Price$30.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedApr 29, 2013
RE
Webb, Chris
Chris Webb Presents
(Based on 1 review)
with this self contained gimmick you will be able to perform a visual four piece torn and restored card with ease.The gimmick can even be personalized to match any deck. You will be taught the 360 version allowing you to show the card back and front in most of the phases. Filmed in HD with in depth teaching including extra tips, ideas's & how to perform the effect with a signed card.
Comes complete with dvd and a hand crafted gimmick (blue Bicycle rider back)
Running Time Approximate: 38mins
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WHAT YOU GET
You get a partial gimmick and DVD instructions
WHAT IS COOL
This is a really cool one quarter card at a time restoration.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
It is hard for me to review torn and restored card effects because I have yet to see one that is more practical or better than Brent Braun’s “Torched and Restored”. I really like RE, but for my money, it is so hard to improve on Torched and Restored that I gave this a 4 star.
Product Quality: the quality of the prop is good. You get a partially made gimmick and Chris explains why it is important for you to finish the gimmick. In the instructions, the part that you make involves cutting another card, I think it would be good to try to fold and tear another card to complete the gimmick. I didn’t try it, so maybe there is a reason why that doesn’t work as well. This just means to me that if you perform this too close, they may notice that the edges appear cut instead of torn.
Method: At first, it seems like the gimmick is complicated and perhaps the method is complicated, but it is not as hard or complicated as it first appears. The method looks very good. The entire gimmick is self contained and folds up in a very unique and clever way. In performance, you can make it look like each piece is separate, even though they are connected via this very unique and clever gimmick. The effect is not completely angle proof. It would be best to have your audience mostly in front of you, perhaps you have around 45 degrees in which to safely place your audience. You can probably just take a couple steps backward if your audience is in a half circle around you. You don’t want spectators directly to your side.
Explanation Quality: Very good. He goes over in great detail how to complete the gimmick and how to make additional gimmicks. You can make gimmicks out of playing cards, business cards, or any other similar cards. He explains two routines, one signed where you only show the back as you restore and one not signed where you can show the front and back as you restore.
Ad Copy Integrity: It isn’t terrible, but it could use a few clarifications. When it says “you will be taught the 360 version”, that doesn’t mean you can have spectators around you 360. It means that you can turn it over at certain points during the restoration to show front and back during one of the two versions. Also, when it says it comes with a hand-crafted gimmick, just realize that the gimmick is almost completed, and it isn’t very difficult at all to make the additional “stuff” you will need.
AT A GLANCE
Skill level required: 4 of 5. While this isn’t terribly hard to perform, you will need plenty of practice to get this right.
Audience management skill required: 3 of 5. There are a few areas where audience management is needed, up front to get your audience in front of you, and at one point you will need to ditch some dirt.
Performance angles: 45 degrees
Reset time required: You can reset in front of your audience.
DIY time involved in advance: Around 30 minutes to set up after watching very detailed DVD instructions. You will then want to put in a fair amount of practice time. This is not a get it and run out and perform it sort of effect.
VERDICT
I REALLY like how this looks and it is a very good and clever method. For me, there isn’t any TNR routine that comes close to the practicality and ease of Brent Braun’s Torched and Restored.
My suggestion for RE is you should know that while it is not necessary, you may want to also purchase a Jack of Clubs one-way deck as the version that shows both front and back really works best with a one-way. It doesn’t have to be the Jack of Clubs, but that is the card for the gimmick that comes with the effect. You can make a gimmick from any card, and you don’t have to use a one-way force deck, it just makes it easier and cleaner. In addition, you will need to replace one or two cards every time you perform.
You get a partial gimmick and DVD instructions
WHAT IS COOL
This is a really cool one quarter card at a time restoration.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
It is hard for me to review torn and restored card effects because I have yet to see one that is more practical or better than Brent Braun’s “Torched and Restored”. I really like RE, but for my money, it is so hard to improve on Torched and Restored that I gave this a 4 star.
Product Quality: the quality of the prop is good. You get a partially made gimmick and Chris explains why it is important for you to finish the gimmick. In the instructions, the part that you make involves cutting another card, I think it would be good to try to fold and tear another card to complete the gimmick. I didn’t try it, so maybe there is a reason why that doesn’t work as well. This just means to me that if you perform this too close, they may notice that the edges appear cut instead of torn.
Method: At first, it seems like the gimmick is complicated and perhaps the method is complicated, but it is not as hard or complicated as it first appears. The method looks very good. The entire gimmick is self contained and folds up in a very unique and clever way. In performance, you can make it look like each piece is separate, even though they are connected via this very unique and clever gimmick. The effect is not completely angle proof. It would be best to have your audience mostly in front of you, perhaps you have around 45 degrees in which to safely place your audience. You can probably just take a couple steps backward if your audience is in a half circle around you. You don’t want spectators directly to your side.
Explanation Quality: Very good. He goes over in great detail how to complete the gimmick and how to make additional gimmicks. You can make gimmicks out of playing cards, business cards, or any other similar cards. He explains two routines, one signed where you only show the back as you restore and one not signed where you can show the front and back as you restore.
Ad Copy Integrity: It isn’t terrible, but it could use a few clarifications. When it says “you will be taught the 360 version”, that doesn’t mean you can have spectators around you 360. It means that you can turn it over at certain points during the restoration to show front and back during one of the two versions. Also, when it says it comes with a hand-crafted gimmick, just realize that the gimmick is almost completed, and it isn’t very difficult at all to make the additional “stuff” you will need.
AT A GLANCE
Skill level required: 4 of 5. While this isn’t terribly hard to perform, you will need plenty of practice to get this right.
Audience management skill required: 3 of 5. There are a few areas where audience management is needed, up front to get your audience in front of you, and at one point you will need to ditch some dirt.
Performance angles: 45 degrees
Reset time required: You can reset in front of your audience.
DIY time involved in advance: Around 30 minutes to set up after watching very detailed DVD instructions. You will then want to put in a fair amount of practice time. This is not a get it and run out and perform it sort of effect.
VERDICT
I REALLY like how this looks and it is a very good and clever method. For me, there isn’t any TNR routine that comes close to the practicality and ease of Brent Braun’s Torched and Restored.
Suggestions
I can’t help but to recommend Torched and Restored over this version as my personal favorite, and I have an entire deck of TNR gimmicks so that I can spread the deck face up, they can pick any card they see, I have them sign it, tear it into quarters, restore it, and hand it out restored as a souvenir. To be fair, the big difference from an audience's perspective is RE is restored one quarter at a time while Torched and Restored is restored all at once. Personally, I think they are both similarly impressive, so Torched and Restored is so much simpler and easier to perform.My suggestion for RE is you should know that while it is not necessary, you may want to also purchase a Jack of Clubs one-way deck as the version that shows both front and back really works best with a one-way. It doesn’t have to be the Jack of Clubs, but that is the card for the gimmick that comes with the effect. You can make a gimmick from any card, and you don’t have to use a one-way force deck, it just makes it easier and cleaner. In addition, you will need to replace one or two cards every time you perform.