Episode 11

Join Wayne Goodman and Peter Nardi for another fun-packed episode as they chat about an exciting upcoming trip to London to see Lucy Darling live at the London Palladium, share the latest updates on the sold-out Alakazam Convention, and discuss what’s coming next for future events.

There’s also plenty of talk about new magic releases, stock alerts, and why some products may be hard to get once they sell out. Wayne and Peter take a nostalgic look back at old-school magic shops, vintage books, and the golden days of discovering hidden gems in the magic world.

Plus, they recommend a Harry Houdini documentary on BBC, and feature a special promo for David Jonathan’s upcoming live lecture at the Alakazam studio.

As always, expect laughs, insider stories, and behind-the-scenes chat!

Find out more about the team behind this podcast at www.alakazam.co.uk

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:10

Welcome to the Alakazam Live podcast with Peter Nardy. For the full video version of this episode, head over to YouTube and search Alakazam Magic Live. So grab a drink, sit back, and let's talk magic.

SPEAKER_12 0:28

Hi everyone, and welcome to this Alakazam live stroke podcast vlogcast or whatever Jamie calls it this week. Um I am joined by usual with my co-host, the amazing Mr. Wayne Goodman. Hello, hello, hello. Hello, Mr. G. Where are you? I'm in a pub.

SPEAKER_13 0:50

You're in a pub. I'm in a pub. I'm in very bar. I'm in Potter's Bar. Uh Tracy's working. I'm working from the pub today, so I'm in the corner. I'm in the quiet. I got a little drink.

SPEAKER_12 1:02

I right. So don't say. I want some guesses in the chat. So what's in that big jug that Wayne is drinking? There is alcohol in it. There is alcohol in it. Yeah, so take your guess. And I will say, Wayne is the only one drinking from that jug. So stick around for the podcast. We might have some excitement later on. Um so Wayney. Yes, sir. This coming Thursday, we know Will, it's not Pim's. So this coming Thursday, me, you, Jenny, and Tracy uh off out to London. Obviously, we uh no, it's not a Long Island ice tea. Um who said that? Uh that was Mike Hernandez.

SPEAKER_13 1:57

No, no, it's not a single mix either. There's more than one alcohol in there. Ooh, yeah, look at me. I've got my big boy shoes on. I'm Bench Fork today.

SPEAKER_12 2:11

So we're off to London to see the amazing Lucy Darling. Who else has booked a ticket to the show? Or who has seen it? Because she's been touring the UK.

SPEAKER_13 2:22

I can't wait. I think she's amazing. I think she's a brilliant actor. I just cannot wait to see her in action.

SPEAKER_12 2:29

Yeah, same here. The same here. It's gonna be great. Um so yeah, let us know if you've booked tickets to go and see Lucy Darling. I think she's all sold out. She's doing two nights at the Palladium. Oh, someone is very close. Danny Wags? No. No. Did they choose one of the ingredients? They did choose one of the ingredients, yes. The trouble is, you can say what it is. I know. You'll give away what it is. I know, that's why I'm not saying. I'm playing the game. I will keep an eye, see if anything uh happens. Um, yeah, so if you are going to see Lucy Darling at the Palladium in London on either, I think it's Wednesday and Thursday, she's on. Let us know. Myself, Jenny, Wayne, Tracy, and uh Jamie Dawes is going as well. Oh, is he? Yes, he is. He has got a ticket.

SPEAKER_13 3:36

Are we all sat together?

SPEAKER_12 3:38

Uh, I don't know. He didn't get the ticket with us, so I doubt it. Um, Danny Rabbit. So I can flick popcorn at him or something, whatever. It's it's gonna be good. Jamie's been really busy. So let's have, before we get into anything, let's have a bit of the Alakazam convention news. Are you gonna show everyone what you showed me a little while ago? Um, not that, but I will show them the brochure. But I'm the only one drinking. So last night we had a meeting at the venue um with the uh venue manager, the amazing Ben Anne Lindsay was there. Um so they both run the Ashford cinema. Now, the guys have pulled out all the stops for this convention. They want it to be a uh a bit of a staple in their sort of yearly calendar. Um, and there are big things happening at the location. So next year, if the convention goes ahead, it's gonna be bigger and better. There's gonna be more facilities. They've got some amazing things which are taking place now. They've held off work, they were supposed to be starting before the convention, but they're holding off till after the convention because they don't want to interrupt anything that's going on, they don't want to cut off areas and everything else. Um, but it's due work's due to be complete the end of October of this year. Um, so that's really exciting for us. We'll be giving more news, hopefully, at this year's convention. Um, but we just had these delivered today. Look at that. The convention souvenir program. So if you've been lucky enough to get yourself a ticket for the convention, um firstly, thank you so much. We have now sold out of tickets, and instantly, the moment we put the video up, saying we've sold out, the phone starts ringing. Oh, I haven't bought my ticket yet. I was waiting to buy my ticket, and believe it or not, one of them was one of our regulars that's in almost every Saturday. When we were joking, no, and he said, Oh my god, he goes, I was I I just totally forgot about it, but the tickets are all gone now. We have started a waiting list, so if you would like to get a ticket, let us know. We'll put you on the waiting list. Now, there is a second option. Now, if there's enough people interested, then we could open a day-only ticket, which means you would have access to all the lectures, you would have access to the dealers, you'll be able to enjoy the convention. The only thing you wouldn't have access to is the evening show. But for that to even be a possibility, there would have to be enough interest because it would mean hiring out another cinema screen and getting the lecturers to do two lectures instead of one. But it is an option if there's enough interest, um, we will look at doing that, but there isn't a lot of time to organize that. So um, if you are interested in a ticket, you didn't pick one up, let us know. Um, and we will look to see if we can make that a possibility um for this year's uh convention. If not this year's, uh, then that is something we are definitely looking at for next year.

SPEAKER_13 7:55

It it's well, you know, once people sign up for the the waiting list, we'll get a good idea of the numbers, and then the decision can be made.

