– Intro / Brief Overview
What’s up everybody and welcome to Magic For Beginners, my name is Keith and in today’s video we’re going to be looking at this whiteboard paddle which you can buy from Discount Magic. This is a classic trick in magic and these whiteboard markers have brought the trick into the modern age and allows for so many different version of this trick to be performed and not rely on a certain style which you purchased as one paddle, you can change on the fly and even wipe the paddles down and start fresh with whatever you want. Want to do the paddle trick with words, numbers, drawings or just about anything else, with these this is exactly what you can do!
– What Is The Routine/Trick?
So what is the routine/trick? There’s a large multitude of effects which you can use these paddles for, but I’ll go over a basic premise of a routine here. You have a paddle and show both sides to be empty and you then draw 1 large X on one side of the paddle. You can then show both sides and the same X has also appeared on the other side! Then you draw a second X next to the first one and that one also appears on the other side. You repeat this with a third X until both sides have three X-marks. That’s a very basic and boring way of presenting this, but the possibilities for tricks and routines are endless and only limited by your imagination.
– How Much Does It Cost?
How much does this cost? There’s a few different options which you can choose from which makes the product different prices, but it varies from £2 to £5 and even at the highest prices, it’s still a bargain. The £2 is for a single whiteboard paddle on its own, or you can upgrade to one paddle with a pen for £3.50 and you can then get two paddles without a pen for £3.76 and also with a pen for £5. With any purchase of the pair of paddles, you also receive instructions with this too, which is in paper format.
– Quick Performance
Here’s a quick performance two show you how you can utilise these whiteboard paddles, or use them.
– What Do You Get With It?
What do you get with this? Of course as stated with the pricing, you can get these as a single or pair of paddles and with and without a pen. So it depends on what you buy as to what you get, but of course the instructions that comes with the pair of paddles is which is extra and that’s a folded piece of paper which talks about what the paddles are and how to do the paddle move. Then comes the instructions and it comes with 3 tricks or performances for using a single paddle and also 2 tricks or performances using two paddles. The measurements for the paddles are 140mm long and 32mm wide also.
– Is It Easy To Perform and where can you perform it?
Is this trick easy to perform? Yes, it is. There is of course the paddle move to learn but after some practice, you’ll be able to nail that move and then be able to perform pretty much anything you want to with these paddles. The one move unlocks a whole array or routines and ideas which is only limited to your imagination, so I’d definitely say that it’s something which even beginners could perform and do with ease.
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– Can You Inspect It?
Can the paddle be inspected? Yes of course! During a performance you may not be able to hand out the paddle to be checked but of course after you’ve performed a routine, you could hand out the paddle and they can look and see that it’s blank or has things on there which it should do. There’s nothing gimmicked about the paddles or the pen, so you’re golden should a spectator want to check out them both.
– Is It Well Made?
Are they well made? Yes, they are well made and are durable too and would have no issues throwing these in your pocket and carrying them around without the fear of having them break which is always a good thing. As they’re whiteboard style too, they can easily be cleaned up too with your fingers, clothing or a cloth and if you want to go for a deep clean, then you can easily use other cleaning materials too, like you would any other whiteboard.
– Positives
Let’s talk about some positives and the first one is a no brainer for a positive and that’s the price. £2 for one paddle which will last for a long time and has countless routines and options for magic is just such good value and like I said, it’s well made too so it’s perfect for the table hopper magician or some one who performs often and not going to wear out or have items fall off the paddles like the old school ones where you have the colours which I’ve had and some of the diamonds have come away from the wood.
– Negatives
As for negatives with these, the only one I’d say really is the instructions are paper based and while this isn’t an issue for me, some of the newer magicians who are younger are usually visual based learners, they may struggle with using written instructions to learn moves and routines, but this is only a small negative and there’s hundreds of YouTube videos online for routines and performances which people could learn because after all these are only props for magic and they are only just one small part of the magic.
I hope you enjoyed the review and it’s helped you out with if you’re looking for some new whiteboard paddles to use for your magic performances, these are great quality and cheap paddles and every magician who performs this trick should have a bunch of them, so they can have them in their pockets, in their close up case and just anywhere you could have them, so they’re always on hand to use.
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