Andy Martin

Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests (2015)

Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests (2015)

Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests (2015)

5 out of 5

Thomas has revamped his Treasure Chamber of the High Priests, and it is better than ever! The mechanism has been improved and the new look is gorgeous!

Performer displays a colorful and decorative chest with lid. The lid is removed to reveal a gold plate. This plate is slid out to reveal the inner chamber that contains two boxes mounted inside. One is red, the other green. A spectator places any small object (their ring, a signed coin, handwritten note, etc) into either the red or green box. It’s a free choice which one they select. Once this is done, the gold plate is placed back on along with the lid.

When the inner boxes are again uncovered, the box containing the borrowed object is found to be empty. The other box is opened, and the object is found to have mysteriously traveled from one box to the other! The spectator herself opens the boxes.

A clever effect and a beautiful piece for display.

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Review by Andy Martin for Diamond Ball

Review by Andy Martin for Diamond Ball

Review by Andy Martin for Diamond Ball

5 out of 5

Another beauty from Thomas Pohle! Lots of opportunities to amaze and amuse with this item. A simple routine allows you to show this ornate Chinese decorated tower with three drawers. The top one has a red ball filling it and the others are shown empty. With a wave the red ball in the top moves to the bottom drawer. Then after more byplay the red vanishes and appears in the middle drawer, but now it is black. You can use pretty much any little items that fit the box.

You could do a monte type effect where you ask the spectator to keep an eye on where the ball is. It is always under your control of course. You can make them win or lose!

Very clever and beautifully made by Thomas as always!

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Review by Andy Martin for The Dragon Coins of Li Fi Fi (2015)

Review by Andy Martin for The Dragon Coins of Li Fi Fi (2015)

Review by Andy Martin for The Dragon Coins of Li Fi Fi (2015)

5 out of 5

Another beauty from Thomas’ 2015 line of magic the beautiful Dragon Coins of Li Fi Fi. The effect is simple: you show a small wooden box around and take the lid off to show three “dragon” coins. Whilst you turn your back the spectator is asked to remove one, two, or three coins from the box and place them in their closed hand. They then replace the lid. The lid is 100% opaque and there is no way you can see inside. You clearly show all sides of the box, and yet you are always able to tell what coins and how many they removed.

The mechanism is 100% mechanical but invisible to the spectator and works very smoothly – nothing is added or taken away and there are no external magnets or hidden switches to mess with. This will fit in very nicely with your other color divination boxes and uses a very different method to them all.

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Review by Andy Martin for Pikolinus II

Review by Andy Martin for Pikolinus II

Review by Andy Martin for Pikolinus II

5 out of 5

Another Beauty from Thomas Pohle! Most micro magic from Pohle is something to be excited about and this is no exception.

Beautifully made in wood with an almost self working mechanism with nothing added or taken away. The hearts and spades blocks keep changing position.

Notice: In the photos it looks like the clubs and diamonds move too, but this is not the case. In fact it is much easier to understand the movements because one moment you have black/red then two reds and two blacks – you don’t need to remember suits or anything that complex …

Lovely, high quality micro magic that you rarely see these days!

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Review by Andy Martin for Color Changing Box

Review by Andy Martin for Color Changing Box

Review by Andy Martin for Color Changing Box

5 out of 5

Thomas Pohle creates some beautiful, clever and original magic that you don’t see so much of these days. This clever color changing box features a dramatic change from an all white box that can be shown all around to an all blue box. Nothing is added or taken away either, and reset is almost instant.

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Review by Andy Martin for Mysterious Cube of Chung Fu

Review by Andy Martin for Mysterious Cube of Chung Fu

Review by Andy Martin for Mysterious Cube of Chung Fu

5 out of 5

Another beauty from Thomas Pohle which not only looks amazing it is very clever in its method. The routine is a three-phase routine. In the first phase, the spectator places the cube inside of the box as you are turned away and you are able to reveal the color on top without touching the box. You then are able to turn the cube over inside of the box – yes one minute is has Blue (say) on top then it has Red (say) – and the cube itself fits very snugly inside the box. For a final phase and something that truly knocks their socks off, you place the cube back inside the box and it vanishes from the box only to penetrate the table and appear beneath. This really is an amazing effect. Built only the way Thomas Pohle knows how.

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Review by Andy Martin for 1-2-3 Blocks or China Computer

Review by Andy Martin for 1-2-3 Blocks or China Computer

Review by Andy Martin for 1-2-3 Blocks or China Computer

5 out of 5

A rare natural wood beauty from the amazing Thomas Pohle. Thomas created a few versions of this clever effect, but this is certainly one of the prettiest. No matter how the numbers are stacked the numbers always rearrange to 1-2-3. What is particularly cool about this effect in all of its versions is that there are no shells or add on pieces, nothing it taken away or added, there are no covers or slides or even catches to release things. A very unique principle from the amazing mind of Thomas Pohle.

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Review by Andy Martin for Chinese Tea For Two

Review by Andy Martin for Chinese Tea For Two

Review by Andy Martin for Chinese Tea For Two

5 out of 5

This is a wonderful effect, based on an original Ken Brooke idea in which coins travel from under one tea cup to another. Thomas’s idea to use two frames instead of the tea cups make this a more practical and more amazing effect. The props are beautifully made by Thomas and they are bright and colorful. The original effect used a standard Boston Box and half dollars, but Thomas has created a custom box with unique Chinese coins making this a very unique and interesting looking item.

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Review by Andy Martin for Thoughts Transformer

Review by Andy Martin for Thoughts Transformer

Review by Andy Martin for Thoughts Transformer

5 out of 5

Another unique item from German master craftsman Thomas Pohle. This appears to be the forerunner to the very rare Treasure Chamber of The High Priest as the effect is similar, but the apparatus is a completely different design.

A small open frame cabinet is shown which holds two hexagonal shaped boxes. One has a blue spot on the cover, the other yellow. With the performer’s back turned, a a spectator is told to place any small item in one of the boxes and remember which color box the object is in. The performer then slides the boxes back into the cabinet which is shown all around. Asking the spectator to concentrate on the chosen box, the performer names it. He then takes the experiment one step further and asks the spectator to open the chosen box. The box is found to be empty. When they open the other box, their personal item is now found inside … having transported from one box to the other.

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Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests

Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests

Review by Andy Martin for Treasure Chamber of the High Priests

5 out of 5

A very rare piece of micro magic sold in Germany over 20 years ago beautifully crafted by Thomas Pohle, whose limited edition magic is now highly sought after.

Performer displays a colorful and decorative chest with lid. The lid is removed to reveal a gold plate which covers an interior chamber. This plate is slid out to reveal two boxes mounted inside. One is red, the other green.

A spectator places any small object (their ring, a signed coin, handwritten note, etc) into either the red or green box. It’s a free choice which one they select. Once this is done, the gold plate is placed back on along with the lid.

When the inner boxes are again uncovered, the box containing the borrowed object is found to be empty! The other box is opened, and the object is found to have mysteriously traveled from one box to the other! The spectator herself opens the
boxes!

A clever effect and a beautiful piece for display.

Click here for more information.