UK wins FISM - World Championships of Magic!

MagicTricks.co.uk is excited to hear the latest magic news announced over the weekend that the next FISM is going to be held in the UK in 2012!

FISM is the Olympics of Magic and the event takes place every 3 years and follows that actual Olympics. It has just finished this weekend in Beijing, China. Where fellow British Magician - Marc Oberon was awarded first place for "Parlour Magic", so congratulation to Marc. He is the creator of the brilliant magic trick Odd Ball.

FISM will be held in the magic capital of the UK - Blackpool! Blackpool has been hosting the largest Magic Convention in the World for over 50 years now and has one of the strongest and most dedicated committees in the country. The event will be held in three different location in Blackpool as it is so large.

MagicTricks.co.uk is hoping that we will have the privilege of appearing at FISM in more than one way...

If you don't know what FISM is all about, take a look at the FISM DVD from the previous event that was held in Stockholm in 2006 to get more of an idea!

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...

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!