 way out that obvious is no way to end a trick.
I feel like this would have been the ideal set: -Each is half dollar sized with the “yes” and “no” much larger, less emphasis on the image and more on the words -The regular coin has a magnet imbedded to use in a which hand routine
Agree. The project had potential and with the additions you mention, it would have been significantly better. They could have charged £45 for that instead of £34 as well.
I just don’t understand how they could think people would be happy with them. Especially when half dollar is generally a standard size for coin magic. 🤷♂️
I was extremely disappointed. It's hard to tell whether it's the head or the heart. I will never demonstrate this effect because I know full well that there will be people who will not recognize it, whether head or heart, and will look at the other side. I also don't understand why a magnetic coin isn't used. A waste of money!!
With the magic industry the way it is please wait for your favourite reviewer(s) to review a product you’re interested in. I didn’t even want the trick and bought it because people suggested I review it and I’m disappointed, too!
Thanks for this review. I love Alexander Marsh, but I'll definitely be taking a pass on this one. Appreciate the honest review, as the new norm with magic reviews seems to be just restating the details of what you're purchasing in-depth...thanks for taking a side
Always. Although I do state what you’ll receive the reason I called my channel “Pro” was because I’ve been a professional magician for over a decade and unlike 99% of reviewers, it’s still my main job. I know the deflating feeling of receiving a poor product is and I don’t want anyone to feel that way. So I try to inform people to make good decisions that they’ll be happy with.
I have that big yes or no coin on my desk, wanted to try and work it into some kind of routine because I like the idea and symbol of a decision coin, is there any way you could share or point me in the right direction for the routine you use it for? and this review did save me time and frankly quite a bit of money, thanks
I don’t use any specific routine and it’s certainly a long way off being perfected. Not something that’s ready to share. I know a magic historian who’s older and more knowledgable than me. His father recently passed away but when I see him I’ll ask if he knows any which hand resources for you.
I don’t perform a specific routine but use the coins with parts of routines that I’ve learned over the years. My personal routine is far from perfected and not something that’s ready to share. There are LOTS of teachings with the “which hand” principle but they’re spread out over lots of books, downloads, lectures etc….but I simply review products. I’d recommend looking at other reviewers like Unbiased Magic Reviews to see if he has a “top 5” video on the effect.
It’s a variation of which hand. Guessing which hand compared to heads or tails is the same concept. It’s for reference for those who are unfamiliar with mentalism. Even Alexander makes the same comparison on the tutorial.
It’s such a shame. The project had real potential. Apparently lots of the coins are defective and darker than they should be. Return it and request a refund.
Scott - Glad to see this review. Good job! When the trailer of this effect was released, I discussed with a few people how this looked terrible. For some reason, magic companies keep producing these "STRANGE" looking props that SCREAM "gaff" from a mile away. It has all become a cash grab. Keep up the good work.
Thank you. While there are lots of cash grabs, there are also lots of reviewers people can rely on now, too. 🙌 Some more than others 👀
Whilst i generally agree with sentiment that there are a lot of props that come out that do look suspect, i would disagree in this instance that this is the case. The world is full of weird and wonderful coins for either a holistic use or just for fun. I've performed with double sided coins for a while and always used normal looking coins and i believe the suspiciousness of the coin comes from over use of the gimmick. Even if it looks normal after a while a spectator will start to wonder if its the coin really doing the work. The type of coin used i don't believe plays a part in that thinking unless it looks and feels like a cheap knock-off of a real coin in circulation. These coins are really nice and well made and don't believe they scream gaff. I've even had people ask where they could get one because they like the way it looks, to which i obviously lied and gave some BS of where i got it.
So whilst I'm not a fan of the routines involved in this project i will admit that i love this coin and would purchase it on its own if that was an option.
At last a reviewer who doesn't think everthing is great and says so. There is only one other, Unbiased Magic Review. Now I have two who I can trust!
