Products in the “Beginner” Category

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have superhero powers? Now you can find out!

For the first time ever, Magician X shares the secrets behind his incredible abilities. You'll find out how he uses magic technology to replicate the powers of amazing superheroes. You'll learn how to shoot webs, climb walls, levitate objects and read your friend's minds and more!

Andrew Mayne presents his most practical levitations for the stage and the street. Combining updated material from Touching Sky and step-by-step instructions from Levitator (DVD).

Learn how to levitate on the street, in your living room or on stage.

11 different ways to perform the most incredible illusion in magic!
The Street Levitation
Anti-Gravity Machine
Broom Flight
Levitator
Impromptu Levitator
Floating on the Edge
Flight
Up
Suspension of Disbelief
Mid-Air
The Ultimate Levitation

Includes step-by-step photo instructions.

32 pages / full-sized / print version

Andrew Mayne presents seven incredible easy-to-build inexpensive stage illusions for the beginner and the pro.

Make motorcycles appear, move through human beings, build a Shadow Box illusion for under $50 and more!

Based upon his experience performing around the world in resorts, showrooms and cruise ships, Andrew Mayne presents practical illusions that can be put together very quickly for very little money.

Minimoto – Make a mini-motorcycle appear in a fraction of a second
5th Dimension – Walk through a volunteer from the audience
Banished – Vanish a nuisance helper instantly
Transformer – Change places in the blink of an eye
The Wall – Move through a solid object like a brick wall
Shadows – Build a pack-flat shadow box for under $50
Enlarger – Make objects grow to several times their size

+ 7 illusions
+ DVD running time 65 minutes
+ Shot in widescreen 16:9 format

Jump right into building your own illusions with the Illusion Impact PDF combo. Includes all four of the Illusion Impact illusions plus The Secret Illusion show.

Voodoo Box
Razorwire
Lightstorm
Specter Cabinet
Secret Illusion Show

Buy it now for just $19.95, that's almost 50% off the regular price.

5 ebooks / PDF format

Andrew Mayne’s new book on illusions: Illusiontech vol. 1

Learn how to build illusions for $1 to $10,000 by understanding basic illusion principles. Andrew Mayne’s newest book features several new creations along with re-worked classic illusions that help teach you how to think like an illusionist.

In the first installment of the series you’ll discover the methods of secret spaces, contortions and manipulation as they apply to magic.

+ Build a $99 beveled base
+ Build a $1 head twister
+ Create a stretching illusion for under $75
+ Create a stunning shadow box effect for less than $50
+ Plus learn how to turn classic effects into modern miracles!

8.5 x 11 / 120 pages filled with diagrams and illustrations / print version

The Amazing One Man Self-Sawing Illusion

Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX, Levitator and Gut Buster presents an amazing twist on a classic illusion.

Step into an upright cabinet made from two cardboard boxes and then visible separate the two halves of your body! Slide the top box to the side and the audience can both your upper torso and legs are completely separated. Then blow their minds as you lift your upper body up with your hands showing your waist is several inches off the floor of the cabinet and detached completely! The top box is then slid back and you emerge intact.

• Costs less than $60 in materials to build
• Requires no power tools
• Folds down flat
• Can be built in under one hour
• Requires absolutely no assistants

On this instructional DVD Andrew Mayne provides complete step-by-step instructions in building and performing the illusion. Also included is a bonus variation of the effect, Half Man.

DVD Running time 44 minutes

Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX and Gut Buster, presents a new DVD dedicated to the art of levitation.
Including five levitations for the stage and street; Andrew teaches practical methods for defying gravity that will leave your audiences spellbound. The levitations featured on the DVD include:

[Levitator] Stand on a chair and float several feet off the floor, to the side and then glide gently to the ground. Based on the original Pocket Levitator and Sooper Looy by Looy Simonoff and Paul Harris (with permission).

[UP] A baffling effect where you float up to a chair and back down making the audience wonder if you levitated or slowed down time. Makes a great emcee bit.

[Flight] Put on a cape and float in the air like a superhero.

[The Anti-Gravity Machine] An impromptu effect using a sheet of newspaper you can perform at a party to convince your friends you know an arcane science secret that allows you to defy gravity.

[Ultimate Levitation] An easy to build stage illusion that allows you to openly levitate without any cover.

In this DVD Andrew shows his favorite methods for levitating in a variety of situations from the street to the stage and everywhere in between.

DVD running time 43 minutes

The lights in the theatre darken. Strange music begins to fill the air as fog rolls on to the stage. The magician picks up a thin board. An assistant holding an eerie green work light walks on stage. The magician places the board in front of his body. The assistant walks behind the magician and raises the light. He lowers the light behind the magician and begins to push.

The green light begins to emerge from the center of the magician’s chest.

The assistant’s hand emerges holding the light. He pushes the light to one side passing through the magician’s body as if it were made of fog. The magician remains motionless.

The assistant pushes the light to other side passing through the magician’s spine.

The assistant slowly retracts the light letting it pass through the magician’s body. The magician lowers the board and reveals that his body is completely intact. The green light fades out.

Light Storm requires no special clothing or set-up, it travels flat and can be built in under an hour for around $60.