SPEAKER_12 8:03

Yeah, yeah. Um Magic Magic Man said, uh, what about streaming the lectures online? Um, we're definitely not doing that this year. That was part of our plan, but in all honesty, we couldn't get the the logistics of doing it all, but that is on the cards for next year because obviously um Alakazam USA is growing. We've got a lot of the Alakafan based all over Europe that would love to join us online for the convention. So that is something we're looking at to for next year as well. Um, so you know, if if things go to plan, which they should do, it's shaping up to be an amazing day. If things go to plan, this will be an annual event. Um, and it's only gonna get bigger and better. So uh we can't wait. I'm just gonna have a look down here to see if anyone has got it right. No one's got it right, no. Um, someone is very close. They put in another guess, which is sort of close, but still the same as what they were. Um, but yeah, but in other news. I'll keep pawing until they get it working. Have you drunk half that jug already? No, well, no, because some of it's in the glass. I've I'm pleased to do that. Now, I will I am gonna let everyone know that jug turned up as the countdown was on. So literally, he's drunk half a jug of that. Um, yeah, it's so it's it's really nice, guys. Really excited about this. Um, do you want to hear some of the dealers that oh, let me show everyone this? Look at this. Look who's our magical host for the day with this double page spread. Look at that. Look at that.

SPEAKER_13 10:15

So so when you showed that to us earlier, Tracy was here. She was so basically I'm I'm about a mile from her workplace. I was coming to work so we can have lunch together, etc. And Tracy was here when uh pardon me, when that came out, when when Pete showed it to us, and uh I was horrified by the picture, but uh yeah, she liked it, she put it as all right. But yeah, it's uh it's great. The ones, the ones, the ones you showed me before were really good as well. What what dealers have we got coming?

SPEAKER_12 10:40

That's what I was just gonna look at now. Once again, as soon as we put that video up yesterday, we got inundated with magic dealers that wanted to appear at the convention. Unfortunately, we've sold out of dealers' spots as well. Um, but I'll tell you who we've got on the list. I think one more made it in, but they're not on the list. Let me find the list of dealers. Hang on a moment.

SPEAKER_13 11:14

Let me see if I can find it in the brochure. Uh how many pages in the brochure?

SPEAKER_12 11:21

Uh it's quite a few. There's a little bit about the the history of Alexander with pictures of a very young Peter and Jenny.

SPEAKER_13 11:31

I thought that was Harry in the picture.

SPEAKER_12 11:33

Oh, no, that's a whole double page spread on Harry. That's great. That's great. Um, but I'm not gonna um this is for people that are coming to the convention, so they'll get to they'll get to see all this goodness that's in here. Um but let me find the dealers and I'll read through some of the dealers for you. Um let me have a let me have a look here. I'm sure they're in here somewhere. It's it's quite it's quite thick, you know, there's a lot of pages. Uh it's got the running order at the front. Four pages on the history of Alakazam so far.

SPEAKER_13 12:36

Don't forget as well, if you're coming to the convention and uh you're staying over on the Saturday night, the shop will be open on the Sunday. This doesn't normally happen. We don't normally open on the Sunday, but we're gonna be open. Uh I'm gonna be in there. Who else is gonna be in? You'll be there, won't you, Pete?

SPEAKER_12 12:52

I'll be here, Harry will be here, Andy will be here. Um, we will say the shop isn't huge, so some of you may be in while others are waiting outside, and vice versa. But there is a little coffee van that usually pulls up here at eight in the morning. He does like sausage rolls and coffees, a really nice chai latte. Um, so I've asked him if he would turn up on the Sunday so everyone can grab a coffee and that. Right, so I found the convention marketplace. Okay, so we have got Alakazan Magic. Surprise, surprise.

SPEAKER_13 13:33

Uh Astor. Oh, oh, that's that's interesting because he's got some bits nice.

SPEAKER_12 13:39

I love Astor. Um British Secret Service. Very nice, very nice. Uh CCC Magic, which is Colin Klaus, so it's coins, cards, and cubes. Nice. Um, custom magic. Dave Loosley's here with a dealer stand, selling his new book and a couple of other bits that he's got. Um David Jonathan will have a dealer stand as well. Uh Deceptive Secrets, who is Adam Dadswell, nice, Ian Bailey, Magic World, James Anthony. Okay, yeah, nice. Mark Bennett, MB Magic, nice, Phil Smith Creative, the 1914, The Magic of Wayne Dobson, Thomas Moore, Thomas Moore, uh, he does like the illusions and stuff. But he's got some smaller bits he's gonna be bringing as well. Trick Trick Boom, cool, and um Pete Jackson, but I don't know what Pete, uh sorry, Pete James, but I don't know what Pete James's company called, but he does the um, you know the the wallet with the thingy inside it. Oh, okay. Lotto tickets and stuff, so he does that sort of stuff. Um Alan said, what time does the shop close on Sunday? 2 pm. We're open from 10 till 2.

SPEAKER_13 15:17

Um Tracy's very excited about that, by the way. She's off to the outlet, so she knows she can go and do shopping without me pestering her because I'll be at the shop.

SPEAKER_12 15:28

Yeah, no, that's it. I mean, Jenny might go with her to be fair. Um, right, someone's got it. Someone's got it. Simon Lockett. Well done, Simon.

SPEAKER_13 15:40

Amaretto Whiskey Bourbon. It's Jack Daniels and Amaretto is a godfather. In honor of Pete, a godfather.

SPEAKER_12 15:51

So, as well as the amazing convention news, which is only now what, two weeks away? It is, it's two weeks. Uh, is it two weeks or three weeks?

SPEAKER_13 16:03

Uh, let me have a quick check. Um, yeah, but it's two weeks, yeah, two and a half weeks. So it's not this Sunday, uh, this Saturday, it's not next Saturday, it's a Saturday afterwards.

SPEAKER_12 16:14

Yeah, and I will say this as well you'll find that a lot of the dealers, us included, will have items there that are not available online. I know anyone that's been interested in Ringo or Bankable by Trick Trick Boom. Noel promised me he's pushing to get some so he can have them at the convention. Um, we've got a brand new effect that's not going to be out for a couple of months by Craig Petty called Charged Up. Is that the one you that's the one you showed me, isn't it?

SPEAKER_13 16:51

Yeah, yeah, I cannot wait for this.

SPEAKER_12 16:53

This is so an amazing so we're supposed to have that at the convention, and I think Craig may actually be talking about it in his lecture as well, and performing it in his lecture. So can't wait for that. Um, it's gonna be great, but enough on the convention. Next Monday, something is happening, and it's something big for us because it's a first. Do you want to see? Yes, do you want to see it?

SPEAKER_09 17:24

Yes, definitely. Here we go. Hi, I'm Simon Lipkin, and this is the castle one.

SPEAKER_03 17:37

How are you done?

SPEAKER_05 17:45

All right. Again. Your bamboozled us.

