DELUXE ABC BLOCKS

DELUXE ABC BLOCKS

We have developed a fast moving three-step routine for you in which the effect of the sucker dice vanishing and reappearing alternates with extremely strong vanishes, ensuring plenty of fun and interaction with the audience.

The magician presents three brightly coloured blocks, labelled with the letters A-B-C, an empty tube (closed at the top!), a small pedestal and an empty top hat (not included - however any suitable container can be used)

The block with the ‘A’ is placed in the hat, while the blocks ‘B’ and ‘C’ are placed on the pedestal and covered with the tube.

The ‘A’ block should now disappear from the hat and end up under the tube. After snapping their fingers, the magician claims that it worked, but without showing the hat or tube. Then the ‘A’ block should go back into the hat. Sure enough, the magician takes the block out of the hat. 'That was super easy'!

Any experienced performer can imagine the outcry from children (and quiet disbelief from adults too). You volunteer to do it again, and the children can help too. Cubes ‘C’ and ‘B’ are already on the pedestal, with ‘A’ on top. Needless to say, children get to call out the letter for each cube. The tower of blocks is covered with the tube: a magic spell is shouted, but when the tube is pulled up it's not the ‘A’ block in the hat, but the middle block, ‘B’, which was sandwiched between 'A’ and ‘C’!

Now the magician wants to try again and this time the 'A' block WILL jump to the hat! The column of dice is rebuilt. ‘C’ at the bottom, ‘B’ in the middle, ‘A’ at the top. The tower of dice is covered with the tube, and ‘A’ is supposed to end up in the hat. The tube is removed – and  ‘A’ has indeed disappeared. The magician tips the hat out, but the 'A’ block is not there! Where has it gone?

They lift the tube to look inside for the die – and again does not find it. However, the children notice that the 'A' Block is on the table. The magician tries awkwardly to smuggle the die into the hat and the kids go CRAZY!

Final try - this time with a ltttle help of the audience: block ‘B’ goes on the bottom of the tower, followed by block ‘A’, and on top of that block ‘C’. The whole thing is covered with the tube. A magic spell, one cube has disappeared from the tower and can be found in the hat, ending a great effect sequence with lots of applause!

The advantage of our version:

• Large, brightly decorated blocks approx. 10 cm in size.
• Great workmanship, smooth and simple opertaion.
• A fun routine and modern, contemporary design that does without the usual rod on which the dice were threaded! This rod had the disadvantage that the spectators, especially the children, could tell exactly when a normal block and when the gimmick was pushed onto the rod!
• A big plus for travelling performers or artists in parks who play several shows in a row: at the end of our routine, everything is back to how it was at the beginning, so you can start again immediately without having to prepare it again!

The blocks have an edge length of about 10 cm, so they are easy to see even on large stages. When the tube is placed on the pedestal, it is about 32 cm high!