But soft PVC takes much longer to "dry" so only a limited amount of units can be manufactured unless multiple molds were constucted. We wanted our thumbs to have a realistic touch, hence a softer material, which would require expensive machinery, able to create seamless units and capable of dropping the finished product from the mold after completion. To manufacture these molds, it would be impossible to reconstruct a real finger since molding would be done on the drawing board/model shop as opposed to using a real finger as a master. While it would be possible to create a seamless mold for a few thumb tips, manufacturing hundreds would require special metal molds. Back in Switzerland we started looking for a plastics manufacturer and that's when we realized, that it wasn't the lazyness of thumb tip manufacturers, that created the monsters they are selling: It's the technology and the connected financial investment. We decided to give the dinosaur in magic a revamp and create the perfect TT. The only thing they all had in common: they were not molded after a real finger thus simply looked unnatural. Most of them were extremely shiny and had seams on the side, some were far too small.
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In fact most techniques only aim at hiding the tip and not move freely as if there was nothing to hide.Īfter a stroll through the countless dealer booths we ended up with a bag full of thumbs ranging from OK to mutant looking. Mentionig this, they replied, that standard handling (pointing the thumb towards the spectator or constantly parlming the tip) is useless as soon as there is more than one person watching because of the angles. Funny enough none of them emphazised on "handling" since in our opinon that was the deciding factor of a TT being invisible. Not necessarily coloring determines invisibility, but texture. The main reason for criticism was the unauthentic look most brands have. When asked, what they would improve on the magic market it was not "customer support", "packaging" or "distribution" they addressed, but a standard item, they all love but often feel reluctant to use: The Thumb Tip. While featuring INFERNO in Dresden, Germany, where the 1997 World Championship in Magic was held, we talked to the leading magicians from around the globe. But quite honnestly: You are limiting yourself and your art with this kind of ideology.ĭo yourself a favor by feeling safe with a product that facilitates your craft rather than creating more obstacles on the road to good performing.Īfter all you are here to create wonders and not to worry about finger acrobacy in order to hide a under-developed product! These techniques are OK if you feel it's necessary to limit yourself because of low-tech gadgets. Well heck: You may as well just use a pull if you are happy with this kind of non-sense. But yes: We are trying to hide thumb-tips because they just don't look like a part of our hand and anybody in their right mind will notice the mutant sticking on your thumb! So we try to hide the hunchback and create fancy moves that abuse the ingeniousity of the gimmick and merely reduce it to little container hidden away. Why? Well we don't think about it too much anymore because the techniques have become so standard. Good for them!įor the last century or so we have created techniques that limit "in view"-time of a TT to an absolute miniumum. Great thumb-tip handlers claim that the tip could be yellow and still not be seen.
Just because they have been ugly for so long does NOT mean that it's OK this way! You are creating unnecessary misdirection to divert from a low tech product! Hold your old plastic thumb tip against the monitor and be really honnest for a second.ĭon't fool yourself by thinking how cool it is, that you handle your TT so well, that nobody ever sees it. Featuring video reports from Japan, Las Vegas, Europe on the amazing discoveries magicians made with Thumbs-Up and Magnet-Up. Watch Sheraton's Thumbs-Up video featuring countless amazing stunts and miracles not even professionals thought possible with just a thumb tip (available spring 2000). It has evolved to be an entirely new gimmick! JThis alone is proof enough, that magicians not only need better thumb tips but are also constantly developing new ideas with a product that started out as just a better tip. The Tell-All about the world's most authentic TTĮvery day we receive emails, calls, even videos with amazing new techniques magicians the world over are developing thanks to the ultra softness of our Thumbs-Up megaSoft.
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