- they're a hassle to perform;
- they're so expensive we don't dare to perform them out of fear braking them;
- they're just not convincing, even for laymen, although this is always something we can only figure out when we really performed them (in some cases tricks are really easy for us to figure out, and so we think laymen will figure them out too, but they don't!).
I'll start giving a few I will never perform.
- China surprise: dumpling's aren'y very well known in Belgium, and the trick is obvious, at least that's what I think.
- Crossroads: one of my favourites to HAVE, but not to perform. It's difficult to make this look convincing.
- Ghost Card: very clever, but a hassle to perform fluently. I can't do it. And the gimmick is very fragile.
- Ultimate Spoon Bend: too much set-up needed. I prefer Uri Gellr's bending 'technique', heck, he does it with HIS MIND folks!
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- Match Sticks: too hard for me to make it look convincing. And on top of that there is NO WAY the spectator may examine the sticks.
- Paradox: out of fear of braking it I don't perform it. There's a lot of stress on the metal joints and I'm afraid they will break eventually.
- Lucifer's Lock: too hard to perform
- Coin Case: fear of braking it. And there are other, cheaper versions available everywhere.
- Ribbon forever: when not performed exactly as it should it doesn't work. So I'm not confident when performing it. Still a great trick when you know how to operate it as it should.
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