Finger Fazers

by Jay Scott Berry

 

Available From: Jay Scott Berry at JSBWiz@aol.com or CSI, 3395 South Jones Blvd., Suite 303, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 USA, (800) 475-7114

Type: parlor, stage

Skill Level:

Retail Price: $20.00 red/yellow, $25.00 green/blue/orange/white

Effect: The magician is able to produce a sparking point of brilliant light at his fingertips. He can toss it from hand to hand, it vanishes, reappears, he can eat it, spit it out, toss it in a wine glass or even float it in the air!

Performance Time: depends completely on routine

Reset Time: depends on the routine, but the prop is always ready...

Angles:

Quality: This is an extremely well made product. They are bright (according to Jay they are up to 5 times brighter than D'Lite). The gimmick has a momentary and fixed-on position, The battery is easily changed. Available in 6 colors : RED, GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE, BLUE & WHITE .

Dr. Mitch: I went to see Jay lecture at the Long Island Mystics...(SAM Assembly 77). I had heard a lot about him and was eagerly awaiting the lecture. I was shocked and disappointed when he started doing a D'Lite routine. He tossed the light from hand to hand, it was nice, I actually saw "air time" on the light, but...I thought, it was probably just visual tracing. THEN....I was shocked and AMAZED when he tossed the light into a wine glass and started swirling it around. What was going on ? I was THRILLED when he started plucking different colors from the air, swirling them all in this wine glass: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green. This was great. To be honest, I enjoyed the lecture SO much, I went to see him lecture again, two nights later at a different magic club.

Since then I have abandoned my D'Lites in favor of the Fazers. There is in my mind NO comparing the two. One is a professional magician's prop, the other is commonplace.

My favorite ideas came in a restaurant after the lecture as I was sitting and talking with Jay. The ORANGE Fazer looks like a burning ember. Imagine borrowing a lit cigarette and "accidentally" knocking off the lit part. I then "catch" it in my hand and do the "Ouch ouch" thing as I toss it from hand to hand, finally thrusting it in my pocket and doing the "big OUCH" thing.

Coincidentally, I had seen Alain Nu lecture the month before. Imagine this: as you set to do your spoon bend, a mysterious glowing heat appears inside your cupped hands. (Again, use the ORANGE Fazer.)

There are SO many uses for these props I cannot even begin to share them. Buy it.

Mike Maione: Surprise, surprise... Mitch and I disagree. Well, not exactly... but I will never give up my D'Lites. We both agree that Berry gives a great lecture and we both went to see him twice. If you get a chance go see him, do. And, bring plenty of money, you will want to buy everything he sells. Even his brightly colored sponge balls. (If you're lucky you'll actually be able to master some of what he teaches... but don't count on it his techniques are highly polished and he has perfected them after many years of work.) And, we both like Fazers. But, he likes them lots more than I do. I don't think fazers are superior to D'Lites at all. They are different. Fazers are brighter, primarily because they don't have to shine through a piece of plastic/rubber, however, they are more directional because they don't have the plastic to diffuse the beam of the LED.

I have not replaced my D'Lites with Fazers... nor have I yet incorporated Fazers into my D'Lite routines, which use a variety of light sources. They are not as easy to handle (be prepared to practice a lot with your Fazers) and frankly, they are what they appear to be... a small light source which can be turned on and handed or tossed back and forth. (Interesting, that is exactly what people assume you have when you work with D'Lites. And, I really enjoy knowing they don't actually know the method.)

If you want to do a simple Fazer routine you need at least two. If you want to do some to the wonderful routines Berry does you'll need lots of them. At $20 to $25 each that's a big investment. And, be prepared to work hard at mastering turning on and off the switch and handling the little light sources so they don't appear to be little flash lights.

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