“This was a gift for my son's 6th birthday and I based the purchased largely on the majority of positive reviews! He was so excited when it was delivered yesterday and I was equally excited to start teaching him some started magic ( I was an amateur magician for many years).I unpacked the box and was first of all a little surprised at the poor quality wooden gimmicks within. The tray which is used for the vanishing tricks had two pieces of broken wood - one on each side. They were both as thin as a matchstick and there is no way they would last long before breaking off completely. I persevered, and tried using a bit of glue to repair it. In the end I gave up as it was just too brittle to repair.The second item I inspected was the Impossible Escape gimmick. I tried to teach my son the workings of the trick and was stunned to discover that the the blocks do not fit inside the box the necessary way for the trick to even work. We tried and tried to make it work, and then ended up getting the blocks jammed inside for our efforts.These really are the two main tricks. Everything else inside the box (which is not much else), is absolute pants (sorry there really is no better word). It is a box of wooden junk that you have to pay through the nose for. It's a bit like that famous episode of Only Fools and Horses where Del tricks Rodney into buying a set of broken lawnmower engines. If you read the positive reviews here and then buy this, you are basically buying the equivalent to those lawnmower engines and should change your name to Rodney.My first ever magic set was a Paul Daniels set back in the 1980's. It was what got me started in magic and kept me busy for years. This, by comparison is nowhere even close.Trust me, stay away from this and shop around or you will be as disappointed as we were. Within 2 hours I had packed it back up and its now being returned to Amazon where they can use the box to store stationary or something. It really is all its good for.”
“Just opened. Straight away fault. First magic trick-blocks are too big or box is too small. You need to squeeze those blocks in to perform a trick but it sits so tight that 2 chosen blocks will not fall out¦..waste of money”
“A little expensive but really good quality magic set, way better than plastic tricks you can get. Will last for ever. Tricks themselves are really good and puzzling if you dont know how they are done.”
“A little expensive but really good quality magic set, way better than plastic tricks you can get. Will last for ever. Tricks themselves are really good and puzzling if you dont know how they are done.”
“Finally a decent kids magic set!! Not a cheap bit of plastic in sight and definitely built to last. Clear easy instructions (a little adult help may be needed) but your kids will definitely learn to perform some decent tricks. My 7 & 9 year old loved it!! Would highly recommend!”
