This is a high end PK effect that shocks the viewers. Performed on Americas got talent and other popular TV show by very notable performers. When first released the price was $1000 and for some time after that it spiked up from there. Many professionals invested in this routine because it was the most amazing thing around. I doubt that many ended up making the bottles themselves but the method is quite intriguing. It does require some equipment to be purchased to manufacture the bottles but this is still readily available.
The manual and performance rights contract are included as well as 18 gimmicked bottles and some other small goodies. . If you collect unusual magic this is something that you will want in your collection. If you are looking for show stopping magic that happens in an audience members hands and leaves them speechless this would also be something to take a close look at. We are selling this way under the release price so it is something that one high end show cut easily pay for.
Personally i would put the bottle in a strong clear plastic bag before handing it to the spectator just to contain the shattered glass.
One more comment…. this is strong enough of an effect that Penn & teller performed it on national TV at one point!
Here are some blurbs that were used in advertising this item:
“Last night I performed at a Poetry/Art affair… kind of like a Burning Man happening. I did the bottle to one young lady who liked looking kind of Marilyn Manson like and trying to appear like nothing could shock her. Well, I did the bottle and used her to hold it. I purposely tried to make the effect take as long as possible so she stood there holding the bottle for awhile and kind of started looking bored as I stared at the bottle and said; “You have a very interesting mind.”
When the bottle broke in her hand her expression completely changed. From then on she hounded me all over the area trying to find out how I can control these things with my mind… as she put it, “I can do these things, but I can’t control them… how did you learn to control them?” She was fascinated with it and couldn’t keep staring at me throughout the night… I’m no Tom Cruise so it wasn’t my looks.
I know from having followed all the threads of other new products that I will be asked tons of questions about the effects so let me answer a few in advance:
There are no discounts and you have to buy the initial $1000 kit just to be able to buy the bottles later if you so wish.
The bottles can be examined to anyone’s satisfaction… you can even send them to a lab for chemical analysis… they will find nothing as no chemicals are used.
It can be done to just about any bottle, but the Coke bottles are generally stronger so it’s cooler to try and have them try to smash it and they can’t. As the ad states, you can even drive in a nail into wood using a Coke bottle as a hammer.
The glass piece that is thrown inside is not gimmicked in any way… we have thrown in lemon drop candy, hairpins, small skeleton key, ball bearing, etc and you get the same effect, but each of those items changes the speed of the outcome.
The more they shake whatever is tossed in the faster it will take for the bottle to implode… it implodes not explodes… when you see pieces flying it’s that they were shaking the bottle as it happened so that caused the pieces to fly out.
You can mail it to someone and they can do it without you even being there… I sent it to Steve Brooks, Banachek and a couple of others to try out and simply sent the instructions at what to do and the bottle went off without me being there.
The bottles usually break off in the bottom fourth of the bottle, but larger bottles break even higher. You have to have the spectator hold the bottle by the lip to be safe or you can do what I have done and others have too and put the bottle in another clear container so they can see it happen, but be absolutely safe.
With each kit you must sign a contract that works as a confidentiality agreement and performance rights agreement.
Buying the kit entitles you to perform or make the bottles, but only for your own use.
There are no hidden devices and you can do this naked if you so wished… watch out for broken glass.
I hope I’ve answered some of the questions you will have about the bottle. All I can say is it’s the coolest thing to do and I wish I had the money to buy the complete rights to it so no one else could do it.”
