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Greetings from Seattle!

Post by EvanS » Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:10 pm

Hi everyone!
My name is Evan Shuster, and by day I’m an executive manager with a large, global foodservice organization.

The Genii in my Tenyo bottle recently escaped again, mostly due to The Head Genii’s exceptional publication of Tenyoism. I had a modest collection that has recently grown quite a bit (much to my wife’s dismay).

I have always had a strong fascination with, and love for Japanese magic and magicians, and have visited Japan several times (in part, due to my wife being from there). I have collected quite a bit of published Japanese magic, from books to magazines to lecture notes, and have also collected quite a few videos.

When it comes to collecting, I consider myself mostly a book guy, but I also have a fair number of commercial releases and DVDs. My home office is quite literally jam packed (also to my wife’s dismay).

Each year I organize a lecture tour throughout the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada, known as The Can-Am Conjuring Lecture Series. I hope that some day I may have the opportunity to include one or more Japanese magicians on the tour.

I truly appreciate having this forum as a place to read and learn. Hopefully I will be able to contribute a bit, as well, but I imagine that each of you is far more knowledgeable, so I look forward to spending some time here and learning from you.

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Post by SimonC » Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:27 am

nice to meet you Evan, there's a wealth of knowledge assembled here and a crack team of super sleuths who can solve any magical mystery you may come across. have fun!
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Post by VictorS » Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:29 am

Welcome on board Evan ! Sure you will have fun here. There are lots of information related to Tenyo or other collector`s magic props that maybe could build your interest. I believe,most of us are always fascinated with creative and genius Japanese minds. Talking about book, you reminded me again to the book written by Richard Kaufman - Five Times Five (in Japan) Very interesting book full with creative minds. I enjoy every demos presenting out from the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZG9B9E8gtI

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Post by David DeTenyo » Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:18 am

Welcome Evan, glad you joined us! You're the second member with a spouse from Japan, the other being a fellow compatriot of mine, Peter G.
I've always dreamt of visiting Japan and hopefully one day will be able to, but it won't be any time soon :)

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Post by Brett H » Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:30 am

Welcome to the boards, Evan.

I know you said you are a book guy, but what does your Tenyo collection look like so far?
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Post by EvanS » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:58 am

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Victor,
The demos in the link you posted were done by Charles Hsu. In some way I think he was partially responsible for building enough new interest in the magic of Japan to warrant a reprinting of two of the Kaufman books. I worked with Charles on a follow up to the video you posted.

Brett,
My Tenyo collection is relatively large, but by no means complete. I'll have to dig through it and count the items before I can give you a solid answer. I've also bought more than a few items recently, as I work my way through Tenyoism.

Glad to be here.

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Post by JohnM » Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:49 am

Welcome Evan, so glad to have another magic enthusiast join us here.

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Post by BluBob » Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:26 am

Welcome Evan, have fun.

Thanks Victor, the above video was great.
I missed that book (and video) but have now ordered it.
and now, on with the show ...

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Post by VictorS » Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:15 am

BluBob wrote:Welcome Evan, have fun.

Thanks Victor, the above video was great.
I missed that book (and video) but have now ordered it.
You`re welcome Bob, glad that you like it ;)

Evans, really interesting story. Thanks...you must have a very good relationship with the japanese magicians. Really nice. By the way if I may ask, Richard also wrote another book together with Steve Cohen "Japan Ingenious" , New Magic of Japan 1988 and The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi. Are they all recommended ? Thanks in advance for your advice. ;)

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Post by EvanS » Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:38 pm

VictorS wrote:Evans, really interesting story. Thanks...you must have a very good relationship with the japanese magicians. Really nice. By the way if I may ask, Richard also wrote another book together with Steve Cohen "Japan Ingenious" , New Magic of Japan 1988 and The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi. Are they all recommended ? Thanks in advance for your advice. ;)
Yes, definitely recommended, particularly if you are a fan of Japanese magic. He also wrote Sawa's Library of Magic, Volume One, which is another fine book.

Japan Ingenious contains a number of items that were previously published in the various "Winners" books, featuring works from the winners of the Masao Atsukawa prize. It also features a number of "forgotten" items that were previously published in a variety of magazines.

New Magic of Japan 1988 is an English version of Ton Onosaka’s book, New Generation Magic Plus Alpha. Very clever magic along the lines of 5x5 and Japan Ingenious.