I have and always will do my best to be honest and transparent when retailers/producers fail to.
Thank you for your support 🙏
Unbiased magic review is extremely biased, and the guy isn’t even a magician. The videos of him “performing” are atrocious so I would be leery of taking his advice. He certainly has his bias and thinks he knows what he’s talking about.
I agree 100% with your highly critical review of HOT. Absolutely appalling, the coin(s) look awful and as you say, far too small. I am sure you will receive heat over this review and I take my hat off to you for your honesty and courage to tell it as it is. Few( if any) do this. Keep up the good work!😊
Reviews for the people 🙌 Thank you for your continued support.
The best which hand effect without any props is the VERBALIST method explained in "V2 by Manos Kartsakis".
It is impromptu and highly practical. I really like it a lot. It becomes one of my favourite EDC effect.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Foolishly pre-ordered this. Boy is my face red. They even had to replace my coins because they all looked completely different colours! The routining is so dumb - taking the coin back repeatedly just introduces so much unnecessary suspicion. I only pre-ordered because of my respect for The 1914 and Alexander. His billet masterclass was incredible. I'll wait for reviews like yours in future.
Exactly! Taking the coin back to “show” the result only to place it back in their hand. It has potential but it’s an unfinished product.
Yes, it’s always better to support reviewers and see what we have to say before deciding to spend your hard earned money.
Straight up and honest. Appreciate your reviews
I appreciate the review, we need a little more honesty when it comes to the products that people are selling. I feel like you really have to search for the diamonds in the rough these days. Thanks for the video man
Definitely need to try to see through the bs. There are lots of gems and a lot of people don’t talk about them. You’ll find some on my channel.
This is why I sometimes review old effects. They’re better than what’s being released.
@@EverythingMagicPro99 can't deny that. Old can be gold
Brilliant, so many magic trick now days getting completely overhyped for what they actually are. Honest opinion always welcome! Great job.
Thank you 🙏
Great review my friend, i am usually a fan of Alexander Marsh, but reading yours and other reviews, not wasting my money or time on this.
Keep the reviews coming please.
I knew by the look of this that it wasnt for me, great honest review.....Primary movement from Ben Earl is the go too coin trick
Thank you so much for sharing this. I’ve been on the fence about purchasing this item. You just saved me some money. Appreciate you.
Glad I could help.
This is Don Wand
Nice to see a Honest review 👍
Someone should post the link of this review on the Magic Cafe 🎩
Thank you, Don 🙏 I don’t use MagicCafe because I can’t stand the keyboard warriors but I dare say they won’t be able to stand my honesty either 😂
Why don't you post the link?
@@EverythingMagicPro99 it's on there now. Someone else posted a link. Don't know how long it'll take for my review to come down. Watched mentalist on a shoe strings review. Know not to trust his opinion on props now.
@EverythingMagicPro99
This is Don Wand
I only trust 2 reviewers yours and Unbiased .
Keep the Honest reviews coming 👍 Good or Bad you have always told it like it is.
And that's what the Magicians 🎩 need to be told.
Best Wishes
Don Wand
This isn’t Don Wand.
Thanks for the review!
Best Wishes
Not Don Wand
Thanks! That helped :)
Appreciate the honesty here! Love the 1914 but I think this needed way more transparency in the trailer.
Thanks for another great Review!!!
Most welcome, Diego. 🙏
Absolutely correct. The coins are awful. Way to small and can't make out which is yes or no.
Thanks for the review, I think I'll be getting at some point anyway because for me I think I'll get something out of it, but I appreciate you going against the grain and giving a well reasoned review
I’d consider waiting to see if they release an improved version from my feedback. The coins are so small that your spectator is likely to drop them.
I actually like the idea of the product a lot. If they improved it with a Plus version with larger (and magnetic) coins it would be worth £50 or £60.
First time here. I subscribed. Love the review. Just the info I needed. Thanks.
