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Magic Show Coloring Book - Murphy's Magic Standard $5.00 https://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=68192 Deluxe $7.00 https://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=68193 The Hype: MMS is proud to present the most popular effect in children's magic IMPROVED!.. The Magic Coloring Book (Standard and Deluxe!) A coloring book is shown to have all blank pages.. The magician (that's you) asks the kids in the audience to point at the coloring book and say the magic words. You then show there is a different drawing on each and every page However, the drawing are not colored in. Next, you ask the kiddies to call out there favorite colors! you open the book once again and ALL of the drawing have now magically been colored in BUT they are just scribbles! Oh NO! (Deluse version. Standard does not have the scribbled in colors) Finally, you ask for all of the kids to say the magic word and ALL of the colors have now changed into perfect colored pictures!! It's like REAL magic! What sets this coloring book apart from others? The Deluxe version contains a special 4-Way Book!! The paper is a produced from a high-quality, thick, no bleed stock. The cover is coated in UV for a long-lasting, professional look. The images are large and contain actual magic tricks and illusions such as; Cups and Balls, Ball Vase, Zig Zag, Rabbit in the hat, Rising card as well as other classic effects. This provides you an opportunity to point out some of the classics in magic. Self-working! 4-way! High quality! Large, colorful images! Thick, no bleed paper! UV coated heavy duty cover! Online instructions! Individually wrapped to protect during shipping!
My Take: Who among us has not owned a magic coloring book in their life. When you perform it at a gig or a party there is always someone saying either "I know how that's done" or "I got one of those for my birthday" The blow book is iconic but also so well known a lot of you have stopped using it. It has actually been around for hundreds of years dating back to the 16th century. It is even mentioned both by Reginald Scot in his Discoverie of Witchcraft and Hocus Pocus Junior. So, when Murphy's came out with this, I had to wonder what is different. First of all, the cover and page stock are heavier than the standard book which, to me, means that it will last a lot longer than the one you have now. Second, all of the illustrations pertain to magic. I have seen a lot of variations on the book such as a Bible theme and the most unusual is after the blank pages are shown, the flip brings up blank music staff paper and the last one fills in the actual music. A quick look on the net will show the Avengers and Spiderman versions. What makes this really different is the extra change. Besides the three standard displays is one that is designed to look like a child did the coloring and was unable to stay within the lines. Very cute and appealing. I took it to a party the other night and when I got it out of course someone said he knew that one. I did the extra change and left him flabbergasted. Instruction is via a 10 minute video that you won't really need except for the handling of the Deluxe 4 Way book. There is one difference in the handling which you can learn in less than a minutes. I read what Murphy's has priced these at and thought it was a typo. I have seen the standard coloring book on line for up to $10.00 (and it is not even made nearly as nice). So Murphy's standard 3-way at $5.00 and deluxe 4-way at $7.00 are real bargains. if you already have a 3 way I would suggest buying this one also, both for the extra quality and the magic theme of the drawings. You get cups and balls, rabbit in the hat, Aces and more. Kudos to Murphy's for creating both books. They will make a wonderful birthday present for any young aspiring magician. |
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