The Blurb
David Penn has finally released his Coinvexed gimmick to the magic world!
After signing a coin the spectator experiences something extraordinary as the signed coin bends within their own hands. The spectator can then keep the coin as a souvenir that freezes the moment of magic forever.
No switches! The coin that the spectator has signed is the same coin that bends. Only the coins and the sharpie are seen and the sharpie is perfectly normal. No special chemicals! Just a diabolically clever gimmick that hides in full view.
“David Penn has the best solution for a signed, bending coin routine I have ever seen! This is sure to become a regular performance piece for many professional magicians.”
– Nicholas Einhorn, Magic Circle Close-Up Centenary Magician
“Finally, a coin bending gimmick that I actually want to use!”
– Marc Spellman, leading European mentalist
“This is too good to sell!”
– Braco, World renowned inventor and magical historian
“This is what we have come to expect from David Penn. Revolutionary new thinking and an expertly structured routine that is now destined to become a modern classic!”
– Chris Priest, Millennium Champion of Close-Up Magic
“Charlie the Chicken and I never leave home without it and we look forward to damaging the economy forever!”
– Max Somerset, TV magician and star of “Max Magic”
Comes complete with gimmick and instructional DVD.
Running Time Approximately 36min
My Comments
This is certainly an ingenious gimmick and unquestionably recommended for those who are looking for a device that will cause bending miracles with coins. However, it may not be for everyone.
In handling, it's similar to Guy Bavli's key bending gimmick, except that the gimmick is not hidden inside a well-known magician's device, but hidden among, and disguised within, the coins in your pocket. Aside from that, the gimmick is made of metal and is certainly heavier than a couple of coins in your pocket. You do have to use both hands in order to use the gimmick, but you are doing it during an off-moment and the gimmick is well-disguised so anyone watching wouldn't really know what you're doing anyway. Also, there are magnets in the gimmick, but they are there mostly to use in the disguise of the gimmick. Finally, there is a one-time preparation involved in the gimmick, but it's takes a few minutes is very easy to do.
Besides the Coinvexed gimmick, which will last a long time, you also get special stickers which help in the construction of the gimmick, and DVD instructions. The production values of the DVD aren't great, but it is certainly viewable and useable as a learning tool. The coins you use are small coins and so it can certainly work for any performer in any
country, however if you perform in different countries, know that you may have to construct different gimmicks for each place. Though I don't do much PK work, I can't say if I'd personally use this, but I'd certainly consider it if I did and definitely recommend this if this sounds like something you could use.