SPEAKER_11 17:53

There have been some incredible magic wallets released over the years, and let's be honest, we've all got a problem. We're obsessed with them.

SPEAKER_10 18:02

Let's feed the obsession, because this is the castle one.

SPEAKER_12 18:20

So next Monday at 7 pm, it is is that your castle?

SPEAKER_13 18:26

I did what Harry did. I put my bottom dollar that I picked up a uh platform, I put it in there.

SPEAKER_12 18:34

And do you know what? I will show you my um charged up. I carry in there, so they're my cards charged up.

SPEAKER_13 18:46

I would I was about to say this would be perfect for putting charged up into and complete act and a go.

SPEAKER_12 18:53

The the appearance happens under the band under the wallet. Nice, yeah, it's perfect. Uh honestly, it's perfect. That's what's in mine. Um, so I will say next Monday, and the reason why this is a first, this is the first 1914 Powered by Alakazan product being launched. It's being live launched on Monday at 7 o'clock on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. Um, so make sure you join us. And if you are uh watching from America or whatever, it's 7 o'clock BST. We're now in British summertime. Um, but I will say last week I actually filmed an interview. Simon unfortunately can't join us for the live because, as a lot of you know, he's in the West End at the moment playing Fagan. So he can't join us for the live, but I filmed an interview with Simon, and I will tell you this Simon does not only an unboxing, tells us the history and everything else, he gives you a full expose of the gimmick, how it works, and even walks through the routine. So if you watch that interview, if you join us for the live, you will know exactly what it is, exactly how it works, exactly how awesome the castle wallet is. Harry has been blowing minds with it in the shop.

SPEAKER_13 20:32

It's it's a it's the perfect. I've never been so excited for a wallet. It's brilliant, it's so good.

SPEAKER_12 20:41

Yeah, and it's different, it's different, it's modern, it's the first, I think it's the first of its time. Yeah, it's you know, or it of its kind, should I say, not time, what am I talking about? The first of its kind in in this sort of thing, and it it's yeah, it's fantastic.

SPEAKER_13 21:00

And it's not what people think, it's not just one thing, there's so much you can do with this. Um, it it's got it's got everything you could ever want in a wallet, yeah. 100%. You know, that I don't want to give it away, so I'm not gonna say anything, but yeah, that it's more than just what you might assume you can do with it. There's more, yeah, a lot more.

SPEAKER_12 21:24

So that's it. Join us on Monday evening for that seven o'clock, Facebook and YouTube for the live launch of the amazing uh castle wallet by Simon Litkin, where you'll get a full expose of what the gimmick is and how it works as well. We are super excited for this. Now, I'm gonna tell you this straight, and it is the honest truth. When we bought the company, this was already in production, and Murphy's had already signed a deal with the 1914 to distribute. It which means we do not have a lot of units in stock. Now, when our units have gone, it is going to be at least six to eight weeks for more to arrive. Um, so I would say these are gonna sell out pretty quick, and I would say if you can join us for the live. Yeah. Um, so I'm gonna hand over to you for a moment, Wayne, to give us the weekly. I need to get a little jingle.

SPEAKER_13 22:39

Jingle, Wayne.

SPEAKER_12 22:40

Yeah, the Wayne Wayne's weekly rundown. Yeah, Wayne's weekly rundown. I'm gonna I'm gonna get a jingle made. Right, anyway, here you are. Over to you. Oh, there you go. Over to you. I thought I had one. I thought I had one there. No, you ain't.

SPEAKER_13 22:58

So um, yeah, there's not a lot of news this week. There's there's some good news and some sad news, uh, and some interesting news about yeah. Um the the we'll deal with the sad news first of all. Uh, some of you may know this gentleman, some of you may not. Um, but during the early, well, the 80s and the early 90s, uh, there was a magic shop in London called Replay Magic, uh, which was a a great little shop. They they they kind of I think they they started off as a book, just books, uh, and doing a lot of books and things like that. And in fact, um uh Duncan Trillo or Magic Week is personally that I knew about um this gentleman, Jeff Maltby, um because he used to talk about it quite a lot in in his magazine, Club 71. Uh, he used to go on a lot of cruises over to America. Yeah, uh, and he would come back with literally like six or seven suitcases full of magic books, because there was at that time there was no real weight limit on what passengers could bring on to cruise ships. Um so yeah, he could he should he could get like pick on extra suitcases and then just fill them in magic books and bring them back.

SPEAKER_12 24:06

The the other thing was as well, talking about that, he was the first one that I remember that used to do the magic cruises. So he yeah, yeah, yeah. He would hire out, or not hire out a cruise ship, but he would have a convention on a cruise ship. So, and repro, I think, were the only people that ever used to do that. So you used to go, it would be like being at a magic convention, you would go on a week-long cruise, go, I don't know where, the Mediterranean or whatever, and you would have lectures, you would have shows, and all this, and it was all run by Repro. And I think it was on the QE2.

SPEAKER_13 24:47

I think I do remember there being one on the Q today, you mentioned that actually. Yeah, it had a name for it.

SPEAKER_12 24:53

Yeah, I can't, I can't remember what it was, but I remember seeing it in in Repro. I mean, it was yeah, it it was uh too rich for my blood at the time, but it it was what a great idea. Um, if any of you watching this remember repro or remember the cruises or even went on one, drop us a message in the chat.

SPEAKER_06 25:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 25:17

Well, very sadly, Jeff Monkby, who who ran, and I'm really here now actually, it was from the early 70s up until the early to mid-90s, late 90s, uh, has suddenly passed away. Um, so yeah, full of his family. He was a lovely gentleman. Me and my mate Og used to get on the train from Epping, we'd drive down to Epping, and then we'd get on the train, we would go to uh we'd go to Davenport, so we'd go to International, get on a bus and travel for about half an hour to Repro. Um, and then we'd go to Repro Magic, which was just a house, and the front room was literally just floor to ceiling with tricks and books.

SPEAKER_12 25:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 25:53

But they always met us with a cup of tea, they were always very gracious and welcoming. Um, I remember once I got a trick for Christmas and it was going to be late. So, without question, Jeff sent through about £50 worth of books for me, which didn't know I got some Simon Lovell stuff, I got some uh uh loads and loads of Club 71 magazines always. Yeah, it was just great. It was just a great magic shop, and yeah, basically to hear that.

