SICK by Ponta the Smith Review
Posted on: January 29, 2010
Ok guys, i’ve just got SICK in the mail so after a first quick look through the contents here is my review, I’ll keep it short and direct.
First, if you are a noob (and sorry for that but I couldn’t find a better word) stay away from this.
This DVD is for the passionate only, I’m not bad with coins but haven’t put as much time into them as into my cards so I found it really hard and technical (this is just a first impression, we’ll see in a couple of weeks hehe), but then again, that’s just the way I like it.
Another point to mention. Ponta uses big silver dollars for most of the routines and only half dollars on the matrix ones.
There is a reason to that. I tried with my halves and found it impossible but then I watched the matrix and said… Ok let’s start with these :>
You will need big coins for some of the sleights. Maybe you can practice with poker chips or chinese replicas but if you were planning to make an investment on Morgan dollars, now it’s the time.
About the teaching… You all know: silent, over the shoulder and first person view, slow motion, a couple of text annotations here and there… I think it’s enough.
This DVD will last you a few years to get down. Not only the technical aspect, if you are like me you won’t stop practicing these routines until you’ve mastered them 100%, and that includes achieving Ponta’s level of smoothness.
Good luck with that.
-Alejandro Portela
.thecuso
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January 29th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
can’t wait to buy my own dvd :)
January 30th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
im a real beginner with coins, this looks awsome, but i don’t buy it.
January 31st, 2010 at 7:46 am
whats the best coins to use? the biggest i gave here is french coins. but theres only one. i usually pratise with half dollars. i live in singapore, so its pretty hard to find the big coins
January 31st, 2010 at 9:10 am
Hey Syazwan,
I also live in Singapore. Where do you buy your coins? I agree that the coins used for the routines in this DVD need to be of significant size. But I do not know where to get them.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
The coins that are used in this video are, Morgan silver dollars.. they are quite hard to get thought.
http://www.goldeneaglecoin.com/Dollars/Morgan_Dollars
is where I got mine silver dollars.
Hope that helped.
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:06 am
thanks for the review man I wont buy it then b/c I wanna be fooled :-D I hope you learn it though!
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
i got american half dollars from a magic shop at golden landmark. they sell the american half dollar coins for 2.50 Btw morgan silver dollars are expensive. i need 5 at least
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:21 pm
if your a beginner at coin magic, please dont buy it, first get the basics
in my eyes this dvd is very advance
but yeah, this dvd is awesome
the routines are beautyfull