(1 customer review)

Electronic Surprise Box (Clear) by Mephisto-Huis, Anverdi

(c. 1988)

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1 review for Electronic Surprise Box (Clear) by Mephisto-Huis, Anverdi

  1. Andy Martin

    Anverdi’s Surprise Box is one of his finest creations. It came in a number of versions, also built by various dealers other than Anverdi.  This fine version was sold by Mephisto-Huis and I believe it was built by them too.  However,  it might have been made by Anverdi and just sold by Mephisto-Huis, since it is almost identical to the version that appears in the Anverdi book. Also it looks quite different from the one that I do believe was built by Mephisto-Huis here.  The cards that came with it were in fact made in Belgium (the home of Mephisto-Huis), but I replaced them with Bicycles for your performing pleasure 🙂  Also, the Anverdi book was in fact published by Mephisto-Huis so maybe they used some of their creations for the photos.  Without any other input I am going to assume this was actually built by Mephisto-Huis, but if you have any more information let me know.

    Either way it came with a clear lid which was a nice touch.  The opaque lid version can be seen here.

    In the ads that ran with this they say you can deal out from 2-50 cards.  In my tests things become less reliable after about 25-30 cards.  It can work but it is much more reliable before 25.  It is easy enough to ensure that happens so I don’t consider this an issue.

    This version is very reliable and as long as the batteries are fresh and you don’t add too many cards works cleanly every time.

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