Name: Awatenai Awatenai

Price: £32.99

Where to buy:Awatenai Awatenai

Creator: Katsuya Masuda

Reviewed by: Gary Sumpter – Magicfreeads.com

Effect as advertised:

The performer places a plastic wallet which contains a prediction on the table. Then a spectator chooses a card from the deck. The magician places it on top of the deck without showing its face. He opens the wallet to show the prediction card. A name of a card is cut out. The selected card is turned face up, but the prediction does not match. When the performer flips the prediction card, the cut out changes to the correct name!

Comes complete with plastic wallet, a prediction card, a gimmicked Bicycle deck and English instruction.

Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBnPQCZnXTo&feature=player_embedded

Packaging Quality: Typical Masuda plastic wrapping, does the job but generally the packaging gets destroyed when you open it.

Instructions Quality: Black and White photocopied instructions. They arent the clearest but you can make out whats needed.

Contents: Instructions, Cards / Gimmick / Plastic Wallet

Prop Quality: Good actually. Bicycle cards, a nice black plastic ‘wallet’ and the predicition card, which is clever.

Initial Thoughts: This is a strange one. The thinking behind this is very very clever. The fact that a CUT OUT SILHOUETTE of a prediction changes to ANOTHER CUTOUT predicition is pretty cool. It works as advertised.

After Playing for a while: This is one of those things that you find yourself playing with, picking up every so often just to ‘have a go’. Mor me, this isnt something I would take around with me, I dont feel the strength of the effect warrants carrying the extra ‘wallet’. However it IS a fun item! If you like the demo above, thats exactly what you see!

First Performance: I performed this for a fellow magician who really liked it, probably more due to the inbuilt curiosity that us magicians have!

Overall Audience Reaction: This DOES go down well actually. I guess as a curiosity, something VERY unique, unlike anything your spectators will have seen.

Pros: Clever Idea, nicely made props

Cons: A one trick monkey

Value for Money: I think this should be priced at around £15. £32.99 is far to steep..