Two clear tubes are displayed inside a box. After placing three different colored balls into the tall tube, you explain that you are able to make any one of the three balls jump instantaneously into the short tube. The effect becomes even more baffling since the proper ball jumps no matter which color is chosen, and in whatever order the balls are inserted into the tube.
This mystery occurs within the darkness of a box that is designed whit a chinese dragon. According the legend, this chinese dragon held precious jewels in its claws, and was able to fly in sky. You are now able to make any ball that the spectator names transport within the box, using the power of your mind. The gimmick is precision-crafted, and will surely surprise you. You can perform this effect repeatedly whit no worry of it being discovered and your spectator can examine the box. This trick requires no practice. Whatever happens in the dark interior of this box is truly a mystery. This is precision-made apparatus that can be demonstrated over and over again. Before learning the secret, try to figure it out on your own. Good luck!
Development Stories:There is an old effect in magic known as the Spirit Cabinet. In this effect, a cup is seen inside of a large box, and a ball is resting next to the cup. The magician closes the curtain to hide the interior of the box, and then reopens the curtain. Mysteriously, the ball has flown inside of the cup. Tomoyuki Shimomura started with this idea and strove to create a similar effect in a compact model. First, Shimomura changed the method of causing the balls to move within the box. By incorporating a mechanical gimmick, the trick became easy-to-do, and allows you to perform the effect inches away from your spectators' eyes.Well-versed magicians will recognize that "Mystery China Box" is similar in design to the stage magic prop in which an empty box becomes filled with a multitude of objects. In that prop, a pocket is attached to the inside wall of one of the side flaps, and the objects are pulled out from this pocket. At first, Shimomura tried applying that principle to this trick, and attached the gimmick to one side flap. In other words, the gimmick could be plainly seen when the open case was viewed from the rear. However, we ultimately decided to relocate the gimmick into an entirely different section of the case. When the revised version of this trick was shown to other members of the Tenyo staff (who were familiar with the original gimmick), they admitted that the most mysterious aspect was where the gimmick had vanished to!
Review:
This is the perfect trick to show the magic crew at the next meeting or when they pop by your house for a visit. First, it will fool them badly. Second, should you desire to tip the method, they will be charmed. Tenyo products are tough to review. They can appeal (or not appeal) to us on many levels. As a toy for magicians this is great. As a method thats fun to play with, this is great. As a piece of magic to share with people in the real world, its good. Will it fool them? Yes. Will they care? I think that depends on how you present it. As I collect Tenyo, I share many of the pieces with lay visitors. I explain that they are some of the cleverest magic devices ever invented, and that they are a toy line from Japan. I tell them I collect them because they are so ingenius that top magicians are fooled badly by these sublime creations. As a rule, people are intrigued to see just what that may be. Mystery China Box is a super fooler and working it fills the magician with an evil sense of glee. This trick is not easy to find nowadays. Sometimes Tenyo stops an item of their line after only a short time without apparent reason... The mechanics of this trick are indeed very special and i have been told that this trick has been discontinued because the production costs were too high.
