Off Topic: Cool Pumpkin Designs

I was forwarded this from my cousin Craig (Sarge) Severence, and I wanted to share it with you! I have always been interested in art & creativity, and these are completely mind boggling!

All of the awesome pumpkins were done by a man named Ray Villafane and he's going to be on the "Food Network Challenge: Outrageous Pumpkins" soon.

(Pardon the MJM Magic watermark. It's something that's automatically applied to images hosted on our server)




To see all the rest of the designs, click this link to view them all!

WATCHED Coin To Watch + FREE ITEM - Expires Sunday Night!

Happy hump day, everyone! I thought I would share with you a testimonial we just got from one our suppliers. It's about the new "WATCHED - Coin To Watch" effect that they just got, and we now carry at MJM Magic.

http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/watched-coin-to-watch-p-12141.html

Here's what they had to say:

"Wow! We received the most amazing effect this past week and were literally knocked back on our heels. It was tough getting it away from each other so that we could all test it out. But, let me tell you, WATCHED is an absolute killer! The watch works, so there is no heat on it after the effect. The handling is as easy as any magician could want. AND… The signed coin ends up under the crystal of the watch. Seriously, this is a reputation maker.

You ask for a coin (quarter). You make your mark on one side and have an audience mark the other. Using your “favorite method” vanish the coin. The rest is up to you as to how you do the reveal. Trust me; the look of utter disbelief on the faces of the audience is truly priceless! You can perform WATCHED anywhere! Strolling, table hopping, close-up, platform, anywhere!

This is ”real” magic. Previous versions of this effect have used watches that are gimmicked to the point that they are left as nothing more than a magic prop. This watch can be worn and used, as a working timepiece.

Beyond the coin to watch, the staff is working on other uses for this incredible watch."

If you'd like to see a quick demo and pick one of these puppies up, you can do so with this link:

http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/watched-coin-to-watch-p-12141.html

BONUS ITEM - When I was in the stock room today and saw that we had a bunch of these effects: Coin Through Dagger.

http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/coin-through-dagger-p-5705.html

It's a cute little pocket effect that you can carry around. Anyway, I wanted to give these away, and I could think of no perfect time than pairing it up with WATCHED - Coin In Watch.

So between now through Sunday, we will automatically give you the Coin Through Dagger effect for FREE when you purchase the WATCHED - Coin To Watch effect. Just add BOTH ITEMS to your shopping cart between now and Sunday, and you will see the other item discounted for free when you go to our CHECKOUT PAGE.


SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED! If we run out of the free bonus item, we will let you know and issue you a gift certificate in the same amount, but at this time, we have plenty to give away!

Contact us if you have any other questions! Thanks again for shopping at MJM Magic!

Transformer Card DVD with FREE Bonus JB MAGIC DVD!

First off, thank you to everyone who participated in our recent 20% off CHEER UP promotion. As you know, I had a rough week last week, so to help cheer me up, I gave away a 20% discount coupon which was good for 24 hours, and so many of you took advantage of it. It was great to see so many people walk away with some killer deals!

Now I have another special for you. As you know, Mark Mason at JB Magic just came out with his latest effect: TRANSFORMER CARD! This thing is so captivating, I kid you not, you will catch yourself playing with it for no reason at all! Heck, I want to carry one around with me as a conversation piece! But why do that? Transformer Card comes complete with a 90 MINUTE DVD that teaches all kinds of routines that you can do with this special card.

Check out the demo video here:

http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/transformer-card-red-card-and-dvd-by-mark-mason-and-jb-magic-dvd-p-12148.html

The Transformer Card is PERFECT for changing things up, and giving your spectators something to see that they've NEVER seen before!

And for a limited time, if you purchase TRANSFORMER CARD between now and Sunday the 31st, we are going to through in a bonus JB Magic DVD CATALOG absolutely free! This catalog normally sells for $6.00 in our store, but we're giving it to you for free when you purchase this $20.00 effect! On it, Mark Mason personally demonstrates 28 different effects from the JB Magic line, all of which we proudly sell on our website.