SPEAKER_02 26:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 26:18

Um let's have a look here. What else is going on? Uh so oh, I was gonna look at this bit here. Um, this week coming up, now this is a bit late notice because it's tomorrow, tomorrow night, and it's quite late in the night, but I don't know if you can record it. I don't have terrestrial TV, so I don't know how it really works. But at uh 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, so tomorrow night, Wednesday morning at 1.30am on BBC 4, there is a profile of um Harry Houdini featuring apparently some unseen and restored archive footage and interviews with illusionists and magicians who recall his impact on audiences. Oh wow. Um, so yeah, it's uh it's a rerun from 2000. Um, but apparently there's some updated bits in it, it's been about 50 minutes, and that's at half past one in the morning tomorrow night. And then on the 26th of April, which is I think Saturday, um uh sorry, Sunday. Sunday, yeah. Uh uh on Discovery Science at 10 pm and 11 pm, Houdini's Last Secret. Um, it's two times one hour shows. How did Harry Houdini pull off his death-defying escapes? Um, and they're gonna yeah, they're gonna look at the the difficulties of picking locks and um you know, normally as well as underwater and hanging upside down. And yeah, it's uh it looks to be a good show. So yeah, if you're interested in Phoudini, there's a couple of uh a couple of magic shows there for you there.

unknown 27:54

Cool.

SPEAKER_13 27:55

And that's it, that's all I've got for this week. Okie dokies.

SPEAKER_12 27:58

Well, thanks very much, Wayne. There we go. Look at that. The rope, the roving report today. So I will say as well, for those of you that don't know, um, there's a great weekly news website that's magic-based called magicweek.co.uk. Um, run by the amazing Duncan Trillo. Uh, it's been going for what, 20 odd years? Uh 25 years. Um, and each week it's updated with all the latest news, what's happening in the magic community, who's lecturing where, what conventions are going on, what's on tele, what shows are happening. It's a great resource. Um, so go check it out. I think it's updated every Saturday morning. Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 28:46

It's also got, which is very interesting, if you're looking, if you run a magic club and you're looking for a lecturer, there are a list of uh who's lecturing at the moment in this little side tab on the side. Yeah. So if you're looking for someone to come to your club, then um go over and have a little look and you can read a little write-up about who's on the circuit at the moment.

SPEAKER_12 29:05

Yeah, yeah, it's really good. So I'm just having a quick scan down here. So magic wall, how many from the US? I presume you're talking about how many wallets do we have in the US? I think Chris has 100 castle wallets, and that's all he's got. So I would I would not hang about.

SPEAKER_13 29:30

Um they will go very, very quickly.

SPEAKER_12 29:33

Yeah, I've got no doubt. Um, and talking about tricks that have gone very, very quickly. Um, I'm gonna play you this.

SPEAKER_02 29:46

And it is one colour, you're seven. Oh clubs, there you go.

SPEAKER_14 29:51

It's not even there. Now, whenever I do colour jigs, I'm sure when you're doing or you perform it, people say you're just doing slot of hand, right? That's always their immediate go-to. Now, to prove there is more play than slot of hand, I'm gonna put one hand in my pocket. That way it is impossible to do slots, right? You can't do it. So, when I run my thumb down the side, just say stop for me. Stop. Have a look at that colour. I'm gonna out-jog it just a touch. Come on, you can see the whole colour, yeah. You've got it?

SPEAKER_12 30:22

Okay, remember it. What was your name, Tommy? Florence. I'm gonna do the trick with one hand. The first part of the trick is I'm gonna make your card vanish from the deck. What was the name of your card? Five of cards. It's gone. Now the second part of the trick, which is harder, I'm gonna make it come back. Alright, I'll leave it gone. Five of hearts, right? Step forward. We have a look.

SPEAKER_02 30:52

Eight of a step forward.

SPEAKER_12 30:53

There is no five of heart. There's a five of diamonds, four of hearts, six of hearts, but there is no five of heart.

SPEAKER_14 31:04

Okay, what are you gonna place it back inside? Now, there's no way I can tamp with that then. I cannot do anything, okay? All I do is a little shake. Now, just by shaking the colours, if I spread them out of the table now, one thing should happen. What was the colour that you seven of clubs? Seven of clubs. Uh is it the seven of splendids? No. Definitely the clubs, yeah. Now, like I said, I didn't do any slumber of hand, but I did do something. Now, with this hand I'd done nothing. With this one, we somehow managed to sneak out one colour. And it is one colour. No, well, there you go.

SPEAKER_12 31:37

Do you remember I said I had one hand in my pocket? I also had one card in my pocket, and that happens to be your private part's high-fi five to you, fixing the right card, and that is one card in my pocket. Now, one card in my pocket, I believe, is our fastest selling trick ever. Fastest selling trick. It it's incredible how many that has sold both here, over Europe, the US. And in fact, at the moment, we cannot make them quick enough. It is it's incredible. Um, so if you're interested in one, go uh pre-order one because we've got more coming in soon. Um uh someone said, did Mark change the way he spells his name? Mark who? Oh, yeah, it might be. Yeah, there's a spelling mistake. Jamie made a spelling mistake. Um just can't work out which Nardy is prettier. In that trailer now, uh oh, in that trailer now, Peter has his beard. Ah so well, I had the beard in the trailer as well. So Nemid, that's from our our good friend Nemid Phoenix. Um, I'm not sure if Nemin's coming to the convention. I think he might be. But if you're coming to the convention, you see Nemid, um Nemid does like a hug.

SPEAKER_13 33:49

So make sure we want him to come, Pete. We should do that at the convention, not before.

SPEAKER_12 33:57

We will we will um make sure Nemed gets his uh his ample supply of hugs.

SPEAKER_13 34:07

I got two hugs off Nemed a couple of weeks ago because he came out to mine, had some food, left, got a hug, came back the next morning on the way back.

SPEAKER_12 34:15

I haven't seen him for ages.

SPEAKER_13 34:18

Well, he you've got to be quick because he's slimming down and he's doing a good job.

SPEAKER_12 34:23

Really good job. Amazing, he looks amazing. I saw him smile. Oh get lost. Don't know, Wayne. I'm not, I'm not having that. I'm not having that at all. He's a good we will not have lies on this podcast.

SPEAKER_13 34:43

Fake. He said he enjoyed my food and he smiled.

SPEAKER_12 34:48

Um, Anthony Povey said, when will Credit Crunch be released by Craig Petty? Um I think you're talking about charged up. Um officially, probably, where are we now? Uh so next month is May, June. Probably June, July. It will be out. Um, but if you're at the convention, we will have them there. Yes. Um uh there you go. I knew I was right.

