Greetings from Germany
Greetings from Germany
Hello everyone, I am glad to be now a member of this friendly and competent community with some of you guys so skillfully presenting those wonderful magic tricks on YouTube.
I have to admit that my fascination for magical stuff is strongly biased towards collecting the props - I only very occasionally present for family and/or friends. But I am working on it .
My "career" as a collector started back then in Hamburg when I bought some tricks from Zauber Bartl. I still have Tenyo's “What's Next?” and “Glass Board” from that time. After a “short” break of about 45 years I became (re-)infected by the Tenyo virus (I guess it was caused by watching Magic Patagonia's presentation of “Bare Bones” on YouTube...but I won’t blame him for that ) and I started hunting for all those precious little plastic treasures like (of course) "Bare Bones", “Prison Box”, “Ninja Experiment”, “Eye of the Idol”, “Ultra Tube” and so on. After being kind of saturated with my Tenyo collection, my taste changed to the more “serious” stuff: I started collecting some rarities from the good old Zauber Butike times like “Pikolinus”, “Tseng Tjeng” (I love watching the presentations of these and other tricks by Eckhard Böttcher in the “Magisches Intermezzo”), older and newer props from Thomas Pohle and so on. Then I discovered Kent Bergmann's wonderful and very solidly made 3D-printed products like from the "Dragon Trilogy", “The Color of Mummy”, “First Class” and “Set in Stone”. Then I came across the beautifully crafted magic items from Francois Danis and couldn’t withstand adding a copy of the famous “Wandering Mummy” trick to my bunch of magic props. And very recently, I (of course) casted also an eye on Magic Wagon’s fascinating range of products… So, I am afraid my hobby might get a little more expensive in the future .
I have to admit that my fascination for magical stuff is strongly biased towards collecting the props - I only very occasionally present for family and/or friends. But I am working on it .
My "career" as a collector started back then in Hamburg when I bought some tricks from Zauber Bartl. I still have Tenyo's “What's Next?” and “Glass Board” from that time. After a “short” break of about 45 years I became (re-)infected by the Tenyo virus (I guess it was caused by watching Magic Patagonia's presentation of “Bare Bones” on YouTube...but I won’t blame him for that ) and I started hunting for all those precious little plastic treasures like (of course) "Bare Bones", “Prison Box”, “Ninja Experiment”, “Eye of the Idol”, “Ultra Tube” and so on. After being kind of saturated with my Tenyo collection, my taste changed to the more “serious” stuff: I started collecting some rarities from the good old Zauber Butike times like “Pikolinus”, “Tseng Tjeng” (I love watching the presentations of these and other tricks by Eckhard Böttcher in the “Magisches Intermezzo”), older and newer props from Thomas Pohle and so on. Then I discovered Kent Bergmann's wonderful and very solidly made 3D-printed products like from the "Dragon Trilogy", “The Color of Mummy”, “First Class” and “Set in Stone”. Then I came across the beautifully crafted magic items from Francois Danis and couldn’t withstand adding a copy of the famous “Wandering Mummy” trick to my bunch of magic props. And very recently, I (of course) casted also an eye on Magic Wagon’s fascinating range of products… So, I am afraid my hobby might get a little more expensive in the future .
Re: Greetings from Germany
Welcome to this fun place Ralf!
Most of the magic you have mentioned is discussed here so this forum is right up your alley so to speak.
Have a good time!
Most of the magic you have mentioned is discussed here so this forum is right up your alley so to speak.
Have a good time!
It's a Tenyo day in the neighborhood!
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Welcome aboard you are gonna like it here.
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Welcome Ralf and your story sounds familiar
From Tenyo to Magic Wagon ...
Enjoy this forum!
From Tenyo to Magic Wagon ...
Enjoy this forum!
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Herzlich Willkommen Ralf
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Welcome! Enjoy it in here!
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Welcome Ralf, and thanks for introducing yourself. Like Rob said your story sounds very familiar
Pikolinus and Tseng Tjeng are also two of my favorite tricks
I would love to see more Magisches Intermezzo episodes with E. Böttcher, I can only find a few on YouTube
Pikolinus and Tseng Tjeng are also two of my favorite tricks
I would love to see more Magisches Intermezzo episodes with E. Böttcher, I can only find a few on YouTube
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Hello Ralf Great to hear you started with Bartels in Hamburg, me too
My first trick i bought there was the brass version of the stop & go dice
And i still love this devilish trick today as it is always a winner for me
My first trick i bought there was the brass version of the stop & go dice
And i still love this devilish trick today as it is always a winner for me
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Welcome aboard Ralf!!