{"id":8664,"date":"2015-08-11T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T08:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8664"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:46:48","slug":"technical-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/product\/technical-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Toolbox by Stephen Hobbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-2xXcy2WIjbs\" class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-arve-mode=\"normal\" data-arve-provider=\"youtube\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><span class=\"arve-embed-container\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2xXcy2WIjbs?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2xXcy2WIjbs?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Beginning in January of 2014, Stephen Hobbs &#8211; author of <i>Modus Operandi: The Magic of Jack Carpenter, Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing,<\/i> and <i>The Essential Sol Stone<\/i>&#8211; commenced a project that was called both crazy and impossible: an online web &#8216;zine to be released every week for fifty-two weeks devoted to his brand of powerful and practical card magic.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Jay and Andi Gladwin of Vanishing Inc. were so impressed with the <i>Technical Toolbox<\/i> that they have arranged to release the material as an elegantly-produced DVD set and booklet-with bonus material-in one package.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stephen Hobbs&#8217; Technical Toolbox<\/i> collects all fifty-two weeks of the original web site, which included more than 170 videos (6 plus hours of material) describing over 55 routines and 85 sleights and techniques. All of Hobbs&#8217; original introductions and meticulous credits are included in the accompanying booklet. In addition, separate manuscripts for certain effects are included as downloadable PDF attachments.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stephen Hobbs&#8217; Technical Toolbox<\/i> will expand your repertoire of card sleights and routines. You will be inspired to develop your own &#8220;toolbox&#8221; of card techniques by the impossible ribbon-spread switch-out, the elegant spring simple shift, the super-practical subterranean addition, advanced work on obtaining and maintaining breaks, control grip technique (it will revolutionize your handling small packet counts), a detailed discussion of the Hobzinzer cull (more information than many DVD&#8217;s devoted to this sleight alone), B.U.R.P. (Basic Universal Reverse Placement), the SHEE control, the interlaced-block transfer technique, Hobbs&#8217; playing card mnemonic system, the rotary replacement and change, F.I.A.T. (Flexible Insertion and Addition Technique), the incredible routine &#8220;The Odds Against Me&#8221;, and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much material in the <i>Technical Toolbox<\/i> that it is impossible to describe it all; but if you enjoy card magic, we guarantee you will get your money&#8217;s worth!<\/p>\n<p>Be advised that <i>Stephen Hobbs&#8217; Technical Toolbox<\/i> was a web blog, not an attempt to make a movie. The videos are all simple close-ups of Hobbs&#8217; hands with the primary emphasis on teaching intermediate and advanced card technique.<\/p>\n<p>Every penny of profit that Vanishing Inc. and Stephen Hobbs make from this project will go to support Vanishing Inc.&#8217;s young magicians charity, sending kids to magic camp and supporting the development of a close-up theater for young performers in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The call letters TGIF took on new meaning last year when weekly editions of <i>Stephen Hobbs&#8217; Technical Toolbox<\/i> were available on his website every Friday morning. These 52 lessons in imaginative and original sleight of hand &#8211; presented in a literate and thoughtful style, and demonstrated with high-level technical skill &#8211; produced a truly outstanding, well-structured post-graduate course in card craft. Then, alas, they vanished! What a joy it is now to have them in a permanent form.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>&#8211; J.K. Hartman<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An innovative and indispensable stockpile of pasteboard weaponry.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>&#8211; John Guastaferro <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A treasure trove of moves, routines, and invaluable information!&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>&#8211; John Carey<\/b> &#8220;Stephen Hobbs&#8217; philosophy with regard to sleight of hand with cards has always been one of &#8216;optimization.&#8217; Never satisfied with something that simply &#8216;works,&#8217; it must meet his criteria that includes not only invisibility, practicality, efficiency, and uniformity &#8211; it also must be downright clever! He has devised entire systems for palming, counts, culls &#8211; you name it &#8211; and they all conform to his standards. <i>Stephen Hobbs&#8217; Technical Toolbox<\/i> is the culmination of 25 years spent in the search for this optimal card technique. In this incredible work you will find technique, sleights, subtleties, ruse and strategy; with the express aim of providing solutions that will leave your audiences devastated and clueless &#8211; many of which I consider to be THE solution. Every facet of card technique is at least touched upon in this work. From simply sublime methods for obtaining effortless breaks above bottom cards; all the way up to a method for changing ONE poker hand into EVERY POSSIBLE HAND (all ten hands, and in order!) you have at your disposal a complete course in advanced card handling.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>&#8211; Jack Carpenter<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in January of 2014, Stephen Hobbs &#8211; author of Modus Operandi: The Magic of Jack Carpenter, Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing, and The Essential Sol Stone&#8211; commenced a project that was called both crazy and impossible: an online web &#8216;zine to be released every week for fifty-two weeks devoted to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[338,18],"product_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8664"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}