Well, I'll post a review of my Magic Shop to help you out Blink...even though I live in Canada, if you ever come by Vancouver you'll know where to go.
Well my local magic shop I go to is Called "Clownin' Around Magic". It is rather hidden, and not real mainstream. It's hard to explain if you've never been to Granville Island in Vancouver, which is a section of downtown.
It is owned by Amanda, who's last name I can't remember, who is a member of the Vancouver IBM and has owned and run the store for the past 7 years. When Amanda is not there, Joe (who's last name I will not expose) works the counter, and is seriously an awesome guy. He has a few of his own books he's made, and had a few effects featured by major artists. Hes really helpful, and he's helped me a lot with my sleights, and finger positioning as well, as teaching me some stuff from old books which have barely seen the light of day.
There is numerous DVD's in there, which is behind the counter, they order from basically all major retailers, and if your lucky they may special order something for you but, it will be about 7 dollars more due to shipping and they have to make a profit. But, DVD's from Ellusionist, BlacksMagicGroup, MJM, Penguin and much more are always in stock. Not to mention cards, such as ALL of E's specialty decks (expect Shadow Masters, I bought the last one yesterday) as well as Gaff Decks, Invisible Decks, and more.
For Coin workers, they have a huge amount of Kuepper gaff coins, and other flippers and such. As well as giant coins, small coins, shimmed, anything you can think of. Or, just silver dollars to use in your coin routines.
It's a small place but, seriously they're awesome. I don't know where I'd be without them. So, if you ever come by Vancouver British Columbia, shoot me a pm and we'll go to Clownin' Around for a day haha.
-RA69
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