New Products from the Blackpool Magic Convention

Hello Again...

As promised in my earlier entry I said I would announce to you the Brand New and Exclusive products that we launched at Blackpool here onto the Blog.

Well there is so many to tell you about I don't know where to begin!

We had a couple of absolute sell outs at Blackpool and the first one that we are proud to introduce to you is -

Sixth Sense - Hugo Shelley. This is the Ultimate Detection Device and means you can always know which hand the spectator has the hand in. It was one of the most talked about electronic devices at the Convention and we sold every unit we had.

MagicTricks.co.uk used to sold a product called the Leyser 2020 which to this day we still receive requests for from customers who are either asking for one or asking if there is an upgrade available. Well the truth is, we had been working on a new version of the Leyser 2020 but before it was completed we came across the Sixth Sense which had just been released, so we decided to team up with the creator Hugo Shelley and bring Sixth Sense exclusively to MagicTricks.co.uk customers. This is our replacement for the Leyser 2020 as it is stronger and smaller than the previously released device which made it so popular with the professionals at the Convention.

We provide the Sixth Sense ready to go as it comes with a specially engineered magnetic coin, a DVD with explanations, handling techniques and live performance footage as well as a professional tin carry case to keep it safe. We are expecting this item to be back in stock for early March.

It is priced at a very realistic £135.

The other item that was an absolute sell out on the MagicTricks.co.uk stand was Alex Lourido's Glass Mirage! There is no one better to demo this product than the creator himself and the crowds absolutely loved it! It was mind blowing! This item is currently being shipped by Alex from the US and we are hoping to have it for the end of this week. We currently are taking pre-orders for this item.

The feedback we received from customers who bought Glass Mirage previously and also those who bought it at the Convention and tried it out over the weekend, they said they loved how portable it was, how impromptu the performance was and the fact that the spectator's were truly stunned every time they performed it. With this effect you will never have to buy another drink. Absolutely brilliant! It is available in green and brown and best of all can be performed with ANY bottle!

We also released another of Alex Lourido's amazing effects - Foil Coins (UK 10p) This item is exclusive to MagicTricks.co.uk and works in perfect unison with Silver Impression. For any of you who already have Silver Impression, you know sometimes spectators ask to keep the stretched coin as a souvenir and this is not possible with the Silver Impression as it currently stands. Well Foil Coins change all this. Now when the spectator asks to keep the coin you can give the Foil Coin away as a business card with your name and number written on it.

The Foil Coin is a super stretched 10 pence piece and you can buy them in packs of 8 for just £34.99. Obviously you won't want to give them away every time you perform but for this extra special spectators like clients or agents it makes a perfect give away that is sure to leave a lasting impression in their mind. We also have these available for our US customers in the US Quarter Version, as well as the US Silver Impression.

We also re-released a couple of Alex's coin tricks in new UK coinage. Butter Coin and Rainbow Coins, these were both released last year in the 10 pence piece but for the Butter Coin, as slightly larger coin like the 50p worked so much better as handling was easier and the gaff coin looks undetectable. The Rainbow Coins were also much better using the 50 pence piece, they looked more visually stunning and impressive when you produce a set of 5 in your hand at the end of your routine.

All of Alex Lourido's products are easy to perform and make coin magic much more accessible to those who have previously avoided using coins thinking it was too difficult to conquer.

Card Attack was another popular effect at Blackpool and has been deemed the next WOW. It allows you to let a spectator select a card and their chosen card burns itself onto a strip of film to produce an X-ray of their card, and in doing that completely wipes all the other cards from the deck.

We definitely have some great products for you to check out the videos of, we are sure you will be impressed.

That is all for now, we do have some more exciting news from the Convention but are keeping it under wraps for the moment but will be posting on our blog and to our email update subscribers all in good time.

Remember, we offer exclusive deals and discounts to our email update subscribers, so if you read our blog but aren't sign up, sign up today as we can save you some extra money in doing so.

Have a great weekend.

Charlotte and Keelan

Blackpool Magic Convention Update

Hi Guys,

Well... after all that preparation Blackpool has been and gone and it proved to be a huge success for MagicTricks.co.uk!

Before I begin the blog we just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Alex Lourido. He was our Superstar! When he arrived a week ago, he arrived as a colleague of ours and now he has left a true friend to us! So Thank You Alex for all your hard work!

We put an awful lot of prep work into Blackpool, being that it was our first time exhibiting we wanted to make an entrance and have been working on this event since November getting bits and pieces ready. I am really happy with how our stand looked and it definitely made an impression in the Dealer's Hall.

The MagicTricks team left for Blackpool last Wednesday as the Dealers Hall is set up the day before the Convention begins, all went well and although we were expecting it only to take a few hours we were there the entire day.

Everyone was really excited when the Dealer's Hall opened on the Friday lunchtime. Although it was open until 10pm, so it was such a long day for all of us, as we were up pretty early to make final adjustments to the stand.

