1000 brand-spankin' new trick ideas

[Ben Long]

Update:

I'm about 5% of the way there. Here are a few of the better ones I've gotten so far:

Borrowed signed bill is torn in half. The two halves are made into two new bills, each containing the same signature.

Bill is borrowed from spectator and signed. Magician focuses on it and frezzes it solid. He proves it by snapping it in half--I thought of a great name for this trick that I find unbelievably clever. Get this: Frozen Assets. Bazing!

Full bottle of coke is put into a paper bag, which is then immediately crumpled up and stomped on, showing that the coke is gone. Coca-Cola, not cocaine...


Bottle of water changes into a bottle of sand.

Magician borrows a can of coke and visually twists it into two smaller cans of coke.

Magician eats a cigerette and burps up smoke.

...................................................

Those are the better ones where I have an idea of how I might do them.

More to come.

And also, feel free to post any ides here that I could then steal and make big bags of money off of and give you no credit. Buahahaha!

Only joking, I wouldn't do that to you! I love you! (Platonically...)

 

[TheMagicOfT]

The can twisting into two cans had been done before in Kevin Parkers Canz

 

[Ben Long]

The can twisting into two cans had been done before in Kevin Parkers Canz

Hmmm...

I think that Canz is just a multiplication of coke cans. What I'm thinking about is more along the lines of Paul Harris's Apple Twist, where you can see the can being wrenched apart into two tiny cans.

 

[TheMagicOfT]

Oh cool, the twisting thing sounds great, but how will you get mini coke cans? I have a method for your frozen assets thing but it involves chemicals. You can look at Adam Graces method for freezing things, i hear it is great. Also a coulple of other sites have some good freezing effects, for example sean fields has a couple and same with the leaping lizards magic. Anyways good luck,and i think we should all brainstorm some methods.

 

[dummyisdumb]

Oh cool, the twisting thing sounds great, but how will you get mini coke cans? I have a method for your frozen assets thing but it involves chemicals. You can look at Adam Graces method for freezing things, i hear it is great. Also a coulple of other sites have some good freezing effects, for example sean fields has a couple and same with the leaping lizards magic. Anyways good luck,and i think we should all brainstorm some methods.

Two mini coke cans, they sell mini coke cans at almost any grocery store.

Also, for the Ripping bill Idea, you should start with a 2, then rip it into two 1's. It makes more sense.

 

[Anthony Bass]

I really liked the first one. That would be a wicked effect!

 

[The Dark Angel]

Cut a can of coke cleanly in 2 and then fuse it back together.

Take a $1 bill, rip it into 5 sections and then turn it into a $5?

 

[Ben Long]

I really liked the first one. That would be a wicked effect!

I actually prettymuch have a working method for it, I'm just screwed with the cleanup, until I get up off my ass and take care of it.

The best part? There is minimal prep.

 

[Ben Long]

Two mini coke cans, they sell mini coke cans at almost any grocery store.

Also, for the Ripping bill Idea, you should start with a 2, then rip it into two 1's. It makes more sense.

Hmmm...

That I like, but it might be a wee bit more complicated. Still doable though, with the method I have in mind.

I'm looking into getting some commercial refrigerants that would help with freezing effects.

One I really like would be getting some large amount of chas or coins from the spectator and putting them into a bottle of water and then freezing the water solid with everything in it. Maybe a little cruel, but funny.

Oops...was this a double post?

 

[emagician]

I have some ideas too!

I have made up a couple of tricks too, but those sound wicked! My favorite is the heavy- object levitation that I made up, it freaks people out! I also made up one where two chosen cards are sawed right through each other and don't have a cut on them afterwards and can be fully inspected, it's extremely visual like all of the tricks I've made up.

 

[Aris.SA]

I have and idea for the first trick.. but dammit to get the bill wont be easy.. or I think someone can do it.. pm me for method

 

[KeenanG]

Update:

I'm about 5% of the way there. Here are a few of the better ones I've gotten so far:

Borrowed signed bill is torn in half. The two halves are made into two new bills, each containing the same signature.

Bill is borrowed from spectator and signed. Magician focuses on it and frezzes it solid. He proves it by snapping it in half--I thought of a great name for this trick that I find unbelievably clever. Get this: Frozen Assets. Bazing!

Full bottle of coke is put into a paper bag, which is then immediately crumpled up and stomped on, showing that the coke is gone. Coca-Cola, not cocaine...


Bottle of water changes into a bottle of sand.

Magician borrows a can of coke and visually twists it into two smaller cans of coke.

Magician eats a cigerette and burps up smoke.

...................................................

Those are the better ones where I have an idea of how I might do them.

More to come.

And also, feel free to post any ides here that I could then steal and make big bags of money off of and give you no credit. Buahahaha!

Only joking, I wouldn't do that to you! I love you! (Platonically...)

Some good ideas you've got there...

my best advice:

Stop sharing them with the general public. If these are ideas you want to keep to yourself, don't share them here. Work on one or two or three at a time, not 1000. Create a few methods, test each out on its own. Write down what works and what doesn't, cause and effect, and find a solid method for each effect, slowly.

Also, research to see if these have been done before. You may just have something to work on for a few years and possibly release.

Keenan

 

[Ben Long]

Some good ideas you've got there...

my best advice:

Stop sharing them with the general public. If these are ideas you want to keep to yourself, don't share them here. Work on one or two or three at a time, not 1000. Create a few methods, test each out on its own. Write down what works and what doesn't, cause and effect, and find a solid method for each effect, slowly.

Also, research to see if these have been done before. You may just have something to work on for a few years and possibly release.

Keenan

Mmmm...

That's where I think you're wrong. What I'm doing is trying to think of at least 1 new idea per day and write it down. Usually, I'll get three of four. At this rate, I should have about 1000 after a year. Then I'm going to go through all of them and get the best ones.

Trust me, this general-to-specific strategy works with almost everything. In writing prose, for instance, it is always better to write more in a first draft and then be able to cut away the crap, rather than have to add other stuff after a few revisions.

Same principle.