So how do you get this BONUS DVD? Simply mention it when you place your order for Transformer Card, and we will include it in your order at no extra charge!

The Transformer Card comes in red or blue, so take your pick:

RED: http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/transformer-card-red-card-and-dvd-by-mark-mason-and-jb-magic-dvd-p-12148.html
BLUE: http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/transformer-card-blue-card-and-dvd-by-mark-mason-and-jb-magic-dvd-p-12149.html

Once again, purchase the Transformer Card above for the low price of $20.00, mention this promotion between now and Halloween, and we will throw in a free BONUS JB Magic DVD Catalog (valued at $6.00) absolutely free. If you have any other questions, please let us know! Offer expires on Sunday!

And don't forget.....Halloween is fast approaching. Take this time to stock up on any seasonal tricks right here:

Halloween Magic:
http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/seasonal-halloween-c-42.html

Freak/Bizarre Magic:
http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/freak-bizarre-magic-c-35.html

We have the best customers on Earth, and once again, we are very thankful to have you shopping with us. :)

CHEER UP 20% DISCOUNT - Expires Saturday Night

Hey everyone. This has been, well, a rather rough week for me. In fact, I am still feeling rather down about some things which happened yesterday. But one thing I've learned from past experience is that if I want to personally feel better about a situation, I should give back to others, and take the focus off myself. There's something cathartic in GIVING SOMETHING to others that seems to make me forget about whatever issues I'm having to deal with on a personal level.

So therefore, I am having a 24 hour CHEER UP period, where you can get an ADDITIONAL 20% off all discountable items at MJM Magic.

All you have to do is use this discount code (instead of your normal one) when making a purchase. The code is CHEERUP20.

If you type in CHEERUP20 as your discount redemption code between now and Saturday, I will give you an extra 20% off whatever the current sale price is, on any discountable items in your order.

Keep in mind that some items in our store are NOT DISCOUNTABLE, so this CHEERUP20 code will not work on those. But if you also included other discountable items, the code is smart enough to detect them and offer the savings on those items.

Again, this is only between right now (8:00am Pacific Standard Time) on Friday the 22nd, and will only be good through Saturday the 23rd. This also cannot be applied towards any open or processing order placed before this period. Thanks for understanding.

Enjoy, and thanks for cheering me up!

SKIT - A Message from MJM Magic

Free $10.00 Gift Certificates - 48 Hours Only!

SLEEVE-STAR SPECIAL - 48 HOURS ONLY!

We just got this HOT new item in stock, and for the next 48 hours, we're offering a special you don't want to pass up! From now until Sunday, anyone who purchases Sleeve-Star and mentions this promotion in their order, we will issue you a free MJM Magic Gift Certificate for $10.00! You can use that gift certificate as soon as we email it to you. That's right, it's virtual so you don't have to wait for it to come in the mail before you can use it on your next order with us!

Should you order Sleeve Star because we're giving away free money with it? No! You should order this because it's going to BURN YOUR NAME into the brains of every single person that you perform this for!

What is Sleeve Star? Oh, I don't know.......it's only the CRAZIEST piece of magic we've ever seen! Ok, not THE CRAZIEST, but certainly up there. Here's what the spectator sees. You put your hand behind your back, and make this known BEFORE you start the trick. With your other hand, you take a borrowed coin or ring. And just like true magic, the ring disappears from your closed fist, and ends up in the hand which you've had behind your back the entire time.

Click this link to see some demo videos and purchase your own Sleeve Star today! Be sure to mention this promotion between now and Sunday and we will email you the $10.00 Gift Certificate on top of it!

Get it here: http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/sleeve-star-dvd-and-gimmick-by-wizard-fx-productions-and-david-jay-dvd-p-11846.html

NOTE: We cannot extend this offer past Sunday, and it only applies to orders within the next 48 hours. Thank you for understanding.

