 Hey everybody, welcome back to Magic Orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a Magic Review. Hey, today we're going to look at Blink from Phoenix Chan and Sky Member Presents. What is the trick? Basically, you have a blank dog tag that you wear around your neck. Your spectator selects a tattooed image from Facebook and then with a wave of your hands, you're able to transfer that image from the cell phone to the blank dog tag and then everything is examinable. You want to see what it looks like? This is it. Alright, so that was Blink. You might remember we've done some other reviews for Sky Member Presents. We did Seven Remastered and we did Uncaged. Alright, so a couple of questions we always ask about all of our Magic Reviews and the first of which is what is in the box? What's in the box? It's a beautiful hard-shelled magnetic box. It's got a foil right there and it keeps everything inside this little container. You're going to get your dog tag, of course, that you use for forcing. It's going to last you forever. It's a strong, really well-made dog tag. You're going to get the little ball and chain necklace that you'll wear around your neck. You're going to get a little silicone cover that goes over the dog tag so if you want to do it that way, of course, if you can find your own, you could find different colors at various hardware stores that would fit as well. You're going to get all the forcing materials that you'll need for that dog tag. You're going to get the link to the Facebook page that you'll need to use also in the video. You're also going to get a little USD credit card that'll work as the instructional video. There's no DVD. There's nothing to download. You will need to stick this into a computer and view your files that way. Lastly, you'll get a little velvet bag. It's just another option. Instead of carrying the dog tag around your neck, you can put them in a bag. All right, so is it what I thought? I didn't really know what to think with this and so I kind of had some guesses. Definitely knew it involved metal dog tags and that's really what you're getting. The secret though, it's a little bit more deceptive than what I was originally thinking, but still a really cool effect. How are the angles? The angles on this are fairly easy. You can't do it surrounded, but it involves very simple moves and I think controlling your angles wouldn't be difficult. Can it be inspected? Absolutely. That's the whole point behind this effect. At the end, you hand the dog tag to them. They see that the image is inscribed on there, even at the beginning when you show your blank around your neck, you're able to show them both sides and that is examinable as well. All right, so let's see overall quality and production value of the video. I think this is where this takes a little bit of a hit. The video file plays on your computer. The video is shot well and all the best angles for this are included. It is only 24 minutes long, so it's not exceptionally long, but I guess that's kind of good because the entire video contains no audio for voice. The entire video is done with words on the screen and it has music playing in the background the entire time. My guess is that English is not the primary language and so they wanted to make this available to English audiences and so to do that, there's no audio and it's all done. The teaching is all done with English on the screen. Is it well made? Absolutely. Like I said, everything in here is metal. It's going to last you a very long time. How much practice does it require? Again, the angles are not that hard. The moves are not that hard. Most of the routine is just memory about what takes place next. I think through just a couple of practice runs, you'd be able to perform blink right away. How much setup and reset is there? The only reset would be putting the dog tag back on your chain and putting it back around your neck. Positives. Positives for this is it kind of takes the idea of the old mentalist drawing duplication to a whole new level. The spectator believes that they're selecting a picture and then you're able to reveal that picture on metal instead of on paper. I think that premise really takes this standard trick in a whole new direction. Negatives. Negatives for this. You're given multiple force options but really in performance setting, you only have one force option. So it's nice that there's other options included but really when you go out, you're probably only going to go with the one force and then secondly the video quality like I said, I didn't love the video. It didn't really work well for me and how I like to learn. Is it worth your money? It's a hundred dollars and I can imagine the box and the gimmicks were expensive to make. I don't know that I needed four forcing options but it is all that expense that I think makes this in the higher bracket. You're going to have to examine this routine and this trick and see that this is something that you would actually do. I think a hundred dollars kind of bumps it into the level of working professionals and so I think if you do street magic or if you're the kind of person that would wear the little ball chain necklaces around your neck or a dog tag if that looks natural to your performance style, then I think you should definitely check this out. All right so that is my review for Blink from Skymember Presents and we'd like to thank Murphy's Magic and Skymember Presents for allowing us to review this for you and if you'd like to purchase this, you can find it at your favorite Murphy's Magic suppliers. Thanks, bye!