Greetings from Indiana

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Mark_Ratekin
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Greetings from Indiana

Post by Mark_Ratekin » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:42 pm

Hi, everybody -

My name is Mark Ratekin, and I live in Carmel, Indiana (the home of the legendary - and, sadly, now gone -
Illusions restaurant, which had Chris Kenner, Homer Liwag, Michael Close, and many other great close-up guys performing nightly).

I've been a fan of magic since I got a TV Magic set for Christmas when I was eight years old. Since that time, I can't think of a day in which I didn't think or read about magic. I remember vividly when I got a catalog (remember those?) from Stoner's FunStores in the early 1980's - it had an extensive section on Tenyo, and I was mesmerized by the effects. I received my first Tenyo effect soon after (The Wandering Hole), and thus began my obsession with Tenyo.

A few years ago, I started to collect Tenyo; it was perhaps my version of a mid-life crisis. To date, I have 176 of the T-series. I've also branched out to other Japanese brands like Tricks, Co., Sugawara's line, etc.

I'm happy to be a part of a forum with so many like-minded people, and I look forward to getting to know you.

Best regards -

Mark

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by Richard Kaufman » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:23 pm

The Genii welcomes you.

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by Steve S. » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:40 pm

Welcome to the forum Mark! You will love it here where there is plenty of great conversation with terrific people. It doesn’t get any better than this!
It's a Tenyo day in the neighborhood!

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by VictorS » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:40 pm

Welcome to the forum Mark...glad to have you here :)

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Richard W
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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by Richard W » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:33 am

Welcome Mark glad to meet you. Lots of fun to be had here.

Richard
"let's continue on with this carnival-like atmosphere"

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by JohnM » Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:01 pm

Glad to have you here Mark.

Have Fun!

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by KirkW » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:45 pm

Welcome aboard Mark.

176 T series collection is impressive!
If you’re into Tenyo or anything Tenyo like, you found the very best place on the web for in-depth discussion.
Have fun!

Kirk

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by David DeTenyo » Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:03 pm

Welcome Mark!

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by Rob Rand » Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:24 pm

Welcome Mark, nothing is better to overcome a midlife crisis than collecting and enjoying Tenyo tricks! :)

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Re: Greetings from Indiana

Post by BluBob » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:24 pm

Welcome, it's nice to meet you.
and now, on with the show ...

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