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TORN 2 PIECES by SHAWN FARQUHAR - DVD

Many of you will recognize this effect from when it was performed on the Ellen DeGeneres show. In fact, word on the street is that after Ellen saw this performance, she was so shocked that she vowed to give up dancing forever. Ok, maybe that part didn't happen, but Shawn DID perform this for Ellen and completely fried her on live television!

Effect: A real photograph, signed by the spectator, is torn into four pieces. The photo is really torn. Then in an instant all four pieces join together but in the wrong order leaving the spectator with a mismatched photo with their signature! That's right their signature is on the odd "almost restored" photo.

MJM Magic just got a limited supply of these in stock, and we're proud to offer it to you! Check out the trailer and read more about it here:

http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/torn-2-pieces-by-shawn-farquhar-dvd-p-12060.html

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NEW FEATURE: IN STOCK NOTIFICATIONS

Ok, so it happens to the best of us. We go online, we see an item we want to buy, and then BAM! A big fat OUT OF STOCK message hits us square in the face!

OUCH!

Up until this point, you've usually had to do one of two things:

1. Keep checking back on the website for the product to be back in stock
2. Contact customer support and ask when it will be back

Well, MJM Magic to the rescue! We have now implemented a nice little feature which will automate all of this for you! Here's how it works.

When you're on the MJM Magic
website and you see a product which is out of stock, simply go to the
product's page and there will be a nice notification button that looks
like this:



When you click the button, it will allow you to be emailed whenever the product comes back in stock! Easy as cake!

It's just a nice, simple way for us to keep you in the loop and notify you when something becomes available.

As always, we at MJM Magic
are always looking for better ways to make your shopping experience
more FUN and convenient! If you want to leave us any feedback about it,
let us know!

New David Blaine Cards coming soon!

I just saw this over at the Magic Times website, and I'm super excited for these to come out!

Taken from:
http://www.magictimes.com/archives/2010/2010-09_30-spotlight.htm

A few months ago a friend of mine sent me a gift. They were prototypes of three Bicycle David Blaine magic decks of cards that were supposed to be released in the fall. They are U.S. Playing Card Co. products that are being released to the general public. The decks were: Deception Deck, Decoder Deck and Hypnotic Deck.

Well, a release date has just been announced for October 31. Since then the names, graphics and instructions have been changed but I thought it would be more interesting to discuss and show the prototypes than the final products which will begin shipping in around three weeks.

On October 31st David Blaine is expected to appear on the CBS Sunday Morning show where the release of these decks should be announced. I should be receiving my decks a few days before the release date. Shortly thereafter they will also be available everywhere, both online and in most retail outlets that carry U.S. Playing Card products.

Keep in mind that the graphics and names of these decks have been changed since these prototypes. As a matter of fact I already know that the new titles are: Transformation Deck, Discovery Deck, and Mind Reading Deck. And the suggested retail price looks to be under US $5.00.

Before we begin discussing the products I should point out something about the playing cards. The quality of the cards are the standard, but excellent, Air Cusion Finish as used with all their Bicycle brands. The back design is the beautiful David Blaine Split Spades which he originally printed for his own use and later released some to magic shops. The cards come in Red, Blue and Black backs, one for each product so they can be differentiated.

Bicycle David Blaine Hypnotic Deck:
The classic Svengali deck which is probably the best selling trick deck of all time is back. What is interesting in this package is that you get two decks of cards and are shown how to assemble your own decks. So you are actually getting two Svengali decks, although with the same force card. It would have been better to print the duplicate deck with a 26/26 mix so the magic can be repeated with a different card. I assume the thinking behind giving two decks is that it would be cheaper than manually sorting millions of playing cards. But there is no guarantee that the final product will also contain two decks. But if it does you can buy these just to have a regular red backed Split Spades deck at a fraction of what the originals go for.

