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Tricolour by Simon Lipkin and the 1914

Tricolour by Simon Lipkin and the 1914

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Simon Lipkin has concocted a diabolically sneak set of gimmicks that allow you to achieve jaw dropping colour prediction effects using no expensive and no sleight of hand! The gimmicks are devious, the effects are mighty, and now they can finally be yours.

For many years Simon performed colour match routines using secret electronics, but after they malfunctioned during the heat of an important performance, he strived to find a superior way. He got to work making lemonade from lemons, or in Simon's case, making magic from markers. He emerged from his workshop with a close-up utility system that can achieve near-identical effects as their expensive, high-tech counterparts.

The box includes everything you need to begin performing the effects right away, including three Sharpie markers, the devious gimmicks, long lasting black Tyvek envelopes, and small piece of card (billets) for your predictions. Best of all, if the pens run out of ink, no problem. There are inexpensive refills, and you can replace them with ease from your local stationery supply store.

In the detailed, online video instructions you will learn:

Simon Lipkin's Signature Colour Match Routine

A participant chooses any pen at random and uses it to colour in a pre-dawn image. This is repeated a total of three times until a completely random colour combination has been created. Each stage feels so free and so fair yet, impossibly you are able to predict the outcomes of their choices with 100% accuracy.

Originally credited to Tony Anverdi and later popularised by Craig Filicetti, the colour match plot is a modern classic, and now it's your turn to perform this reputation maker with ease.

Three Will
You introduce three pens, each clapped with a black lid. While your back is turned, your participant places each pen in a different pocket. You can explain that despite their black black appearance, each pen is actually a different colour. From your right pocket you produce a red lid, from your left pocket, a green lid, and from your back pocket, blue. Remarkably, when the participant takes the pens out of their pockets and uncaps them, they discover they've matched the same colours to the same pockets.

Colour Dupe
Your participant chooses any pen and draws any picture in secret while your back is turned. Despite both decisions being completely free choices, you are able to not only reveal the colour of the pen they used to draw but reveal (or duplicate) their entire drawing!

Chenvelope Test
Three pens, three cards, three envelopes and three participants. All of the props are mixed and lots of choices made. Yet despite the fairness, you are able to prove that you knew the outcome of all events way ahead of time in this baffling close-up mentalism routine inspired by the traditional Chair Test plot.

We were originally going to leave it there (because that's already insane value), but six months later Simon called us with even more ideas! So, we invited him back to the studio to teach amazing bonus content including a draw anything colour match effect and a sensational chair test contribution from master mentalist Marc Paul.

Strap in for an entertaining and enlightening journey of (quite literally) colourful mentalism from one of the most exciting new names in magic.
Perform professional-grade, top-tier mentalism without the hefty price tag.

"Beautifully simple, and very deceptive!" - Andy Nyman

"This is fantastic. Nobody needs more gadgets and this is a perfect, practical solution to a great plot." - Noel Qualter

"A solid method, reliable gimmicks and smart routining." - Christian Grace

"A non-electronic colour match with unlimited uses and applications!" - Harry De Cruz

"Simon Lipkin, you bloody b*stard. I love this. Ffs." - Tom Brace

Brand: The 1914

Creator: Simon Lipkin

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Julian Eisner
Mentalism with Clarity

I thoroughly recommend Simon Lipkin's Tricolour. Don't be put off by the price. If you like the sound of being able to perform a very baffling colour match routine cleanly without the worries of technology, you will want to do Tricolour. You should also see Tricolour, not as a one trick pony, but as a utility device. Simon teaches you several different routines and encourages you to use your own creativity. Simon Lipkin's videos are a model of in-depth teaching with absolute clarity. Unlike another well known producer, The 1914 provide high quality videos, properly edited, sensibly labelled and set out in an accessible manner on their website. You can also download the videos onto your computer, but with more than twenty files in this project, that takes a little patience. But the big deal here is the quality of Simon's teaching. As Alex says in his very helpful Saturday Youtube review, there are many subtleties that you will learn en route to make you a better mentalist. Packaging is beautiful as always with The 1914. I was very happy with what comes in the box and feel that, compared with many magic products in this price bracket, it represents good value for money. I make many of my own props but it I very much doubt that I could have made the main gimmicks of the quality provided in this set. In the videos Simon is using himber envelopes that are brown and he marks them with a black Sharpie marker. I was provided with black Tyvek envelopes and I am still working out the best way to mark them. Red pen is very discreet but I might try silver. You can always use your own himber envelopes. They are very easy and cheap to make. Kraft paper envelopes can be clearly but secretly marked with pencil dots. You are given enough white cards to get started but fir repeat performances you will need a trip to the stationary shop to buy spares. I will probably use bicycle double blank cards or purchase a box of high quality billets from the 1914. I ordered Tricolour from Monster Magic at around 3.00pm and the well packed parcel was in my hands by 11.00 am the next day. London to North Wales in less than 24 hours! Alex must have cast a spell over Royal Mail!

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Paul Ewen
Tricolour Fabulous

This is such a great bit of mentalism. Once you learn the secret, and it’s a very simple clever idea you will be performing this within minutes. You have so much material to learn from Simon you can get a 15 minute routine. A great purchase for a great price.