Fully illustrated / print version

A spectator signs a card. They're given an undeveloped photograph to hold. The card is lost back in the deck. Before their astonished eyes they watch as the photograph develops into an image of a hand holding their signed card.

Photosynthesis is a powerful way to reveal a word, an image or a signed card.

No camera required!
No refills needed!

Comes complete with the Photosynthesis gimmick and a 24 minute instructional DVD including several routines.

Photosynthesis is a utility prop you can use to make startling revelations. It looks like an ordinary undeveloped instant photograph but will reveal anything you like including words, cards, images and even signatures.

Photosynthesis gives you the magic of instant photography revelations without the need for film or an instant camera. Completely reusable, it's heat activated and can be held in a spectator's hands.

The latest effect from Illusion Impact is a dramatic appearance that can be built in one afternoon for under $60. The Specter Cabinet packs down small enough that you can carry it in a duffle bag.

A single light within an open frame illuminates a darkened stage. The magician’s assistant lowers the cloth sides to the frame. A shadow begins to form. Slowly it takes shape. The magician’s silhouette can now be seen from inside the box. He rips away the front cover and makes his entrance.

Please note that performaning this illusion requires an auditorium where you have control of the lighting.

print version + plus ebook

The latest effect from Illusion Impact is a dramatic appearance that can be built in one afternoon for under $60. The Specter Cabinet packs down small enough that you can carry it in a duffle bag.

A single light within an open frame illuminates a darkened stage. The magician’s assistant lowers the cloth sides to the frame. A shadow begins to form. Slowly it takes shape. The magician’s silhouette can now be seen from inside the box. He rips away the front cover and makes his entrance.

Please note that performaning this illusion requires an auditorium where you have control of the lighting.

ebook version / PDF format

Welcome to Wizard School!

Be a real life wizard. Levitate objects, perform incredible feats and learn how to float on a broom!

At Wizard School, master magician Andrew Mayne will teach you sixteen different acts of wizardry.

The Magic Hands + The Wizard News + Appearing Wand + Vanishing Wand + Floating Wand + The Magic Scarf + Clinging Wand + Goblin + Color Sense + The Magic Ribbon + The Enchanted Matchbox + Scarf through Neck + The Card Castle + The Wizard’s Hat + The Instant Knot + Broom Flight

If you think it would be fun to make your friends think there’s a goblin in the room, to twist your hands in an impossible way or levitate yourself, then Wizard School is for you!

Aspiring wizards both young and old are welcome to attend.

50 minute DVD

Andrew Mayne invites you to attend Wizard School 2. This semester students will learn how to make a floating potion, take photographs of spooky apparitions, hypnotize objects, produce cans of soda, read minds and much more.

All of the magic in Wizard School uses household items and doesn’t require any special props. Young wizards will learn secrets of magic as well as how to make special projects.

Wizard Cola + Mummy Finger + Mystery Card + Mind Reader + Floating Potion + Gremlin Eggs + Impervious Balloon + Hypno Hank + Ghost Photos

Wizard School 2 also includes a special interactive magic show where Andrew will perform tricks with viewers at home: Watch as he makes coins vanish in your own hands and helps you perform an incredible card trick in your own living room!

42 minutes / Widescreen / DVD

Convince your friends and audiences that you can instantly memorize a shuffled deck of cards!

This easy to perform magic trick doesn't require any special memorization. Uses any deck of cards.

Andrew Mayne presents seven incredible, easy-to-build, inexpensive stage illusions for the beginner and the pro.

Make motorcycles appear, move through human beings, build a Shadow Box illusion for under $50 and more!

Based upon his experience performing around the world in resorts, showrooms and cruise ships, Andrew Mayne presents practical illusions that can be put together very quickly for very little money.

Minimoto – Make a mini-motorcycle appear in a fraction of a second
5th Dimension – Walk through a volunteer from the audience
Banished – Vanish a nuisance helper instantly
Transformer – Change places in the blink of an eye
The Wall – Move through a solid object like a brick wall
Shadows – Build a pack-flat shadow box for under $50
Enlarger – Make objects grow to several times their size

+ 7 illusions
+ Video running time 65 minutes
+ Shot in widescreen 16:9 format

Available now as an instant download

960MB .m4v format

Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX and Gut Buster, presents a video dedicated to the art of levitation.

Including five levitations for the stage and street; Andrew teaches practical methods for defying gravity that will leave your audiences spellbound. The levitations featured on the video include:

[Levitator] Stand on a chair and float several feet off the floor, to the side and then glide gently to the ground. Based on the original Pocket Levitator and Sooper Looy by Looy Simonoff and Paul Harris (with permission).

[UP] A baffling effect where you float up to a chair and back down making the audience wonder if you levitated or slowed down time. Makes a great emcee bit.

[Flight] Put on a cape and float in the air like a superhero.

[The Anti-Gravity Machine] An impromptu effect using a sheet of newspaper you can perform at a party to convince your friends you know an arcane science secret that allows you to defy gravity.

[Ultimate Levitation] An easy to build stage illusion that allows you to openly levitate without any cover.

In this video Andrew shows his favorite methods for levitating in a variety of situations from the street to the stage and everywhere in between.

Video running time 43 minutes
310 MB