McAllister, Bob: Dot's Magic
©1993 Bob McAllister, NY
Softcover, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 47 pages
Bob McAllister:
              Dot's Magic
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Comments: Originally came with five "McDots", which are tiny rare earth magnets. McDots are not mandatory for every effect.

Contents:

1 Introduction: care and storage of your McDots
2 Bob McAllister's Linking Rings: Use of a McDot to create a second "key" ring
4 The McAllister Dot Key Card: gimmicking a playing card with ideas for a card box and a special coin
5 Dot's Da Card: Coin dropped in a shot glass vanishes and is found next to selected card in the deck placed on top of the glass.
6 Dot's A Coin Penetration: Marked coin wrapped in paper is smacked against a deck on top of a glass and penetrates into the glass
7 The Paper Fold: based on a concept by Dave Ossip
8 Bob McAllister's Miracle Vanisher: idea to use McDots for "impromptu" vanishes
9 The McAllister Slice: a bill is balanced on a knife point, then the knife penetrates and rips the bill, but the bill remains unharmed. Bill can be borrowed.
11 Dot's Da Way to Vanish a Silk: a variation on the TT vanish
11 The Silk Appearance: follow up
12 Dot's A Pennytration: a penny & dime transposition with the aid of a matchbook cover and a McDot.
13 Dot's a Squeaker!: making the squeaker easy to grab and ditch
14 Dot's a Mind Reading Assistant: Spectator names a card shown to the audience, even though the audience thinks the spectator is wrong
15 Dot's A Card Box: selection vanishes from the deck and appears in the card box
17 Sawing a Lady in Half: a Queen card is folded in half lengthwise and covered with a piece of paper. The Queen is clearly ripped in two and the pieces separated, yet the card is restored.
23 Dot Was Smaller: Selection returned to deck. Magician asks if selection bigger or small than a ten, and yanks the deck from spectator's hand, who is left with a "smaller" duplicate card
24 Dot's A Thought: More ideas for using your McDots



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