THE AD: Automatically reads minds, deck transforms itself and foretells the future! This custom-designed deck automatically performs ten of the most amazing effects possible with playing cards! Easy to read instructions are included. Requires no skill! Easy to perform! Great for beginners and pros! With this superb magician’s deck in your hands you will be able to: Instantly name chosen card -- Turn a normal deck into a deck of all the same card -- make a spectator’s card jump to the top of the deck.

THE GAFF: Two decks of cards that allow you to assemble two classic Svengali decks.

CONTENTS: Enclosed are two red backed decks of cards. The first is a regular deck that contains two optical illusion Jokers, a blank faced card with a faded back, a double backed card, a custom designed Ace Of Spades, and the faces of the picture cards have been altered. The second deck contains 55 duplicate short cards and a blank faced card with a faded back. Also enclosed is a sheet of basic instructions which states that the final product will have an instructional booklet with 10 additional tricks.

Bicycle David Blaine Deception Deck:
A classic of magic that has been marketed to the general public before. It is a stripper deck that was factory made and appears to be almost perfect. Although it might be too fine for the average layperson to use.

THE AD: A deck that automatically finds your Aces and even someone’s thought-of card. An amazing deck that can perform miracles. Easy to learn. Easy to perform! Great for beginners and pros! Spectator selects any card with out showing it to the magician then returns it to the deck. The magician then reveals the card in one of many various magical routines. Other routines and effects are described in the included booklet.

THE GAFF: A factory made stripper deck.

CONTENTS: Enclosed is a blue backed stripper deck of cards which contains two optical illusion Jokers, a blank faced card with a faded back, a double backed card, a custom designed Ace Of Spades, and the faces of the picture cards have been altered. Also enclosed is a sheet of basic instructions which states that the final product will have an instructional booklet with 10 additional tricks.

Bicycle David Blaine Decoder Deck:
This deck is by far the best of the three and every magician will probably want to have a bunch of them for use, especially if it does not become widely known to laypeople. Card cheaters would probably love them as well but will face even more problems than magicians if they become well known. It is a factory marked deck of cards.

THE AD: Know the identity of playing cards without touching them and perform ten miracle-class card tricks! A professional Pack of Marked Cards that allows you to perform ten astounding card tricks that only work with these cards! Easy to read instruction book with pictures shows how to perform each trick to amaze your friends. Can-u-c it? You have just purchased the finest set of magical readers ever devised. The secret is really simple.

THE GAFF: All the cards are marked for value and suit using the Leslie Juice Deck system with a Wild like placement.

CONTENTS: Enclosed is a black backed marked deck of cards which contains two optical illusion Jokers, a blank faced card with a faded back, a double backed card, a custom designed Ace Of Spades, and the faces of the picture cards have been altered. Also enclosed is a sheet of basic instructions which states that the final product will have an instructional booklet with 10 additional tricks.

---Meir Yedid

*Once again I want to point out that these are the prototypes and the final product may be nothing like what is described above.

Taken from:
http://www.magictimes.com/archives/2010/2010-09_30-spotlight.htm

Holiday Reminder: Columbus Holiday on Monday

Hey everyone! Just a friendly reminder that the US Postal Service is officially CLOSED on Monday (the 11th) for Columbus Day here in the USA. That means that no packages will be shipped out of our store until Tuesday.

We're still open for business though, so you can place orders into our system and we will process them as usual on Tuesday when our shipping/receiving area is open again!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

- Jeff
MJM Magic

First Batch of Johnson Coins Arrive

Just wanted to post this quick pick of our first batch of Johnson Coins to arrive in our local stockroom!

MJM Magic is one of the few stores to actually carry this elite brand of gimmicked coins, and we have a wide variety to choose from.

Take a look at all our Johnson Items right here: http://www.mjmmagic.com/store/johnson-coin-items-c-48.html

Most are still Special Order items, which means they will ship out to you a few days after you purchase, but as you can see from the picture above, we are slowly getting more for In Stock demand and those are available to ship the same day!

