Get It or Regret It: Wolf’s Phone-Ale

Soon to be sold out Magic Classic - Phone-Ale from Wolf's MagicWe love Wolf’s Magic.

We love their effects for the quality, the innovation, the wonderful designs and fantastic story lines.   We own several of their classics and our love for those specially packed props grows daily, show by show.

We do not love the often limited number of Wolf Magic effects made available.  Sure, quality workmanship takes time and cannot be rushed.  Yeah, the mass produced magic pales in comparison to the pieces of true art produced.  But golly, sometimes it does not seem fair.

We do not receive compensation for our praise of their work over the years — heck, we do not even get a discount.  So anyone who knows us, knows Wolf’s Magic must be great.  We are, at our greedy heart, greedy and heartless.  

We have it on very good authority there will be only thirty Phone-Ale effects produced in the First Run.  Yes, the Phone-Ale will be a permanent item but there are only thirty coming out from the first batch.  

Thirty of these sure-fire pieces for sale.  If our math is correct, that means — assuming each purchaser buys only one of the effects — that means less than thirty-one people will get their hands on this gem.

You can be one of the select thirty by heading to the Wolf’s Magic site right now.  Check out the description, the images, and their incredible story.  Do not blame us if the effect is gone by the time you got around to reading this.

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Clowns Are Scary Say Docs

Birthday Girl Fear Clowns?Breaking news from the UK.  Kid’s fear clowns.
We thought there were plenty of children in the world who are not born with the apparently innate fear of clowns but apparently not as many as we thought.
We reported on one unfortunate case in an earlier edition of letters to the editor here at Inside Magic.
Nursing Standard magazine — a journal we read monthly but only for the pictures — reports on a University of Sheffield study.
The researchers wanted to improve the "decor of hospital children’s wards."  
Of the 250 kids betwixt the ages of four and 16, "we found that clowns are universally disliked by children.  Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."
Indeed.
Apparently part of the problem is that adults (who may or may not like clowns) think kids should like them. 
Our brethren in white face know only too well how some audience members react almost viscerally to them.  Even Ronald McDonald spooks some kids. 
One long-time reader of Inside Magic suggests the study was flawed.

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