What was the first trick you bought

[Magic Orthodoxy]

So I went to Disneyland the other day, [I live in LA, I go all of the time] and Houdini magic shop has a booth there and I saw a young boy opening "Hover Card" and being totally confused at the wad of invisible thread.....

So that got me all nostalgic, and I wondered, what was the first magic trick that you got, was it a gift? Did a parent or friend encourage you? Support you?

What was it? Do you still do it?

My first crap magic trick was the plastic nails through the coin/box from Tenyo. The nails go down int the box and push the coin up on its side.

I also had a nail through a plastic window/card effect.

Both plastic, both with nails....hmmmm

[Deamon]

I've learned a lot of little tricks when i was young but the first trick i've bought was the Sponge balls. About 2 years ago.

[Opeth]

First magic thing I bought was the dissapearing deck.. and it is the only thing I've ever bought in my life:D

[ravage]

Mental Photography, then i believe i bought a thumb tip... the rough/smooth of the deck is dead and i haven't tried re-roughing it (i know how... chapstick... i did it with my brainwave deck... i'm just too lazy)

[HoCkEyGmC]

chapstick, really? so could i do that to an old invisible deck? do you leave it moist or let it dry? please elaborate. thanks!

[Bishop]

Mine was either a svengali deck or one of those marvins magic kits.
By the way the chapstick thing is cool if it works

[ravage]

yeah, i suggest you try it out with an old deck, do your own invisible deck, you take some, spread it out in the whole card and let it dry a bit, say 5 min, then put the piared card which also must have chapstick in it, and it´ll stick, you will have to move them a bit so the chapstick won´t act as glue just as a rougher... only problem is you CANNOT hand out the card, cuz if you do, the spec will feel a strange substance in their fingers, try it out, no more lacquer for old invisible decks (though Lacquer is better than chapstick, i just did it cuz of Dai Vernon's way of his invisible deck, he did it with wax...)

[Xaerx]

First trick i got was the hover card. Realised after i got it that it was quite a waste of money.

[Link69]

First trick I bought was the Inviseble deck, my second were loops

[magick]

First magic thing I bought was the dissapearing deck.. and it is the only thing I've ever bought in my life:D

15 years old and you have only bought 1 thing in your whole life?

the first thing i bought was an abbotts magic catalog, then i spent every penny i could earn buying the miracles within.

[redefinedmagic]

First trick I got was D'lites

[BlindDodo]

First trick i got was the hover card. Realised after i got it that it was quite a waste of money.

Wow, you really are a noob lol. I'm joking but a lot of people seem to have got decent tricks, it's not fair, for the first 2-3 years of my magic life i had to make do with shite. You can say what you like about ellusionist DVDs but they do seem to bring decent magic to the masses...

[Opeth]

15 years old and you have only bought 1 thing in your whole life?

the first thing i bought was an abbotts magic catalog, then i spent every penny i could earn buying the miracles within.

Related to magic yes..

I have ordered 10 tally ho's and 10 arrcos though.. dont know if they go under 'magic' :/

[amh73]

I guy at a magic shop sold me a thumb tip and a DVD on sponge balls. I was hooked right away by the reactions I got. I was so nervous because I didn;t think anyone would fall for it but they did.

[yojo]

first thing i got was a klutz magic book, about 10 years ago. came with a huge thumb tip for my age (and i hate them ever since) and some latex for coin penetrations.

[xkheldar]

My first trick would probably be a stripper/force deck few years back. But I don't use trick decks anymore, impromtu tricks are for me. But my frist dvd would be CC1 which helped me start doing magic.

[Jferkin]

my first was thumb tip blendo thing..... not bad effect...

[kcmoskater]

when i was like 8 my uncle got me d-lites (they broke so i stopped doing magic for like 6 years), but after that i have only bought a Thumb Tip, 101 tricks with a TT and Abyss Revolutionary Coin in Bottle.

[tsb]

scotch n soda

[icdabrs]

King Rising, I was a little dissappointed and hooked at the same time. Lol.

[hypnotic_peach]

i bought one of those cheapo plastic linking rings from the dollar store when i was 7. i'd annoy the hell out of my family with it :)

[Tim Magician]

I can't really remember my first magic trick, like I got those kid sets when I was like 4 and stuff, but I think the first trick I bought when I was hooked on magic was the coin bite....The one with the elastic band thingy, but before that I still learnt quite a few card tricks.

[magicangel77]

Fire In The Hole

[The Joker]

the first magic i ever bought i was five and i bought a piece of shit magic set

[BlaKcaT13]

i bought was the hummer card from E

yeah, i thought it was awesome


anyways,

blakcat13

[Houdini II]

a trick deck of cards when i was 4

good times

[ntroberts]

My first set was a gift that I asked for. It's those kiddie magic sets. Aside from that, it's an IT based trick. Don't ask what it was exactly...

[magick]

A Zombie Ball, God that thing hurt my thumb as a little kid.

that is such a great effect. i got tommy wonders "animated sphere" what a work of art.

[Liam-k]

First magic thing I bought was the dissapearing deck.. and it is the only thing I've ever bought in my life:D

How can it be when you just posted a thread about your cards coming that you bought a month ago liar lol

[Random Hero]

Loops Was the first Ive ever bought

[magicguy147]

ballerina hank and thumb tip others i try to make

[Toxicrafa]

I don't really remember but I guess it was a false thumb.

[Jferkin]

The first trick i bought was a thumb tip with 4 hankerchiefs and one with 4 put together or other knowns as blendo....

[darkace]

The first trick i bought was a thumb tip with 4 hankerchiefs and one with 4 put together or other knowns as blendo....
You already said that...my first trick was Fraud (that I bought)

[Junyert]

So I went to Disneyland the other day, [I live in LA, I go all of the time] and Houdini magic shop has a booth there and I saw a young boy opening "Hover Card" and being totally confused at the wad of invisible thread.....

So that got me all nostalgic, and I wondered, what was the first magic trick that you got, was it a gift? Did a parent or friend encourage you? Support you?

What was it? Do you still do it?

My first crap magic trick was the plastic nails through the coin/box from Tenyo. The nails go down int the box and push the coin up on its side.

I also had a nail through a plastic window/card effect.

Both plastic, both with nails....hmmmm

my first ticks i bought in like the first grade. lol. when the book fair comes to town. and you can order off of those little scholastic newspaper things. i was always interested in doing things other people thought was impossible. so naturally i took an interest in magic. lol. the first trick i bought that everyone i know loves and begs me to do it every time they see me is stigmata by wayne houchin. i love the trick and made about 100 bucks on that trick alone yesterday. i work in a restaurant as a server but i always do magic for my table.. its funny cause some people come in JUST to see me do tricks. lol. but the ole' stigmata trick has been by my side for a while too. i don't know why it is soo hated in this forum. everytime i do it, it always leaves them breathless.

[cjhabes2010]

i love stigmata, first i ever got was a magic kit thing, but that w as a gift, first i ever bought was solid breath, but i regret that, then i got spun and hummer card