I know it's been a long time since this blog has been updated.. and i promise it won't be that long again.
I've been working on a TV show called The ORIGINALS.. working out of Atlanta Georgia. That's about 2000 miles away from the shop at Wack-o-Magic.
That's why you haven't heard much about new magic.. and why you haven't heard much from me.
The show is great... the peopel are nice.. but it makes it virtually impossible to put new magic onto the market.
That may change with Wack-o's next release... if all goes well I'm going to team up for the FIRST time with another magic company.. either Hocus Pocus or Theory 11 to put out a JUMBO Coin 3-FLY! It's NEVER BEEN DONE.. and for good reason. It's a stage version of a close up effect that takes practice. It's hard. It's new. It's been tested by Kyle Ravin, a wonderful magician in Singapore.. and now it's coming to America via the wonderful magic of download and DVD.. The shells will be made by me.. possibly in a variety of coins.
I can probably make a shell out of virtually any 3" jumbo coin.. but I'd rather keep it simple.
Anyway.. that's the story for wack-o's delay... I'm sorry I'm not putting out more magic.. but That INFERNAL CONTRAPTION is here.. and it's wonderful.. and the Jumbo Three Fly will be out in a few months.. and it's going to be wondeful.
I'm wonderful.. and wack-o is NOT going out of business... probably ever.. but certianly not int he next decade.. I have a mile long list of stuff that hasn't been made yet.. and stuff I need to re-release that's not currently available.. Grimoire's are in my future.... really.. improved and just as amazing... but sadly about 30% more expensive.
Wacko Magic is a new magic manufacturing/distribution company that makes what it sells.
http://www.wack-o-magic.com
I'm mostly a one man show. I sculpt, mold, sew and otherwise assemble most of the props that are sold by the company.
I try very hard not to outsource beyond my neighborhood... which is a LITTLE easier because I live in Los Angeles. As many parts as I can get are made in the USA!
Lots of care goes into each prop, but you get what you pay for.
Monday, July 28, 2014
THAT Infernal Contraption!!!!
An ornate Victorian-Steampunk inspired example of wood cabinetry, with gizmos and
gadgets and thingamajigs and knobs and switches ...that allow for intergalactic time-space-
travel... and huge entertainment value.
Jules Vern, H. G. Wells, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Alan Poe would have loved this prop! The Outer-Cabinet opens to reveal an Inner-Chamber, both rest on a revolving art nouveau inspired base.
The conjurer weaves strange tales of half-mad inventors and secret laboratories where ramshackle machines create a vortex making teleportation possible. He reveals the cabinet’s “present” (outer chest) and “past” (inner chest) and how space-and-time can be manipulated and warped at the magician’s will.
Imagine being able to produce Jack The Ripper's bloody gloves, Edison's first light bulb, John Wilkes Booth's diary, Queen Victoria’s wedding veil!!!
Not only is this a beautiful and collectible artifact, it is a practical and logically themed variation of the classic Square-Circle, with numerous innovations in design and function, allowing for a considerable load capacity, but the ability to dismantle and pack almost flat. No one will ever guess that this contraption is based on a classic method.
The painstakingly fabricated components are very deceptive and the entire unit plays huge, but packs into a small aluminum case for transport and storage!
Each individually constructed and hand-finished piece will be:
—Each unit hand-numbered by Wack-O Innovative
—Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
—Performance Rights for story and presentation
—A full Story-Presentation by respected bizarrist Walt Anthony —Collectable Unit Limited Edition, with individually ornamented components —A protective aluminum transportation case
I have only made 15 of these.. and 4 were immediately taken!! that means that only 11 can go to magicians world wide!! The case, as shipped, weighs 18 lbs! This is a GIANT prop that pack FLAT as can be into it's own suitcase!!!
The final dimensions when it's assembled 14 x 14 x 22!!
The price is also nice for what it is.. $595 plus shipping... shipping a 22 lb box isn't cheap... shipping for this is about $40... but it's so totally worth it!!!
Jules Vern, H. G. Wells, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Alan Poe would have loved this prop! The Outer-Cabinet opens to reveal an Inner-Chamber, both rest on a revolving art nouveau inspired base.
The conjurer weaves strange tales of half-mad inventors and secret laboratories where ramshackle machines create a vortex making teleportation possible. He reveals the cabinet’s “present” (outer chest) and “past” (inner chest) and how space-and-time can be manipulated and warped at the magician’s will.
Imagine being able to produce Jack The Ripper's bloody gloves, Edison's first light bulb, John Wilkes Booth's diary, Queen Victoria’s wedding veil!!!
Not only is this a beautiful and collectible artifact, it is a practical and logically themed variation of the classic Square-Circle, with numerous innovations in design and function, allowing for a considerable load capacity, but the ability to dismantle and pack almost flat. No one will ever guess that this contraption is based on a classic method.
The painstakingly fabricated components are very deceptive and the entire unit plays huge, but packs into a small aluminum case for transport and storage!
Each individually constructed and hand-finished piece will be:
—Each unit hand-numbered by Wack-O Innovative
—Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
—Performance Rights for story and presentation
—A full Story-Presentation by respected bizarrist Walt Anthony —Collectable Unit Limited Edition, with individually ornamented components —A protective aluminum transportation case
I have only made 15 of these.. and 4 were immediately taken!! that means that only 11 can go to magicians world wide!! The case, as shipped, weighs 18 lbs! This is a GIANT prop that pack FLAT as can be into it's own suitcase!!!
The final dimensions when it's assembled 14 x 14 x 22!!
The price is also nice for what it is.. $595 plus shipping... shipping a 22 lb box isn't cheap... shipping for this is about $40... but it's so totally worth it!!!
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