SPEAKER_13 35:25

No, I did though, I did, and so did Sue. Because Sue was at mine that day, and she's as well. And Tracy. Yep. Um that's him.

SPEAKER_12 35:35

Right. So there's a lot of questions coming in about products. So let me cover some of these quickly. A few questions earlier on about the BitBook. Uh, the Bitbook release is pretty imminent. We're just waiting for the packaging. So I would say that's probably gonna be released towards the end of May. Um, so yeah, keep your eye out for that. If you've never had a Bitbook before but have heard about its legendary status, it's soon gonna be out again. Um here.

SPEAKER_13 36:12

Muffed in my bag.

SPEAKER_12 36:14

Uh I know someone said. Yeah, someone said, when will the Eclipse gaffes be available again? Um, the Eclipse GAF pack is probably once again uh end of no, that will be probably June, middle of June. They're gonna be back. Um there's a few of the 1914 things. We've had a lot of emails about um the pseudopsychometry routine of the 1914s, and if we're gonna be bringing that back, uh we are bringing it back and it's better. We're bringing it back and it's better, so stay tuned for that.

SPEAKER_13 36:58

Uh it's right, isn't it? That there's nothing we're taking off the market here with the 1914. Everything they've sold before is gonna be available.

SPEAKER_12 37:08

Uh well, no, there's a couple of things that aren't being re-released. Um there's Coffee Hero by M. Bailey. That's not coming back, or at least it's not in the uh near distant future, just because um it doesn't really fit with the 1914 um and and where the brand's going. But we've got some brilliant new releases in the pipeline. The next release after the castle wallet, I believe, will be um a Harry release, which once again sits nicely in your castle wallet, and you're ready to go with a beautiful intro effect. Really, really cool.

SPEAKER_13 37:57

Um I performed that in the shop uh when I was down a few weeks ago, and it's amazing.

SPEAKER_12 38:03

Yeah, it's great. It it's great. What it you know, you can get a couple of people involved, and it it uses their objects, it's absolutely brilliant. Um right, Providence Deck Nemid. I'm not sure if we're rerunning them, but we do have some in stock. So if you want my honest opinion, mate, I I would stock up on them because once the the amount we've got in stock, I'm not sure if they're gonna be rerun again. So um, yeah, have a look. Unless it's the two um Anthony. I uh I would hold off for um Palek two because it is coming. It is coming. Uh let's see. Um Mike uh Paudino said, is bottom dollar still coming soon? Um all I'm gonna say about that is make sure you join us on Monday. Oh. Because all right, I'm not gonna be cryptic. I'm gonna say what it is, right? Bottom dollar comes with two handmade gimmicks. Um, they're not very easy to to make and and get right, which means we don't get many. So we're we're trying to we've got more on order and we're trying to stock up on them. Now we have about 30 in stock, and that's it, and that's all there's gonna be for the next couple of months. Um we may be releasing those 30 on Monday with the castle wallet, but I can almost guarantee they and if we do release it on Monday with a castle wallet, it will only be released for that hour. And only while stock lasts. So we're not going to accept pre-orders, we're not gonna accept anything. I think there's about 30 units, and when those 30 units are gone, you will not be able to order it until it's official release, which I would say is at least two to three months away, if not more, because we need to have the gimmicks made. Um, so yeah, if if you're interested in a bottom dollar, once again, make sure you join us on Monday because it's only going to be available in the live. If you watch the live after we've gone live, you won't be able to pick it up. Um, and I can almost guarantee they'll be sold out during the live. So, yeah, if you're interested in one, please, please, please be sure to join us because otherwise I think you'll be disappointed. Um, oh, someone said in the uh one card in my pocket trailer trailer, I love the look Jenny gives Harry, the look of a very proud mum. It's lovely. Yeah, it is. I mean, we're both so proud of him. Um, you know, you wouldn't think that it was only a few years ago was his first black port. Yeah, you know, and he was scared scared behind the stand. Now he owns it. I mean, you know, Harry's fantastic behind the stand, really fantastic. Um, yeah. So I have got another trailer to play. Shall I play it? Yeah. Okay, let's take a look at this and then I'll talk a little bit more about it.

SPEAKER_07 42:24

As a matter of fact, this is gonna be my fourth time lecturing here, but this one is special. Not only is this my best lecture yet, but I'm also gonna be live in person in the Alkazam studio, and I brought the big guns with me. So here's a case of what you'll learn. I'll be sharing a brand new, really fun impromptu effect with Legos that you're going to love and use. I'll teach what has been hailed as one of the best impromptu card tricks of all time. I'll even share a brand new routine never before taught with my Snaps cards, and once you learn the incredible principle behind it, your mind will be racing with ways to apply this to other routines. Next, I'll share one of my unique approaches to the Carde number plot where get this free choice, and you never touch the cards. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. You're gonna learn a new method for out of this world, one of the cleanest matching effects you will ever see, and my take on the chair test that I haven't tipped before. I cannot wait to share all this with you, so come join me at May 12th live at the Alkazam Academy.

SPEAKER_12 43:38

So, so excited for that as well. David Jonathan is flying over, he's our international lecturer for the convention. Um, but while he's over here, we're filming some new products, uh David's, but he's also doing an academy. Now, if you are attending the convention or David. David's also lecturing at the Magic Circle on the Monday after the convention. But if you are uh going to his lecture or coming to the uh convention, the his academy is completely different material. So it's gonna be completely different. You can go and get your tickets for his academy now, um, and that's gonna be streamed live on whatever day that was. Tuesday the 12th. I think it may well be. It's a Tuesday after the convention, isn't it?

SPEAKER_13 44:35

Yeah. But it'll say on the web. Let me go have a quick look. I'll have a quick look on the website and just confirm that. Um, and while you're on the website, yeah.

SPEAKER_12 44:47

I've had a question in for Robert uh from Robert61. Do you know Robert? Um maybe. Um, he said, when can we expect the website to be uploaded with all our previous orders? Now it should be there. Your order should be there. So, Wayne, can you quickly check if we've got a Robert6? I presume that's his surname.

SPEAKER_13 45:15

Yeah, I yeah, I think it's uh I think it's um let me just go here, hold on.

SPEAKER_12 45:21

Now I would say we would if we would hasten a bet that you've probably got two accounts.