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Post by Rob Rand » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:39 pm

Welcome Evan, great to have someone close to the magical secrets of Japan ! :)

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Post by VictorS » Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:46 pm

EvanS wrote:
VictorS wrote:Evans, really interesting story. Thanks...you must have a very good relationship with the japanese magicians. Really nice. By the way if I may ask, Richard also wrote another book together with Steve Cohen "Japan Ingenious" , New Magic of Japan 1988 and The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi. Are they all recommended ? Thanks in advance for your advice. ;)
Yes, definitely recommended, particularly if you are a fan of Japanese magic. He also wrote Sawa's Library of Magic, Volume One, which is another fine book.

Japan Ingenious contains a number of items that were previously published in the various "Winners" books, featuring works from the winners of the Masao Atsukawa prize. It also features a number of "forgotten" items that were previously published in a variety of magazines.

New Magic of Japan 1988 is an English version of Ton Onosaka’s book, New Generation Magic Plus Alpha. Very clever magic along the lines of 5x5 and Japan Ingenious.
Wow..thanks for the info Evan. This is something that I should add in my wish list. ;)

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Post by EvanS » Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:50 pm

Well... I finally got around to cataloguing my collection.

Here it is:

T-3 Diminishing Cards
T-6 In The News
T-8 Trio Cigarette
T-14 Chameleon Silk
T-17 Coin Through Match
T-22 Time Capsule
T-25 Silk Serenade (Pavel)
T-28 What's Next?
T-31 Milk Tumber
T-36 Billiard Balls
T-39 Crazy Spots
T-40 Card Case
T-66 Occult Board
T-72 Flash Dice (Takuya Yoshizawa)
T-77 See Through Card (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-87 Squeeze Play (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-90 Elevator Coins (Hideo Kato)
T-99 Mystery of the High Hat (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-108 Soft Coins (Keiji Takahashi)
T-109 The Midas Machine (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-110 Zig-Zag Cig (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-112 Eclipse (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-115 Ultraslice (Hideo Kato)
T-117 The Alpha Tunnel (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-121 The Golden Fleece (Hideo Kato)
T-125 Ghostwriter
T-133 Bare Bones (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-134 Vault Vision (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-139 Knife of the Ninja (Atsushi Fukano)
T-140 Super Spike (Masato Wakabayashi)
T-151 Wild Wallet (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-155 Crystal Cleaver (Toru Suzuki)
T-158 Menta-Marvel (Yutaka Sato)
T-161 Parabox (Lubor Fiedler, Toru Suzuki)
T-166 Oh No! (Toru Suzuki)
T-169 Zone Infinity (Atsushi Fukano)
T-170 The Pillars of Thor (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-171 Merlin's Coffer (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-172 Invisible Zone (Lubor Fiedler)
T-175 The Unusual Suspects (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-176 Hanky Panky (Toru Suzuki)
T-179 Trisector (Toru Suzuki)
T-180 Enchanted Strings (Jeff Sheridan)
T-181 Bird Watcher (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-182 Funnel Vision (Toru Suzuki)
T-184 Pop-Up Card (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-198 Blue Crystal (Lubor Fiedler)
T-200 Undercover Cube (Petrick & Mia)
T-202 Prison Box (Angelo Carbone)
T-205 Confined Cubes (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-206 Sun & Moon Tubes (Toru Suzuki)
T-210 Mobile Illusion (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-218 Rising Cards (Harry Devano)
T-220 Crash Dice (Hiroshi Sawa)
T-222 Fortune Sticks (Toru Suzuki)
T-226 President's Cabinet (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-227 New Koornwinder Kar (Dick Koornwinder)
T-230 Mystic Scope (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-231 Fortune Donut (Shigeru Sugawara)
T-232 Balloon Illusion (Kenichi Komiya)
T-235 Magical Door (Toru Suzuki)
T-237 Synchro Boxes (Bob Ostin, Hiroshi Kondo)
T-238 Floating Card (Angelo Carbone)
T-239 Millionaire's Dream (Kenichi Komiya)
T-241 Illusion Truck (Takayuki Kumazawa)
T-243 4-D Surprise (Lubor Fiedler)
T-244 Cloud Money (Toru Suzuki)
T-245 Ghost Lamp (Scotty York)
T-247 Tower of Dice (Takayuki Kumazawa)
T-248 Psychic Money (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
T-249 Magic Pop-Up (Kenichi Komiya)
T-250 The Third Eye (Lubor Fiedler)
T-251 Flying Carpet (Lubor Fiedler)
T-252 Clear Surprise (Takayuki Kumazawa)
T-253 Miracle Coin Thru (Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroshi Kondo)
T-254 Magic Memo Pad (Takahisa Inaba)
T-255 Card Surgery (Lubor Fiedler)
T-256 4-D Printer (Hiroshi Kondo)
T-257 Magical MRI (Toru Suzuki)
T-258 Ghost Card (Lubor Fiedler)
T-260 Security Lock (Lubor Fiedler)
T-261 The Alchemist (Kenichi Komiya)
T-262 Magic Butterfly (So Sato)
T-263 The Great Escape (Ali Bongo)
T-264 Future Puzzle (So Sato)
T-265 Mystery Doghouse (So Sato)
T-266 Ghost Camera (Mathieu Bich)
T-267 Magic Plunger (Mathieu Bich, Jon Armstrong)
Magical Burger (Toru Suzuki, Takayuki Kumazawa)
Tenyo Magic set - 8 Close-Up Magic
Mini Magic Set, No. 10
Mini Magic Set, No. 29
Floating Broom (Ben Harris)
Magic Calendar (Tomoyuki Shimomura)
Sakkaku Scale (aka Illusion Scale) (Toru Suzuki)


