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Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:51 am
by Shan
I'm currently in Hong Kong!
Just found eddys magic and thought you guys would be interested in seeing these tenyo magic that's are distributed by eddy!
I have opened bird watcher and incredibly it is identical to the tenyo ones and even have the tenyo logo printed at the bottom!
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Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 10:07 am
by David DeTenyo
Wow, what a find Shan! Thanks for sharing :) I didn't even know these were still being made! And yes, from my understanding some of these items were produced by Tenyo.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 10:41 am
by VictorS
Thanks for sharing Shan ! Great eye candy ;)

I`m curious how big is the price difference between eddy`s and original Tenyo ? Of course it is not comparable with the old discontinue Tenyos which already reach the higher price. But still most of the items are still available at Japan and it is quite affordable to buy especially at Japan.

And looking at the quality, we can forget eddy`s, but not sure for some good one like bird watcher you share on above thread. Maybe good for the first try because it is already discontinue item but not so good to for a serious collector.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 11:58 am
by Shan
VictorS wrote:Thanks for sharing Shan ! Great eye candy ;)

I`m curious how big is the price difference between eddy`s and original Tenyo ? Of course it is not comparable with the old discontinue Tenyos which already reach the higher price. But still most of the items are still available at Japan and it is quite affordable to buy especially at Japan.

And looking at the quality, we can forget eddy`s, but not sure for some good one like bird watcher you share on above thread. Maybe good for the first try because it is already discontinue item but not so good to for a serious collector.
Hey victor, I looked up a thread on themagiccafe and indeed some knockoffs were mixed with eddys magic, but it also says that eddys a big big distributor for tenyo or use to be. So their products should actually be genuine tenyo but packaging is different for the Chinese market? Correct me if I'm wrong though:)
And from what I see(only birdwatchers) it looks like a genuine tenyo to me with all the markings, even the back of the box has a tenyo logo on it. I will have to check on the other ones but I only have birdwatchers now

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 12:59 pm
by SimonC
what an exciting trip! did you resist a shopping spree or was there too much temptation?

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 2:35 pm
by gazpratley
Awesome just Awesome!!!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 3:54 pm
by Jaime C.
Wow! Thanks for sharing these pictures again Shan.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 5:37 pm
by Rob Rand
Great to hear again from our Asian World Traveler! :) Great pictures, Shan!
I bought a few years ago Mini Morphosis with package of Eddy's Magic, and it was 100% genuine Tenyo! I believe it was a seller from Hong Kong!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 6:07 pm
by VictorS
Genuine Tenyo in Eddy's....hmmm this is interesting and this is new for me. Thanks again for sharing.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:38 pm
by Rob Rand
Here is a picture Victor :
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I don't see this item on Shan's photos.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:49 pm
by JohnM
Great pics and info Shan. Thank you for sharing.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:00 am
by VictorS
Thanks for sharing Rob. I need that one too :)

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:20 am
by BluBob
Interesting. Could these be Tenyo repackaged?

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:03 am
by AlexBrazil
Great pictures and useful information!

Is Mini-Morhosis still sold in Hong Kong? I want one!!!!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:48 pm
by Shan
I believe I might have mistaken. I have finally gotten around to open the eddys magic!
Believe it or not, even though dragon altar, vision vault, clean cut, birdwatcher, only bird watcher and dragon altar were genuine tenyos. I find it weird how some are and some aren't, vision vault and clean it both have an Eddys logo instead of a tenyos. I guess some got mixed in. See picture for details
Another interesting fact is the instructions were genuine Tenyo instructions where as eddy ones felt different and probably photocopied

Clean cut from Eddys
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Dragon altar by eddy but from Tenyo
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Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:37 pm
by David DeTenyo
In any case Shan, you did a great deal with both Bird Watcher and especially Dragon Altar! Thanks for all the usefull information :)

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:28 am
by JohnM
The rope on the Clean Cut does not look as good. It looks like the cheaper rope that was used by Milton Bradley for the Magic Works version of the trick

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:16 pm
by Shan
Yes john, the rope is extremely poorly made. The whole rope is easily shattered and some of the ends gets caught on the side when you slide the panel:(
I bought clean cut and vault vision because they were part of the tenyos that I still have not yet bought.

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:18 am
by zhixiang
Tenyo Magic Shop in Osaka Umeda :D Visited May 2015
A huge selection of Tenyo Products
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Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:46 am
by AlexBrazil
Nice picture. I hope someday I can go to Japan!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:10 pm
by VictorS
Nice pic and you are a very young collector zhi :)

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:57 pm
by BluBob
Very cool image. So many colors, and designs!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:09 am
by David DeTenyo
I love those kind of pictures ... thanks for sharing!

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:31 am
by JohnM
zhixiang wrote:Tenyo Magic Shop in Osaka Umeda :D Visited May 2015
A huge selection of Tenyo Products
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Are you in the picture Z?

If yes, which one are you?

Re: Tenyo in Tokyo Japan!

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:36 am
by Shan
I'm assuming he is the person on the left, the right one looks like he works at the booth:)