SPEAKER_13 45:28

Uh exactly what I'm about to say. So, Robert, um, if it's the right Robert here, so it's Robert S-I-X-X, yeah, lit alone, Texas, United States. So you've got two accounts. Uh the first account has got um nearly 200 orders in it, the second account only has three orders. Yeah. Um, what I'm gonna do, um, I'm gonna presume, well, you can tell us now on the chat. Um the um yeah, the global.net account. I won't read out the whole email address, obviously. Let me make sure they're all not similar. Yeah, so the global.net account, the one that ends global.net, um, is your main account. We can only do 200 orders of them if you want me to. And I oh, I can't because you've got unlimited.

SPEAKER_12 46:17

Um, but I think you could change the email. I know you can't because it's gonna ask you to merge them.

SPEAKER_13 46:22

It's gonna ask merge. Let me tell you what's in here. So uh I'm just gonna look what you've ordered in here because I might be able to just move them over.

SPEAKER_12 46:31

So while you're doing that, I will have a little chat. So uh Graham's asked uh when will the V Deck 2 be coming out? Uh V Deck 2, we were hoping, I mean, it's pretty much the V Deck. There's no V Deck 2, just when we're gonna re-release the V Deck. Um, probably or hopefully later on this year. Um, that's what we're hoping for. Um, we've also got some uh Rob Bromley signature effects coming out. The RB Coin Deck is coming back. Um, the amazing zapped by Rob Bromley is coming back. Um, so we're working on so many projects at the moment. Um, in fact, one that's got me extremely excited, well, they've all got me excited, but one that I'm really excited about, and I can't wait to get my hands on the prototypes because we've been designing them and they are beautiful, is a new parlor-ish effect based on Cludo, which is coming out um the final quarter of this year. Now, this thing we have gone all out with the props for this, like we do with everything, but this is really going to feel like a deluxe edition of the game. You get three people involved, and you have got a beautiful prediction. Now, what we're offering you with this set as well, what you get in here is the ability to customize that prediction. So I'm not sure what the permutations of what we've given you are, but you know, if you perform it and then perform it again at another gig, you'll have a completely different outcome if you want. Um it's such a great set, and the method behind it is really lovely, it's theatrical, and it's beautiful. It's called Clue, um, and it's going to be coming out the final quarter of this year. We're hoping to have them at Magic Live with the idea of releasing them probably November, December this year. Um, but it's good. I haven't shown you the props yet, have I? No. No. Um, I'm gonna send you this picture quickly.

SPEAKER_13 49:06

Okay.

SPEAKER_12 49:07

Hang on.

SPEAKER_13 49:08

Well while you're doing that, I'm just gonna quickly go back to Robert. So, Robert, I've just looked. Um, you've got four, you've got three orders in your other account, uh, but there's only four items in there. So if you log into that account, um, and if you if you're not sure what the email addresses are, etc., feel free to drop me an email on sales at alicasam.couk and I'll um I'll send you the the emails that I've got on file for you. Um then you can log into there, download them and keep them, get the get your invoices, etc. I can't merge the accounts together because you've got unlimited and it won't allow me to merge it. Um but yeah, we're we're yeah, that's that's the only thing we can do there. But if you log into the global net, now if you don't want the global net email anymore, let me know that as well. Because what I can do is um change the email on one to something else and it'll be gone, and then change your main one to the new email that you're using on the other one. But yeah, drop me a message and we can go through that, I can help you sort that out. But uh very, very quickly to anybody who's watching who might be getting the same thing. Um if you're in your account, sometimes glitches happen, etc. If your orders disappear, if your downloads disappear, whatever, they're not gone. Nothing is deleted and they are they're there forever. So even if you can't see them, they are there, they are safe, they are secure. Let us know. We can look into it, find out what the glitches, and get it sorted. Um, I will say as well that last was it last week we did the update? Yeah. So last week we did a massive update on the site. Um, now we have got literally thousands and thousands of customers on our website. So um it does take a little while for it all to transfigure and correct itself and get it all set sorted out. So if you are noticing small things like you log in, it's taking quite a while for your downloads to load up, it's completely normal. Um, and yeah, just bear with it and it will come up. So um, what's the thing? Oh, clearing the cache usually helps, doesn't it?

SPEAKER_12 51:12

Yeah, clear the cache um and refresh the page and and just get the the site nice and fresh and it should start working. Um, Robert, do me a favor, just uh send us an email or give us a call in the shop. Or if you don't want to call in the shop, if you're in America, I can't remember where Robert is. I think he is in America. Um if you want, I can give you a call after this and we can get this sorted out for you. Not a problem at all. Um, I've just sent you images, Wayne. This is for the weapon selection.

SPEAKER_13 51:46

Oh they is that what they're getting? They're getting what I'm seeing.

SPEAKER_12 51:55

Yeah. It's not a card. No, not for the selection. They will get the cards to show what the weapons are, but these are how they select them. That's amazing. They look phenomenal, they look amazing, absolutely amazing. Um, so David Jonathan is joining us. Hiya, David, and we also have it's like the Alakazan convention here. We've also got the legend that is Craig Petty.

SPEAKER_13 52:29

He says he's just got here. What I want to know is what's been more important for the last 52 minutes. Yeah, Craig wasn't here at the beginning. Yeah, Craig. We've been bigging up your uh your effect on here. I don't know if you saw that earlier on or you missed that, but charged up. It's a mate you've been getting.

SPEAKER_12 52:45

Actually, uh, I did send Craig a prototype sample of charged up. Let us know, Craig, if you got them.

SPEAKER_13 52:56

And have you filmed four hours worth of routines with it?

SPEAKER_12 52:59

They're they're already done. The routines are already done. Yeah, yeah, routine. Craig, don't mess about. I had the routines before Blackpool, I think. That oh really, yeah, yeah. The explanation was done, the um trailers done. It's all ready to go. We're just waiting for the uh the props to turn up now. So, yeah, that's all good. Craig, don't mess about. Um, he's uh Craig's in a train on the way to Glasgow with no signal. He's gigging there tonight. Nice. Well, have a good one, mate. Break a leg, and we can't wait to see you at the convention as well, you and the family. Um, yeah, it's it's gonna be great. And Craig did say that um I don't know you can correct me if I'm wrong, but you're gonna be performing charged up during your lecture, Craig. I think you mentioned.

SPEAKER_08 54:01

Which will be great.

SPEAKER_13 54:06

Yes. Well, I'm gonna be hosting all the lectures, so I'm very excited about watching them and seeing seeing it all white white up close.

SPEAKER_12 54:13

Yeah, you're the you're the um the host for the day.

