BLOCKBUSTER!

[Olaf S]

Most likely, yes. At least to people in here, should anyone want it.

I am also interested in your version, curious which design you come up with

Question => Is it absolutely necessary to use a rubber band for the trick

[ØyvindK]

Most likely, yes. At least to people in here, should anyone want it.

I am also interested in your version, curious which design you come up with

Question => Is it absolutely necessary to use a rubber band for the trick

No, not a rubber band. It's a narrow silk/satin ribbon.

[Olaf S]

No, not a rubber band. It's a narrow silk/satin ribbon.

Somehow, i had "rubber band" instead of "silk ribbon" in my brain
In one video the silk ribbon seems to be open at the ends,
in the other a closed loop, does both work ?

[Olaf S]

After some research I now know how it works
Is an ingenious and extraordinary principle
But I do not know if it was improved later ...

[Olaf S]

I just had an idea if it is not better to make a slit instead of the round hole
for the narrow silk ribbon ... In my opinion this could work even better ... As a
wood version this might be more difficult to realize than with a printed version

[Simon Layland]

When your version is perfected - would it be available to others ?

Most likely, yes. At least to people in here, should anyone want it.

I'm In!!!!!

Me also

[ØyvindK]

I just had an idea if it is not better to make a slit instead of the round hole
for the narrow silk ribbon ... In my opinion this could work even better ... As a
wood version this might be more difficult to realize than with a printed version

Doing it that way is actually more difficult, I think. Imagining why is probably not so easy without a prototype/model in hand.

[Olaf S]

Doing it that way is actually more difficult, I think. Imagining why
is probably not so easy without a prototype/model in hand ...

Well, you could be right, today I did a little tinkering and built a small styropor version.
The principle works with my little styropor version unfortunately only halfway, but the ring
has passed the silk band ... One procedure has not yet become clear to me but it might only
work with the original round version, with my rectangular version it does not work completely

[Rob Rand]

I’ve also tried to make a Lego version with a square gap instead of a round one, and it didn’t work at all!

[Olaf S]

Hi Øyvind, are there any updates from your side ?

Did you manage to print a well working version ?

[ØyvindK]

I've had a temporary drop in motivation lately, so I haven't really gotten any further on this. I will pick it up again at some point, though.

[Richard W]

Seen this bio of Terri Rogers maker of Blockbuster and a ton of other effects. Never knew any of this before as I never checked.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Rogers

Terri Rogers 01.png

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZM6mqsR8E

[Richard W]

For the DIY minded Terri Rogers - Top Secret book in PDF format is still available on lybrary.com for $25.00.

Book form is $40.00 on Viking.com

1st edition 1998, original 128 pages, PDF 94 pages.

Table of Contents

Contents
Publisher's Note
Introduction
A Letter from Terri Rogers
Top of the Bill
The Boromian Link
Buckled Bunkum
Chess Mate
Mind Game
StarGate
Twisted - The Afghan Border Race
Word of Mind
The FlexiCard
Blink
*BlockBuster*
The Anatomy of a Magic Trick
The Magic Oblong
The Colour Changing Ring
The Three Colour Changing Rings
Addendum

https://www.lybrary.com/top-secrets-p-68781.html