De-Constructed
Price range: $399.00 through $450.00
An old wooden box, circa 1920s, from an estate sale in New Orleans. Inside, six plaques, each with a question. Your participant pins them into a cube, twirls it like a Magic 8 Ball, stops, and reads the question on top. You already know which one. Full script included. Works with the free ArcaneHub app for phone and watch.
Works with ArcaneHub
ArcaneHub is my free app for iPhone, Android and Wear OS watches (Galaxy Watch and similar). Pair once and every Arcane Relics prop you own lives on one screen. Your cue comes as a silent buzz on your phone or wrist, so your eyes never leave your spectator. Prefer nothing on your wrist? Choose the silent pocket thumper option above and your cue comes to your pocket instead. Get the app
What De-Constructed sends the Hub: which of the six questions is face up.
Built to order in my shop, one at a time. Ordering for October shows? Get your order in early September so it’s in your hands before Halloween.
De-constructed
The original Magic 8 Ball, reborn as a table-top mentalism masterpiece.
Before you sits a small wooden box, 4 x 4 inches and 3 inches deep. It’s very
old. Circa 1920s. Found at an estate sale in New Orleans. A bizarre artifact
from days long gone. Inside this old box is the original Magic 8 Ball. Sort
of. Back then, it was a Magic 8 Ball Cube, used by fortune tellers, mystics,
and mediums.
You open the box and reveal six individual wooden plaques, approximately 3 x 3
inches each. Each plaque bears a single question engraved into the wood, the
engraving filled with its own distinct color, so each of the six questions is
instantly recognizable by color alone once the cube is assembled.
You talk about the provenance of the artifact as you casually assemble the
plaques into a cube using a few tiny wooden dowels to lock it together.
Assembling the cube activates the werks inside. It connects via Bluetooth to
the ArcaneHub app, silently signaling which question the cube lands on
straight to your phone or smartwatch in real time. No box, no shroud, nothing
to hide. The cube can be examined freely.
How it plays:
Have the spectator twirl the cube in their hands like a Magic 8 Ball until
they choose to stop. They look down at the question resting face-up and
remember it. You already know it, seemingly through nothing but the object
itself.
What’s included:
– De-constructed artifact box with all six wooden plaques and locking dowels
– Full performance script and handling notes
Prefer not to use your phone or watch mid-performance? choose the silent pocket thumper option above and you get your reading without ever glancing at a screen.
In a mentalism setting, this is a devastating hot reading: you answer a
question you could not possibly know, or reveal it with theatrical flair, no
fishing, no peeking, no gimmicked box. We believe the concept of an antique
cube assembled at the table is the ultimate evolution of this effect. The look
of the artifact is beyond reproach, the werks are easy as cake, and the
reactions are priceless.
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