New Feature: In Stock Notification

Ok, so it happens to the best of us. We go online, we see an item we want to buy, and then BAM! A big fat OUT OF STOCK message hits us square in the face!

OUCH!

Up until this point, you've usually had to do one of two things:

1. Keep checking back on the website for the product to be back in stock
2. Contact customer support and ask when it will be back

Well, MJM Magic to the rescue! We have now implemented a nice little feature which will automate all of this for you! Here's how it works.

When you're on the MJM Magic website and you see a product which is out of stock, simply go to the product's page and there will be a nice notification button that looks like this:



When you click the button, it will allow you to be emailed whenever the product comes back in stock! Easy as cake!

It's just a nice, simple way for us to keep you in the loop and notify you when something becomes available.

As always, we at MJM Magic are always looking for better ways to make your shopping experience more FUN and convenient! If you want to leave us any feedback about it, let us know!

New Halloween Logo

So yesterday, I had some free time and I decided to change up the MJM Magic header logo and make it more festive, in honor of the upcoming holiday season!

Keep in mind that I'm no graphic artist, nor do we have an official web designer at this point in time (any one interested?) :)

So I threw together something real quick which I think looks nice, and still gets the point across! What do you guys think? We hope you like it!


Just go to our website to see a bigger version, or click the image on the left!

And since we're on the subject, if you are a web designer and would like to eventually do some work with us, just contact us and let us know. We're eventually going to want to redesign our site, and we'd like to give work to those who already support us!

10/3/10: Website Upgrade

We just completed an upgrade to the MJM Magic website, which has more features, security, and improvement on the back end. You probably won't notice anything different from your normal shopping experience with us, but in case you see any problems, please don't hesitate to CONTACT US.

At the moment of this writing, we're still updating all our images, so some may still be blank or non-existent when viewing a product. But after today (Sunday), if you see any items that don't have images, or you're not able to shop, browse, or make a purchase as you normally would, please let us know immediately and we will be quick to take care of it for you.

Here is the link to contact us if needed. Thanks for continuing to support us, and we will always continue to improve our service and website for you in return!

Keep smiling,
- Jeff
MJM Magic

RECAP: Top 20 Items Sold in September 2010

Well now that the month of September is over, I want to do something new and publish some of the top sellers for the month! This will help you gauge what's been hot in our store.

Who knows, perhaps this published monthly list from MJM Magic will be looked forward to in the industry, much like polling companies who publish forecasts for elections to help gauge the outcomes of political races!

Most of the items that made September's list are staple items that are consistent sellers, like flash products and cards. But you can also see some of the best selling effects that are still making our Top 20 list after being out for months and months, which is a testament to how well they're doing for magicians:

1. Crimson Decks

2. Flash Paper

3. Plastic Card Wallets

4. Ungimmicked WOW Sleeves

5. Bicycle Playing Cards - Blue

6. Flash Cotton

7. Bicycle Cards GOLD Standard - Red

8. Loops by Yigal Mesika

9. Highflyer Red by Peter Eggink

10. Tarantula by Yigal Mesika

11. Toosh by Steve Haynes

12. Cockroach Gag

13. Extreme Burn 2.0 by Richard Sanders

14. Smoke by Alan Rorrison

15. Thumb Tip Junior

16. Mandolin Playing Cards Red

17. Bicycle Cards Red

18. Fanning Powder

19. The Gecko by Jim Rosenbaum

20. WOW 2.0 by Masuda

Congrats to all the creators and magicians who made the top 20 list for September!

Here are some honorable mentions, who didn't come in the top 20, but still sold well for the month of September:

- Consignment by James Howells

- Highflyer Blue by Peter Eggink

- Instant Radio version 2 by Magigadgets

- Mesika Elastic by Yigal Mesika

- The Hawk 2.0

- Sheridan Course in Card Manipulation