Portal

Top tier teaching with multiple handlings for a bunch of different scenarios. Luke?s smashed it with Portal ??

This is a great method for one of my favourite plots of all time. My suggestion however, which I think most of the magi elders would agree with... is to slow the trick down. The way its presented by the guy who is not Luke is way to fast. I understand they are trying to make a flashy trailer but I found the presentation cringe worthy with how fast he did it. I feel it could be elevated to a much stronger magic experience if you slow the whole thing down a bit and give it a good presentation. Its definitely worth 9 bucks if you put some thought into it before performing. Good luck. X

Good and clever idea but would be nice if they they mention it wont work with all coins unless you have a certain gimmick

You know when you don't want to look like that cheesy magician... And you want to earn some street cred. Yeah this is that trick. Really easy and I love the impromptu feel.

This is a great and hyper visual effect with different applications. you are gonna use and enjoy it.

This is another great trick. Quality video production, quality teaching... and great routine. Can't say enough about this! The method is good.

this is great it works so well and is so visual but the one thing is that it doesn't work with use coins

An ingenious method, very easy to perform and highly clean, fair, and visual, just a few special materials needed to get and your off and wowing people in the first day you learn this great effect.

WOW!!!!! I LOVE this! It is super easy but looks, sounds, and is amazing! If you do it with a water bottle it is very visual but also is very hard angle wise. FIVE STARS!!!!!

AMAZING killer magic

Very cleaver method

This is sick innit! Gimmicks bare easy to build, legit a bangin effect

This is a visually stunning effect with a sneaky method hidden in plain site, if you are look to do a 100% borrowed coin in can then this is the best method I?ve seen so far.

Nice but USA buyers be aware that if you are using US coins and plan on doing this as a walk around you will not want to give away the signed coin. It will cost you too much. I guess you could use foreign coins or washers. If using a washer I could see using some patter about scientist recently discovering a Black Hole and how you can turn the hole in the washer into a Black Hole. Just an idea.

I gave it 5 stars because I plan on using it as a follow up to Holy Moly. Since I can't give them the Holy Moly washer I can do portal and leave them with a washer.

Regardless of the hype from Ellusionist, this is not a new method - in fact, it owes a substantial debt to Charlie Justice's 2006 effect "Prohibition", a cap in bottle effect using a virtually identical method. There is no credit given in the video. Also, although the blurb says you only need one gimmick, you actually need to modify that gimmick with something you probably don't have in either pocket. AND - if you are performing this in the U.S., you need an additional pair of different gimmicks. If you want to have the spectator sign the coin, you will have to replace one of these gimmicks after each performance. These gimmicks cost $15 TO $25 each, which makes it impractical (or at least very expensive) to have the coin signed - considerably weakening the effect. I'm all for nurturing the younger generation of magicians, but they should also be taught to credit those who came before. A little research (google!) goes a long way.

When I saw it said "signed coin" I knew it had to be either a borrowed coin with a lot of switching in and out in order to use a gaffed coin to accomplish the effect (if that's what it indeed uses) and be able to hand them back their signed coin. You can't see inside the can so the spectator doesn't know if the coin in the can is signed or not. They rightly assume it's their signed coin.

If you use your own coin, it can also be signed by the spectator but your initials have to be on the other side to accomplish the effect. In this case, there is no switching involved but you wouldn't want to give away the coin at the end. So, I bought it and discovered that if you want to give away the coin at the end it would obviously need to be their coin.

In that case, there is a lot of switching involved which is not shown on the trailer. The method shown on the trailer is deceiving because they clearly give away the signed coin at the end without any switch involved. That means you are giving away YOUR coin because YOUR coin is the only kind that will accomplish this effect. If you're ok with giving away YOUR coin, go for it. Personally, I don't have the kind of money to do that. Furthermore, if you do indeed perform this exactly like in the trailer, the spectator will discover the secret to the trick sooner or later.

Since the trailer is quite deceiving, Ellusionist promptly refunded my money...no questions asked.

WOW! This is ingenious! Worth way more!!! Way to think outside the box!!!

This is an awesome effect -- very practical, clean, and visual. Luke's explanation video is more articulate and helpful than most by magicians several times his age. You can tell he has a broad knowledge of magic and a lot of experience performing in real-life settings. This is one of those effects that makes you smile just watching it, and if you are in frequently in settings where people drink from cans (and let's face it, most of us too often are), this is definitely something you can be ready to do all the time.

Just one catch... Ellusionist's trailer says "Everything Borrowed and Signed," but this is not always true. I don't want to say too much and expose part of the method, but suffice it to say that while the *can* can always be borrowed, the coin can only be borrowed under certain circumstances. If those circumstances don't apply, you can still switch in your own coin but obviously that adds an extra element of work and you probably won't want to let the spectator keep it. I'm not taking off any stars because I don't want to penalize Luke for Ellusionist's misleading trailer, and also because even if you have to use your own coin it's still an awesome effect.

This is absolute shit save your money. I kinda figured this was how it worked...... was curious wasted my money

This is well worth the 9 bucks. One of the best coin to cans I have seen. I will be using this for sure.

Waste of money, dont expect to be able to do this trick right after you buy this unless you have the right props.

One word, "Brilliant!"

What a great trick! Have to say didn?t have a clue how this was done, even when watching the full performance but the method is genius and the gimmick utilises things I already carry in my gig bag so already started performing this and getting some crazy good reactions! Luke explains the method well and offers a few different handlings depending on how you?re looking to perform it. Was a bit worried it might be just another ?insta trick? but this is definitely a worker, even using a borrowed can which elevates the magic even further. For such a cheap price I highly recommend getting this!

It is okay, but certainly not revolutionary, there are other versions of bottle cap in bottle that use a similar method. My real criticism is that the it should be made clear that you cannot use a borrowed coin to do this effect in the United States.

In the trailer it says ?everything borrowed?, this is not true for US coins.

This is a wonderful concept for anyone living in a country with steel coins.

There is no denying how clean and powerful the visuals are on this--it's not just Instagram magic! But I have a problem with the additional cost to make this viable. The gimmick requirements are much more intensive (and expensive!) if you live outside the UK. Trying to explain without giving it away: The lowest denomination coins in the UK have a steel core, so it literally costs you pocket change (maybe a few more dollars for the remaining gimmick components) and you can use a borrowed coin with no switches. But in the USA, I would need to spend $10-$15 EACH for steel core gaff coins that I would have to switch with borrowed coins, and then give away at the end of each trick! Not made of money here... I can imagine other countries' currency would have the same limitation.

The idea behind this is very good. The only problem is that it clearly states that you probably already have everything needed in your pocket. This is undeniably false. I had to purchase 20$ in extras to be able to perform this. It should state before you buy that there are extras you need that aren?t easily available. Especially in the US.

Just watched the download. Totally worth the money! I both have dimension by Duane Williams and CTC by Peter Eggink which inspired this and I can say that this wins in terms of practicality and ease of use. I can almost guarantee that most magician have the gimmick required to perform this. Teaching is straightforward. Everything can be borrowed. No holes in the can, coin can be signed and can be examined before and after the effect! Great product!