I had been to Blackpool Magic Convention once before when Keelan and I entered the British Magic Championships with our Quick Change Act (which we won by the way) and that was before we took over MagicTricks.co.uk so I didn't really take that much notice, but even for me the amount of dealers and tricks was overwhelming! I think the majority of people who went to the Convention didn't know where to turn or go first. There was so much to see, it was almost impossible to see everything.

By the end of Friday night we were all exhausted, it was a long day of standing and demoing. I really wanted to take Alex out each night as he was over here, but we always ended up just having dinner then straight to sleep as we had early starts on Saturday and Sunday as it opened at 9am.

We didn't manage to see any of the lectures that were happening but we did see the Saturday night competition which was really good and the first half of the Sunday night Gala show which was 2 hours in itself.

After three heavy days on the stand, lots of sales and networking, we were ready to party! So after the first half of the Gala show we headed out to the bars, which was a great source of relief that we had made it through our first year at Blackpool.

We launched some brand new products at Blackpool that we have been working on ourselves and also brought back many new products to put up on the site for you guys to buy.

I will create another entry to introduce the new products to you after we have officially launched them in our email update.

We just want to say a big Thank You to you if you were at Blackpool and came over to the stand, it was great to meet so many of you! I hope you liked our stand and products we had to offer.

I have included some photos of us (Charlotte, Keelan and Alex) and our stand (and the partying after!)

Best wishes,

Charlotte and Keelan

Star Magician and Inventor - Alex Lourido comes to Blackpool!

Hello again...

With the Blackpool Magic Convention just around the corner, MagicTricks.co.uk are proud to announce that the fantastic magician and inventor - Alex Lourido is coming to the UK to demonstrate on the MagicTricks.co.uk stand!

This is something that we have been desperate to tell you for months but wanted to keep it under wraps until the last minute... but now we are free to shout it out! Alex Lourido is coming all the way from Philadelphia, USA to join us for the Blackpool Magic Convention. He will be on our stand for the entire Convention and we are also excited to announce that he will be releasing his latest effects over here in the UK.

MagicTricks.co.uk have the exclusive rights for Alex Lourido's genius Coin tricks in the UK coin versions so make sure you check out The MagicTricks.co.uk stand at Blackpool if you are coming along, and see the latest products and meet Alex himself!

Not only do we have Alex Lourido coming all the way from the US we also have our star creator - Colin Gilbert - inventor of the Linking Polo and Easy Monte on our stand for Saturday ONLY! So if you are thinking of buying any of these products then drop by and see the creators perform for yourself.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone there and hope we will get to meet each and every one of you!

See you there...

Magictricks.co.uk gets Snowed In!

Hello Folks...

Well... what a day it has been! We woke up to find we were thoroughly snowed in here at MagicTricks.co.uk but fortunately, we live close enough to the warehouse for us to be able to walk in, so off we went in order to pack and dispatch the weekend orders.

Shortly after we arrived we were contacted by Royal Mail to inform us that due to the deep snow we would not be receiving our daily collection. We were expecting this to be the case so decided early on that we would have a company trip out to our local Post Office located around half a mile away, in order to prove how dedicated to customer service we really are! You can imagine the excitement of the MagicTricks staff when they heard this news!

Anyway, with the news in mind that most people would be stuck at home and not be able to make it into work, we thought we would send an email update for our customers to inform them of our new magic products and dvd releases, which I will discuss on our blog later in the week, in an effort to melt the winter blues.

Thankfully this seemed to work and we had a fantastic response to our email update.

I have put some photos below of the MagicTricks.co.uk snow day!

Paul Harris releases True Astonishments

Hello...

Over the weekend we received some exciting news from our magic tricks suppliers that the highly anticipated 9 DVD set from Paul Harris - True Astonishments - is ready for shipping this Monday. MagicTricks.co.uk is proud to introduce this fantastic set of Paul Harris's life's work in this beautifully presented collector's piece. We should have them in stock and ready to ship by Wednesday. So for everyone who has pre-ordered the wait is nearly over!

Here is a photo of Paul Harris himself at our suppliers helping get the back orders ready for shipping.



Also, with today being the 1st February, MagicTricks.co.uk are busy preparing for the fast approaching Blackpool Magic Convention 2009. Although, MagicTricks.co.uk has been established since 1999, it has never exhibited at any Magic Conventions but since Keelan and myself have taken it over, a year ago, we are keen to spread our name and think that Blackpool Magic Convention is an excellent way of introducing ourselves to magicians that may not have been previously aware of us, but we can assure you, by the end of the weekend, a lot more magicians will know about us!


As this is our first Convention so we are excited to be involved in such a large one and are busy working night and day to bring our customers the best magic possible in the most up to date form. We were adamant didn't want to go to the convention looking the same as everyone else, selling the same products as everyone else, and just blending into the background, so for anyone who is going to the Blackpool Magic Convention, be sure to know that MagicTricks.co.uk will be entering with a bang! We have lots of surprises in store for all the magicians. Some of which we will be announcing to our email update subscribers and others which will be revealing at the Convention itself!

That's all for now, but I will be back later in the week!