Albo 12 – The Ultimate Okito by Robert J. Albo

Details: This boxed set includes a book and 8 DVDs. The book is 178 pages, 9×12 inches, cloth covered, hardbound book on the life and magic of Okito. It includes over 500 color photographs of apparatus, ephemera and posters, as well as more than 65 black and white photographs, many of which are published for the first time.

The 8 DVDs represent over 9 hours of video covering the performance and explanation of 135 effects either invented by Okito or built in the Okito-style by master craftsmen. The DVDs are contained in a separate folder and the book and DVDs are enclosed in a special cloth-covered slipcase.

Contents:

DVD Listing – vi
Foreword
Introduction
Reminiscences and Confessions – 3
Further Thoughts on Okito – 27
Time Line – 29
Inventor – 63
Wand Shell – 64
Substitution Principle – 65
Sliding Compartmentand Black Art Principle – 66
Penetration of Matter – 68
Flap (Flat) Principle – 71
Okito Glass – 72
Trays – 73
Multum in Parvo – 74
Cloth Flap Spring Load – 75
Siamese Cylinders (Kuma Tubes) – 76
FloatingBall – 77
Break-Apart Box Vanish – 78
Coin Box – 79
Innovator – 81
Birth ofthe Lotus Flower – 82
Angling – 83
Square Circle – 84
Mystic Blocks – 85
Tip-Over Box – 86
Coin Ladder – 87
Craftsman – 89
Transfers – 90
Wood and Metal Work – 92
Author, Teacher, and Historian – 95
The Albo Collection – 103
Index – 159

DVD Contents:

Disc 1
Gobi Bowl – 104
Canary Cage – 106
Duck Vanish (Where Do the Ducks Go?) – 108
Checker Cabinet – 110
Penetration ofMatter – 115
Mandarin and Tea Chest Mystery – 116
Girl and the Ribbon Illusion – 117
Shadow Cabinet – 117

Disc 2
Egg To Canary – 118
Silk Decanter and Tray – 118
Change Tray – 118
Production of 8 Glasses of Liquid – 118
Chimerical Foulards/Silks – 119
Canary Vanish – 119
Production ofa Silk From a Glass of Liquid – 119
Okito Glasses – 119,136
Dove Pan Tray – 119
Floating Ball (includes Lance Burton’s Floating and Vanishing Birdcage) – 120
Zombie Cabinets – 120
Triangular Mystery – 121
Die Box and Chimney – 121
Die Block and Chimney (Okito/Nielsen) – 121
Visible Block Penetration – 121
Double Block Penetration – 121
Color – Changing Die – 121

Disc 3
Mystic Blocks – 124
Crystal Casket – 124
Alphabet Block Trick – 124
Tea Leaves Chest and Bowl Effect – 125
Water Bowl Production – 125
Expanding Ball – 126
Crystal Casket Production – 126
Block off Ribbon – 126
Pearl Ball Vase – 126
Flip – Over Box – 127
Hindu Inkwell – 127
Egg to Canary – 127
Dove Vanish Casket – 128
Break – Apart Dove Vanish – 128
Rice Bowls – 129
Plate Off Ribbon – 129
Cups and Balls – 129
Enchanted Rice and Silk Effect – 129
Birth ofthe Lotus Flower – 130
Mandarin Center Table – 130

Disc 4
Borrowed Handkerchief in Potato- – 131
Large Phantom Tube – 131
Crystal Tube – 131
Nest ofBoxes – 132
Rattle Box – 132
Nest ofBoxes for Marked Coin – 132
Living and Dead Buddha – 132
Lippincott Box – 132
Confetti and Egg to Birdcage and
Canary Canister – 133
Rice, Orange, and Checkers – 133
Mysterious Casket Vanish – 134
Siamese Cylinders (Kuma Tubes) – 134
Multum in Parvo – 134
Sleeve Production – 135
Handkerchiefin Candle – 135
Color – Changing Candle – 135
Papa Bamberg Egg Bag – 136
Jumbo Card Box – 136
Blow Book – 136
Okito Glasses – 119,136
Where Do The Ducks Come From? – 137
Water Canister Effect – 137

Disc 5
Leg – Chopper Illusion – 138
Marvelous Production – 138
Angling Trick – 139
Card Prediction Paddle – 139
Card Prediction Trick – 139
Riddle of the Rabbit – 140
Rabbit Production – 140
Coin Ladder – 141
Scare Mask and Dove – 141
Tea Canister Transposition – 142
Confetti to Wine Bottle – 142
Three – Bowl Dove Production – 143
Fu-Manchu Finger-chopper – 143
Square Circle with Bouquet – 143

Disc 6
Square Circle Redone – 144
Vanishing Cage and Orange Effect – 144
Color – Changing Wands – 144
Color – Changing Parasol – 144
Mat Trick – 144
Mutilated Parasol with Change Bag – 144
Butterfly Box – 145
Bowl of Water Vanish – 145
Rising Card Deck Switch – 145
Mechanical Card Rise Box – 146
Jack – In-the-Box Card Production – 146
Clockwork Card Rise – 146
Card – to-Canary Box – „146
Mignon Production – 147
Three – Fold Production Screen – 147
Three – Screen Production – 147
Silk Transposition to Beneath Plate – 148
Handkerchief Plate – 148
Card Exchange Tray – 148

Disc 7
Cut and Restored Ribbon – 150
Jap Box – 150
Blue Phantom – 151
Production Tubes – 151
Bonzai Tube – 151
Cotton to Coffee Canister – 151
Linking the Links – 152
Jewel Chest Mystery – 152
Visible Restoration ofa Card – 152
Card Star – 152
Tip – Over Box – 153
Spirit Origami – 153
Block Rabbit Production – 153
Confetti to Guinea Pig (or Candy) – 154
Confetti to Silks and Glass of Liquid – 154
Confetti to Goldfish in Water – 154
Coffee and Milk – 154

Disc 8
Okito’s Gimmick Box – 155
Silk Change and Vanish Gimmick – 155
Okito’s Third Hand – 155
Card Display Stand – 155
Vanishing Balls – 157
Billiard Balls – 156
Bewildering Balls – 156
Special Tables for Card Change and Silk Vanish (Transposition Extraordinary and Chimerical Silks) – 156
Box on Rope – 157
Ring on Wand – 157
Threading the Needle – 157
Silk Cabby
Bonus: Okito Live Performance (special thanks to Bill Mcllhany)

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