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A flurry of new Bicycle Cards

Phil Sweeting — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:01:26 +0000

USPCC seem to be releasing them faster than we can get them up on the site. Various UK sites are offering these new cards, here’s a bit of a summary…

The newest limited edition cards are these rather swanky looking Aristocrat 727s – available in Red or Blue.

MagicNevin seem to be the only people with them in stock at the time of writing – at a brilliant £3.99/deck.

Follow the links to: Bicycle Aristocrat 727 Blue Deck or Bicycle Aristocrat 727 Red Deck

The BlueDragon deck follows hot (pun intended!) on the heals for the RedDragon Deck

They are available at £4.99 from Magic Nevin or MerchantOfMagic (or £6 at Cards4Magic).

We recently reviewed the fun new Bicycle Stickman Deck. This is now in stock at MerchantOfMagic for only £4.50 (slightly cheaper than the £5.49 at MagicNevin or £5 at Cards4Magic).

If Ellusionist is more your thing, the new Artifice deck is now in the UK.
Cards4Magic have it at £7 which is slightly cheaper than MagicNevin at £7.50.

I think that will do for now…

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Bicycle Stickman Deck – review

Phil Sweeting — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:01:37 +0000

I have to be honest, when I first saw these advertised, I didn’t think I’d like them… But I have been very pleasantly surprised. Here’s a look at the box:

On a random note, the seal broke more cleanly/easily than any other Bicycle deck I have ever opened. I don’t know if that was a one off or if USPCC have changed something, but it was a good start!

The USP here is the idea of a little animation in the top right corner of the deck. Each card has a different ‘frame’ of a sword fight between 2 stickmen. So when you riffle the deck (see end of review) you get a groovy animation.

The cards handle beautifully, and the distinctly non-bicycle back design gives an amazing almost irridecent effect when it is spread out – very nice.

They have completely re-imagined the jokers and court cards in a slightly abstract style. An extra card is supplied which shows all the frames of the animation.

And here’s the animation itself… (apologies for the focus)

I think this is a really fun deck. I enjoy the fact that it is less gothic and ‘dark’ than many of the newest designs we’ve looked at recently. The animation is a nice novelty, and I’m sure some creative magician will work it into a routine before too long. Available now at MagicNevin for £5.49.

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Trick of the Month – July 2011

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:01:27 +0000

Wimbledon almost over, so it must be time for some more recommendations from Bicycle-Cards.co.uk

We have a growing library of magic books at Bicycle-Cards.co.uk headquarters, and Try the Impossible is one of our latest additions. Full to the brim of interesting card magic, from the self-working to the rather more involved. And perhaps most pleasingly it includes one of the effects that recently fooled Penn & Teller. A great book and only £25.95.

The Torn and Restored Card is a classic of close up card magic. There are some fiendishly difficult methods out there, but Mickael Chatelain’s latest take – Rewind – promises to be within the reach of most magicians and is certainly visually very impressive. It’s a lot for a single trick – but watch the video and see what you think… £62.00

We’re back to our bread and butter here with a new and unusual Bicycle Deck. We’ve just received one of these and will do a longer review as soon as time permits. But for now, check out the new Bicycle Stickman Deck. £5.49.

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