Wind-up Toy

21 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Wind-up Toy
  
Creators Title Comments & References Source Page Categories
Theodore Annemann November 1935 on Burling Hull, Phil Smith, Howard Albright and the mechanical Gileegaloo Bird that finds a card, Mr. Rouclere
 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 14) 65
Bobby Bernard Novelty Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Clockwork Capers selected card is found by a wind-up toy, brief
 Magic in Miniature 6
Bill Hendricks The Early Bird wind-up toy finds only card with worm on it
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 42
C. R. Appleby Thoughts on Ranch Bird
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 28
Harry Lorayne The Pecking Bird card to wallet with entertaining wind-up toy presentation
 Reputation-Makers 234
Karl Fulves Silent Thought Transmission two origami crows on table, circle of cards around them, they move to two selections
 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7) 960
Edward Marlo Yogi Bird Card Trick wind-up toy finds card, two methods (ungaffed and with set of duplicates)
 Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 99
Steve Beam Mabel using wind-up teeth
 They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water 26
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Related to
  • Peter Warlock's "The Pecking Bird" in "Book of Magic", 1956. P.90
 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 17
Jimmy Ray Dumb Bird bird does not find card, selection found in 'contract' envelope
 A Ray of Magic 18
Peter Isaacs AC/DC TBSMRR selected card is found by a wind-up toy robot
 Fork Full of Appetizers 23
Christian Scherer Robotranspo signed card travels from among four red backed kings to four blue backed kings, both packets secured with rubber bands
 Karten à la carte 104
Dick Koornwinder The Revised Technique for the Koornwinder Kar car finds card by stopping next to it when pushed
 The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control 13
Karl Fulves Wheel of Fortune "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
spinner in center of circle layout, card chosen by spinning and counting, predicted
 The Fine Print (Issue 9) 291
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Kar car finds card by stopping next to it when pushed
  • The Apparatus Supplied
  • Explanation of the Basic Principle
Related to The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control 4
Jerry Mentzer Thoughts on the Pecking Bird some ideas
 Card File Two 166
Ron Bauer Chick Trick wind-up toy chicken finds selections, credit information
Inspired by
  • "The Hoppy" (Ron Bauer, New Tops, March 1982)
 Chick Trick 1
Ron Bauer Some Historical Notes on wind-up toy card location plot
 Chick Trick 18
Thomas Fraps Walk the Walk selected card is found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
 The Boston Trick Party 13
Karl Fulves Auto Kinetic blank cards with street names, spectator writes his street on one, arranged in face-down row on table, ungaffed toy car moves towards spectator's card with rubber band held motionless above
Inspired by
  • "Pendulum" (Bob Ostin, marketed effect)
Related to		 Prolix (Issue 1) 1
Karl Fulves The Pecking Bird credit information, Howard Albright's "Herman, The Gilagloo Bird" (1930s)
 Prolix (Issue 1) 2