SPEAKER_13 54:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_12 54:17

Are you wearing a tux or anything? I think we're gonna say I had it in my head though.

SPEAKER_13 54:22

I was trying to think of a gag I could do about a tux or something, but I knew you were gonna say that. Yeah, I might do. I might I might do I might do it like that, geezer. Who's that geezer, Troy? The he he stands outside shops and very polite and welcome people to the shop.

SPEAKER_12 54:37

Yeah, um a professional greeter. Uh no, yeah, it's it's not a greeter. He calls himself saying else, he's fantastic. Um so a few things just come in. Uh so Craig said he's filming for Alexam on Thursday and Friday of this week. So these are even more projects. So we have got, I can't even remember how many projects we've got to come out with Craig Petty this year, and also next year, it's gonna run into next year because we've got so many uh projects that we've been working with Craig on. Um, and he's filming even more this week, but yeah, you're gonna start seeing more Craig Petty goodness rolling out in the coming weeks and months. Um, Nemed Phoenix said love charged up, the bells and whistles version is great, plus, it isn't four days long. Yeah, it's true. I mean, it it's a it's a very simple effect. Now, I had the amazing Lee Ranson and the equally amazing Wayne Goodman in the shop a few weeks ago, and I performed it on both of them separately, and they were both Lee. I just saw you know when Lee gets fooled, he's got that look in his face. He tries to play cool, doesn't he, when he's watching stuff, and then but when you get him, he's like, You could yeah, you can just tell. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it was, and I think it fooled you for a bit. Oh well, no, it did completely 100%.

SPEAKER_13 56:16

Yeah, I was I was like, I think because of what the props are and the nature of the props, it caught me completely off guard, and I was like, that's amazing. I I genuinely can't wait for it.

SPEAKER_12 56:29

Yeah, yeah, it's great. I I can't wait to get them in. I can't wait till the convention so I can start demoing it. I I love it, and the thing is, you know, I dem it to people I know in the shop. Um, but obviously I'm not demming it to customers coming in because we haven't got them. But as soon as they turn up, they're gonna be on that shelf, and that's gonna be part of my regular dem set.

SPEAKER_13 56:55

Well, like you said, like I was thinking, it it fits perfectly in a wallet, it'll go in my castor wallet, and it'll be the extra cards in there. Yeah, you know, and when I go up to a table and I'm working, boom, I've got I've got two amazing tricks I can perform. Just that wallet.

SPEAKER_12 57:10

Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent. Uh oh, here we go. Uh, the tutorial I'm filming on Thursday is for my biggest download ever. A huge project on something everyone uses all the time. I I honestly can't wait. I I know what it is, but I'm not gonna say.

SPEAKER_13 57:44

Is that why Nemed's not working now? I'm watching this, because he's racing himself for that job of filming and editing that.

SPEAKER_12 57:50

Yeah, yeah. That's probably why why Nemed's lost so much weight. He's been going out with Craig filming, and he just hasn't had time to eat. He's literally just sitting there filming and editing. I mean, you know, you've got to give it to Craig. I've said it a hundred times, right? One, when it comes to creating material, there's no one like Craig. But when it comes to giving you value for money with what you're purchasing, you know, you can't top Craig Petty. I Craig seems to be able to look at something. I I get when I look at something, I'm quite not narrow-minded, but tunnel visioned.

SPEAKER_13 58:50

You know, I I'll look at something you see the hero routine, and that's it.

SPEAKER_12 58:55

Yeah, I see the hero, I might see a couple of other things going about it. If it's something I'm creating, if it's something you're creating and you show me, I'll see possibilities because I've never I I haven't created that routine myself, so my mind will go elsewhere. Whereas Craig will literally sit there, come up with an idea for a routine, but then also have 15 other ideas for that routine. I think the only trick I know of that Craig hasn't done that for is charged up because it does what it does. Yeah, that's it. You you can, I mean, he he has got it, he's got a couple of presentations. So you've got a couple of presentations, but there's only really one routine because that's what it is. Um, but anywhere go on.

SPEAKER_13 59:52

Well, because then when you say value for money, it really is because you could release, let's look at say one of Craig's effects, and you go right, boom. There's let's say let's look at the nightshake. So you go right, there's a nightshade set, and here's five routines with it, and then but if you want to pay an extra 50 quid or an extra 30 quid, we'll send you another 10 routines and then another 10 on another package, and so it could be structured like that, but you don't you get it all in one, yeah, you get it all in one, and and it's just and on everything, so it's not just on like a nice coin set, but on you know, gossip or on uh all the tricks he puts out all come with so many different routines and presentations. If you go, do you know what I don't like that routine, it doesn't matter because there will be one on there that you will like.

SPEAKER_12 1:00:37

And and the thing is, I I've I know how Craig works. I've worked with Craig a lot, and I I tell you what, he will, when he's down here at HQ, we all know he's a work horse. He's a workhorse anyway, right? Craig doesn't stop. But before we start filming, Craig says to me, Can I go next door to the studio? Yeah, fine. He sits here in the studio, I'll pop in. I I tend to leave him alone because this is his thinking time before we start filming. But I tell you what he's thinking about. He comes in with 50 routines that he's created, and then he will start going through them and analysing whether he thinks they're strong enough to be on the project. So when you see a trick with 30 routines, that's not Craig going, I've only created 30 routines, that's Craig getting it down from 50 routes. It honestly blows my mind, it really blows my mind how that guy works. I I can't I wish I had a tenth of his creative ability. I really do. And when you look at something like the Mirage coin set, the Nightshade coin set, the honest truth is you only have to buy one of those coin sets, and you've got enough coin magic to last you the rest of your life as a performer. You've got enough routines in either one of those coin sets to last you the rest of your life. You you don't need any more, but we all buy more because we want to change things up, but there is enough there to last you forever.