Glad you found the review useful. Thank you for your support 🙏
Thank you so much for this review, I had my reservations about this but now I know the truth I'll give this a miss. I know some reviewers big up rubbish to get sales, but I won't mention any names, this is why I always come to your channel for a review, thank you :-)
I will always try to do good by people with my reviews 🙏
I wonder if they're using small, hard to read custom coins to try to minimize the chance of people noticing they are holding a double sided coin.
Also the final phase is terrible. A 2 way out that obvious is no way to end a trick.
Maybe. Honestly I have no idea what was going through their minds. This could have been a great re-release and modernisation of an old effect.
I feel like this would have been the ideal set:
-Each is half dollar sized with the “yes” and “no” much larger, less emphasis on the image and more on the words
-The regular coin has a magnet imbedded to use in a which hand routine
Agree. The project had potential and with the additions you mention, it would have been significantly better. They could have charged £45 for that instead of £34 as well.
Agree with you 100% about the size and inscriptions on the coins.
I just don’t understand how they could think people would be happy with them. Especially when half dollar is generally a standard size for coin magic. 🤷♂️
I was extremely disappointed. It's hard to tell whether it's the head or the heart. I will never demonstrate this effect because I know full well that there will be people who will not recognize it, whether head or heart, and will look at the other side. I also don't understand why a magnetic coin isn't used. A waste of money!!
With the magic industry the way it is please wait for your favourite reviewer(s) to review a product you’re interested in.
I didn’t even want the trick and bought it because people suggested I review it and I’m disappointed, too!
@@EverythingMagicPro99 You're so right - I was really going too fast.
Wow… amazing that any magic company would market a double sided coin routine in 2024
I agree with your review 👍 👍
Thanks for this review. I love Alexander Marsh, but I'll definitely be taking a pass on this one. Appreciate the honest review, as the new norm with magic reviews seems to be just restating the details of what you're purchasing in-depth...thanks for taking a side
Always. Although I do state what you’ll receive the reason I called my channel “Pro” was because I’ve been a professional magician for over a decade and unlike 99% of reviewers, it’s still my main job.
I know the deflating feeling of receiving a poor product is and I don’t want anyone to feel that way. So I try to inform people to make good decisions that they’ll be happy with.
Thanks for this review.
Thank you!!!! 🙏
I have that big yes or no coin on my desk, wanted to try and work it into some kind of routine because I like the idea and symbol of a decision coin, is there any way you could share or point me in the right direction for the routine you use it for? and this review did save me time and frankly quite a bit of money, thanks
I don’t use any specific routine and it’s certainly a long way off being perfected. Not something that’s ready to share.
I know a magic historian who’s older and more knowledgable than me. His father recently passed away but when I see him I’ll ask if he knows any which hand resources for you.
Hi Scott what is the name of the effect that you use with yes/no and double heads n tails called please ?
I don’t perform a specific routine but use the coins with parts of routines that I’ve learned over the years.
My personal routine is far from perfected and not something that’s ready to share.
There are LOTS of teachings with the “which hand” principle but they’re spread out over lots of books, downloads, lectures etc….but I simply review products. I’d recommend looking at other reviewers like Unbiased Magic Reviews to see if he has a “top 5” video on the effect.
Oh ok mate cheers
And looks like all our suspicions were right hey
Indeed!
Why do you say it’s a “which hand” rotuine when it’s nothing of the sort?
It’s a variation of which hand. Guessing which hand compared to heads or tails is the same concept. It’s for reference for those who are unfamiliar with mentalism.
Even Alexander makes the same comparison on the tutorial.
I have to agree. I bought it and not too impressed. I will sit in the drawer.
It’s such a shame. The project had real potential. Apparently lots of the coins are defective and darker than they should be. Return it and request a refund.
He's back!!!😂
Whilst Crag Patty is putting this “ultimate worker” in his working set I’m out here calling a spade a spade.
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