Hello everyone!
My name is David and I am a 36 year old science teacher in Belgium, Europe (which also means English is not my mother tongue so forgive my spelling and grammatical mistakes ::)).
Magic has always fascinated me and I have been 'really' collecting (easy-to-do) magic tricks for about 13 years now, after a visit with my school to Hamley's in London where there was (and still is) a magician every day performing Marvin's Magic tricks. I immediately bought all the sets the shop had, not realizing they all were seriously overprised!
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I still remember performing Dynamic Coins for my students which was a big failure ... I have to PRACTICE a trick before performing it, even if it was easy to do! Lesson learned (sort of, even now when I buy a great magic trick I still have the urge to show it to people too fast ... big mistake
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The first magic set I bought (at the age of 12 - 13 I believe) was from a company called JUMBO (after a performance of Paul Daniels magic show). I still have the somewhat 'worn' instruction booklet and some of the plastic and wooden items.
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After I saved my weekly allowances for a few weeks I always visited a 'novelty'/'joke' shop in my hometown Mechelen (Belgium) that had some magic effects (very bad quality, no idea who manufactured it). I remember buying the Spiked Coin trick and a Finger Guillotine which I thought was great but unfortunately it broke often. So I went to buy another one, wrapped it with tape (hoping I really could put a cigarette or piece of carrot or selery into the lower hole - those of you who own the trick know what I mean) but unfortunately it still broke
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Yes, I did find better finger choppers eventually, the Impossible Penetration being my favourite because it works in a very different way than other finger choppers. By the way, one of the best (and I mean quality compared to price) choppers is this one (I absolutely LOVE the easy way you can post images etc on this forum !!!):
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I wouldn't try to cut a carrot with it (unless it is cooked) but it works great and can handle VERY close examination by your spectators!
I could go on for a long time telling my 'magic history' but I'll probably come to that later or write an article about it on my website.
My interest in Tenyo specifically started after I watched a performance of Roberto B. (who is also a member here) on Youtube. As if it were yesterday I still remember browsing for 'magic tricks and apparatus' and, perhaps by accident, I clicked on this link. I loved it and wanted to order it from my local magic shop, which of course was impossible
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Without realizing I had a few Tenyo's in my collection already, for example Credit Slasher, my 'hunt' for Tenyo started. I browsed the internet (including Ebay where I found a used Floating Lady for 50 USD ... those were the days
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I also joined TheMagicCafe which was a great place to share thoughts and exchange tricks in those days. One of my first posts you can find here
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Anyway, when John Mazza told me about a new Tenyo forum not that long ago, to be honest, I had some doubts ... . Was this really necessary, a new Tenyo forum? However, after the banning of a few members and deleting of posts/threads without any good reason I thought it was time to move on. I still like browsing Themagiccafe and will continue to post here and there but for Tenyo this will be the place to be.
A lot has been said and (false) accusations were made in the past, Tenyo needed a new start and I am confident this will be it. A forum where people can freely link to Ebay and other websites, freely share thoughts without getting banned and where the atmosphere is good, a place where everyone is welcome. And by the way, a forum that also is 'up-to-date' and therefore A LOT easier to use then the really out-dated TMC-interface in my humble opinion.
Thanks to John and everyone else that joined and will join for making this possible
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Addendum: The name Killertweety was my nickname when I used to play a first person shooter game called Half-Life and Team Fortress Classic online. I needed a nickname, saw a Teweetybird and added 'Killer' to it to impress my opponents in the shooter game
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David