1 review for Card Transformer (Horizontal Card Rise, Gedanken Transformer) by Tony Lackner, Eckhard Boettcher
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Andy Martin –
This is a lovely effect which is as baffling as it is entertaining. The original idea comes from Karl Germain (1878-1959) using a large goblet to hold the cards. Eric Lewis also created a version called Comedy Come-back Card c. 1947 which is still available from his son Martin Lewis. The most popular version of this idea was created by Nick Ruggiero and Collectors’ Workshop. Card Transformer is better than the CW version because the base can be shown all around before and after the effect, and the gimmick is more precise and requires less motion.
According to the instructions Eckhard Boettcher did not base this upon the CW version (which was released five years earlier c. 1986 vs c. 1991) but instead based it upon an idea from a German magazine c. 1957. Which was then turned into an automated effect by Herbert Martin Paufler a few years later and Eckhard produced his Nepomuk II. Then c. 1991 he continued the idea with Tony Lackner and this effect was released.
If I had a choice I would choose this Tony Lackner version over the CW version but they are both beautiful and clever effects.