[MyMagic] Pandora

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,316
July 2, 2025

During the very first New York Coin Magic Seminar Dr. Michael Rubinstein, David Roth, Geoff Latta, and Mike Gallo had one guest performer who shared his advanced coin creations. That magician was Kainoa Harbottle. All four of his routines are offered below as an exclusive download. Kainoa’s creations have one trait that very few other coin magicians have, it is the idea of adding startling visuals into the middle of routines. Take a look at the trailer to see what I mean: HERE

Warehouse find: I somehow managed to get a bunch of the Pandora See-Thru Mesh Force Bags in all sizes and am including their original video and PDF templates as a download into your account when you purchase one.

Believe it or not I used to do a Karl Fulves routine using a clear change bag (force bag) in all my kids shows. It was a gameshow segment where the kid got easy questions like, “what color is the White House” while their parent got trick or hard questions like, “name all the survivors of the Titanic in alphabetical order?” The Birthday kid would win a prize while all their friends would laugh at the adult who lost everything. I believe the routine appeared in Fulves’ The Magic Book.

►Pandora See-Thru Mesh Force Bag:

The Pandora bag is basically a Change Bag, also called a Force Bag. It is made from a see-through white mesh with a black cloth top. It has two compartments which can contain anything that would fit inside and are fastened with Velcro.

You can basically have random cards or papers in one compartment and identical force ones in the other. When you want to force the item, you have the spectator reach into the correct compartment. You can also use small objects like coins or toys.

The major innovation with these bags is the secret compartment at the top can hold all the force items so the bag can be shown empty at the beginning and as you drop all the regular items you can drop/load the force items. Available in three sizes.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Punctuated Coin Transports:

Kainoa Harbottle was the first person invited to perform and lecture at the New York Coin Magic Seminar where he shared his advanced handling and techniques within very visual routines. The four routines that are explained here highlight his different approaches to the coins across plot.

Routines include: Deja Flew, Deja Flew Too, Punctuated Equilibrium Coins Across, and Another Flipping 3 Fly.

Techniques explained include: Finger Palm Display, Action Heal Steal, Heal Steal, Retention Pass Vanish, JW Grip, Curl Palm, Nowhere Palm, Stack Steal, Mutobe Palm, Edge Grip Move, and Fingertip Muscle Pass.

Watch and buy: HERE

►EBAY AUCTIONS:

I was able to add 26 items to my eBay auctions last weekend and all the items expire this Sunday. One item, the most expensive one, a card calendar from 1890 from the company that became the USPC has 12 beautiful frame-able card themed images. You can see all 12 images: HERE

►A direct link to the auctions: HERE

►A direct link to my eBay store: HERE

►MY MAGIC’S LATEST RELEASE:

►WOW 7: Kreskin Edition:

This is a very limited The Amazing Kreskin Edition that includes two books from his personal inventory.

It is an ideal way to present a mentalism routine while discussing the most famous mentalist in history and justifying the use of the two hardcover books.

You can read the spectator’s mind and write down the word they are thinking of. Ask them to yell out the word they are thinking of, then show the audience the word you wrote. They match.

But it is not over yet. As an afterthought have the spectator think of the last word on that page. You can now proceed to dramatically spell out the thought of word for a double miracle.

Watch and buy: HERE

►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

►JULY 19: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE

►JULY 20: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE

►AUG 3-6: Displaying at Magic Live! in Las Vegas. Info: HERE

To view all my upcoming appearances, go: HERE

Stay happy, Meir

PS: If you look at the eBay image above, I know it is a fortune teller, but it also looks like someone doing close-up magic to Napoleon!

PS2: If you did not watch my interview, to learn how I think, you can catch it: HERE

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…Craig Petty (Absolute Madness, 2025)