I’ve worked/sessioned with Asher Fry for quite some time and this was one of his many intriguing ideas. I still think Tic-Tac-D’oh! was better title for it, but I digress.
Tacky is a tic-tac penetration effect that uses very little set up. It is not a difficult effect and once you’ve set it up, you can do it at any time and no time limit to worry about. I think that is the greatest strength of this effect along with its innate angle friendliness (unless you tamper with it but I’ve never seen someone go to that extent with their tic-tacs).
The effect is self-explanatory and it’s very easy to build a premise around the effect by its familiar nature. I think it serves a good role as either opener or filler/middle effect. Its ease of reset will be ideal for walk-around situations also. Asher does not teach his patter, but I don’t think it’s too difficult to come up with one to fit into the situation.
Throughout the video, I did feel as though rate of speech in the explanation was a little bit on the slow side, but it’s not a long video anyhow. There are a lot of built in misdirections of the effect that were not mentioned (though it probably wasn’t necessary anyway) that I think really sells this effect.
I am trying to avoid exposing the method, but Tacky cannot be performed with every type of tic-tac, but it’s something that can be overcome very easily. Considering how angle friendly, visual, and easy to present the effect, price of 99 cents is a steal. Press the buy button already.
On a side note, since I had a chance to look into Asher’s inner mind, I think there will be many more effects to come and you guys will enjoy them.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, feel free to hit Asher or me with questions.
Tacky is a tic-tac penetration effect that uses very little set up. It is not a difficult effect and once you’ve set it up, you can do it at any time and no time limit to worry about. I think that is the greatest strength of this effect along with its innate angle friendliness (unless you tamper with it but I’ve never seen someone go to that extent with their tic-tacs).
The effect is self-explanatory and it’s very easy to build a premise around the effect by its familiar nature. I think it serves a good role as either opener or filler/middle effect. Its ease of reset will be ideal for walk-around situations also. Asher does not teach his patter, but I don’t think it’s too difficult to come up with one to fit into the situation.
Throughout the video, I did feel as though rate of speech in the explanation was a little bit on the slow side, but it’s not a long video anyhow. There are a lot of built in misdirections of the effect that were not mentioned (though it probably wasn’t necessary anyway) that I think really sells this effect.
I am trying to avoid exposing the method, but Tacky cannot be performed with every type of tic-tac, but it’s something that can be overcome very easily. Considering how angle friendly, visual, and easy to present the effect, price of 99 cents is a steal. Press the buy button already.
On a side note, since I had a chance to look into Asher’s inner mind, I think there will be many more effects to come and you guys will enjoy them.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, feel free to hit Asher or me with questions.