Lots to play with, but still a lot of holes to fill...
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Post by Brett H » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:09 pm

No Magical Sneakers? You need that in your collection. A packet trick that works 100% in their hands ('Color Test'). What's not to like?
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Post by EvanS » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:54 pm

Well then... I just purchased one, based on your recommendation. Thanks for that! :)

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Post by Brett H » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:33 pm

EvanS wrote:Well then... I just purchased one, based on your recommendation. Thanks for that! :)
Oh man! That was fast!

I get Tenyo to perform with and this is one of my favorite Tenyo to perform. Put your own presentation spin on it and it'll work wonders. A great addition to your collection and repertoire.

And I noticed that you have A LOT of Tenyo without a whole lot of gaps. But if the more recent ones, why no 'Money Shock' or 'Trap Box'?
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Post by EvanS » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:16 am

Brett H wrote: why no 'Money Shock' or 'Trap Box'?
Hmmm... Money Shock reminds me too much of Slow Burn/Extreme Burn, or Hundy 500, and Trap Box never really appealed to me. I suppose I should get them if only to fill in the holes, but I've been more focused recently on some of the harder to find items. I'm sure that I'll get to them eventually.

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EvanS wrote:
Brett H wrote: why no 'Money Shock' or 'Trap Box'?
Hmmm... Money Shock reminds me too much of Slow Burn/Extreme Burn, or Hundy 500, and Trap Box never really appealed to me. I suppose I should get them if only to fill in the holes, but I've been more focused recently on some of the harder to find items. I'm sure that I'll get to them eventually.
Good point. And 'Money Shock' has 3 different versions, making it a bit of a nightmare to collect--around $60 bucks to complete the whole 'Shock series.

I have Trap Box, but I haven't figured a creative way to use it outside of the instructions.

I have an idea for 'Money Shock' (I believe you can use other bills. I was thinking of producing a $1, $2, $5, $10, and a $20 at the same time). I have yet to get it, but I believe it's possible.

Do you open your Tenyo? Keep them in a box? Both?
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Post by EvanS » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:17 pm

I definitely open my Tenyo. It's no fun if you can't play with it!
Sometimes I'll come across a second copy, which I leave unopened, but other than that it is GAME ON! :)

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Post by SimonC » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:22 pm

I'm with you on that front Evan :) I keep a lot of the boxes but for sure I open them!
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SimonC wrote:I'm with you on that front Evan :) I keep a lot of the boxes but for sure I open them!
Ah man, I have to hock the boxes. I have a small space to work with for storage and boxes take up too much space for me.
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Post by EvanS » Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:00 pm

Brett,
Why not pack them flat and hang on to them?

With that said, I am mostly a book collector, so when it comes to limited space I definitely feel your pain.

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Post by Brett H » Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:13 pm

EvanS wrote:Brett,
Why not pack them flat and hang on to them?

With that said, I am mostly a book collector, so when it comes to limited space I definitely feel your pain.
Almost all the Tenyo I have are common and recent. Plus, everything I get I intend to keep; I USUALLY don't try and trade or sell Tenyo, but I have had a few buys that made it past the 'filters'.

But because I intend to keep what I get, I don't need the packaging. At least, I don't see the point.
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Post by EvanS » Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:51 am

Makes perfect sense.

I also don't buy with the intention of selling, but the "hoarder" in me keeps the packaging, right down to the tape, staples, and rubber bands.

I believe they call that an illness, but I own it.
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