SPEAKER_13 1:02:49

I I would say the elite coin range is is a is one of the best investments in in magic in your future and in your career, but as a magician, you know, you get so many routines with it, but it's also one of the one of the questions I get asked quite a lot on the emails is oh, what would you recommend from coins? And I always say, like, and they go, Oh, I'm a beginner, I should say. And I say it doesn't matter, you you you take either one of those sets, especially those two sites. Um, you take either one and you start off with the beginners, and then before you know it, you've mastered them, you're now moving on to the intermediates. And it's like a um, what's the name? It's like a it's like a a masterclass in in coin magic. So you start off as a beginner, by the time you've worked your way through all the routines, and it might take you however long it takes you to do that, but by the time you get to the end, you're now doing expert card uh coin magic at an expert level, and so it kind of it stays with you all the way through your journey. Um, and obviously, some people will pick it up quicker than others, some people take the time with it. But if you work your way through it, you'll find yourself going, Oh, now I can do this, and now I've never been able to do that before, but now I can because it's taught on the DB on the download, yeah. And it takes you from being a beginner, it's zero to hero, isn't it? It takes you the complete course, and both of those do that. You could start off as a complete look at you. I mean, you didn't do any coin magic. I then the first time coins across and confusing coins, and confusing coins, and I remember coming to the shop, and I think it was like a week after you'd got the samples, and I think Craig had filmed some of it, or you'd sing some of it, and you did the um it was the mirror, you did the um universal international reverse matrix, yeah, and it looked like you'd been studying that for years, yeah. It looked like you'd you'd yeah.

SPEAKER_12 1:04:39

I honestly I yeah, I I love those coin sets. I I really love those. So the Mirage is my go-to coin set. Um, there's a few routines I do on the nightshade as well, but a lot of people prefer the nightshade over the Mirage. It just depends what routines float your boat, really. There's fantastic routines on all of them, and like I said, I've said this a hundred times. I would have paid the price of that set purely for the international reverse matrix. When I first saw Craig do that, it blew my mind. And um the the other thing, I I don't want this to end up, we're we're actually running over time, so we're gonna wrap this up. But the other thing I want to say about Craig is not only is he a great creator, a great magician, but more importantly, for product releases, he's a phenomenal teacher. And I was speaking to a customer yesterday, and he was discussing lectures who had seen in the past, and this, that, and the other. And he said, Do you know what surprises me, Peter? He says, There are people. Out there that lecture that do not know how to teach. You know, it doesn't mean they're not a good magician, but he says, like, the importance of being able to teach, you know, it is valid. Teaching and performing are two different things. And Craig is a very, very good teacher. I find him very easy to learn from. Um, he covers everything and he'll go through everything. And and I've always said to everyone that comes to Alexam that's gonna um teach a product that they're releasing. I always say you've got to expect that the person watching this knows nothing. They're new to magic. I want everything covered. Because we know that realistically in our head, we go, okay, so we're gonna do this trick. First, you're gonna do an Elmsley count, then a Jordan, then an Elmsley. There's your trick. Thank you very much. We'll see you on the next product. But you can't do that. For some of us, we'll go, all right, Elmsley, Jordan, Elmsley, oh yeah, I've got it. Yeah, done. But for most people, they don't know all of this, and you've got to be able to break it down for them. Um, and that's another place where Craig really sort of excels as well. So um, that brings us pretty much to the end of the Craig Petty appreciation podcast. Right, show us show us how much you got left in that jug. I've got none, it's gone. They've taken it away. They've taken it away. You have not drunk that whole jug. Have you really drunk that whole jug? Yeah, they took it away.

SPEAKER_13 1:07:49

The lady came took it away. Look, I'll turn the uh turn the camera, man. There's nothing on the table, it's empty.

SPEAKER_12 1:07:54

Right, so answer me two questions. Go on then. What time is Tracy coming to pick you up? Five o'clock. In that two hours, are you gonna have another jug?

SPEAKER_10 1:08:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 1:08:05

Uh no, no, I'm not. I'm I've got to go, I've got some orders of my own that I've got to send out, uh, and then I'm gonna do some writing. Um I've started mapping out my next book, which I'm not gonna talk about just yet because I'm not ready yet, but I'm starting to map it out. And um, yeah, what did I can I do? Can I do a massive shameless plug? Of course. Let me bring you up full screen. Oh, don't do that. I don't need to see that. Um, so last week uh I released my new trick, uh Wholehearted, um, which is available on oh, it's that way around. Uh and that now about that way round. That way, yeah. Uh whole hearted, trying to get the sun out of it. Um, this is um one of my go-to tricks when I'm performing at weddings, etc. It's a fantastic routine. Uh, it's got three phases inside it, so builds and boots as builds. Uh, and you can check out a live performance on my website, wpmagicshop.com.

SPEAKER_12 1:08:57

And I will say as well, one, it's a great routine, but two, each one of these you make by hand.

SPEAKER_13 1:09:06

By hand. It takes about half an hour to make each deck. Um, and um, yeah, it's it's uh uh yeah, but it's a it's a labor of love.

SPEAKER_12 1:09:16

So but because of that, they are restrictive, yeah. Yeah, so you literally make up ten, and then in a few weeks' time you make up another 10.

SPEAKER_13 1:09:28

So I've got two left on the site. This is not a sales pitch either. I've got two left on the site at the moment. As I make more, I will add them on there. I have copied Anakazam a little tiny little bit here, and on my website now I've got a notify me button. I don't know if so, because of this trick mainly, because I'm making them up in small batches and putting them on, you can go on there and type in um uh type in your email address and it will notify you as soon as I add more stock. Um, and they're they're available at the moment in red blue decks are coming, hopefully next week. Uh so blue will be available as well. Um, and it's a fantastic, I love the routine. Um, so yeah, check it out and uh um yeah, hope go and buy one. I'm starting a new uh promotion on my website as well. It's called Help, I've got a wedding to pay for. Um so yeah, so um, yeah, yeah, please, please, please help. I've got a wedding to pay for. Um and by the time that's done, I'm pretty sure Charlie's gonna be lining her eyes up, going, Oh, I quite fancy this lark, and I'll be able to pay for her wedding as a bit. I hope not too soon, but um, yeah. So yeah, yeah, wholehearted on the website.

SPEAKER_12 1:10:39

Brilliant. So, guys, um go over and if you're lucky enough to grab one, grab one. Otherwise, fill in that notify me box because um, yeah, you'll want to be notified as soon as they're out. Because, like I said, he cannot make that many, unfortunately. When you see what it is as well, you'll you'll see what it is on the trailer. Um, but when you you see what it is, you'll realise why they take so long to make. There's so I must admit, Wayne, there's certain tricks. But if you come to me and went, Peter, do you want to release this? I would have looked at him and went, You're having a laughing. You're having a laugh.

SPEAKER_13 1:11:21

Well, I I hurt my back over the weekend. It's definitely at the moment, but the last few days I've been really, really bad with it, and I've I had shows as well. I did alright, but my back was really, really hurting, and um I I was stuck at Tracy's. I had a heat pad on my back. I just sat there feeling sorry for myself once I finished work and just uh made up three more deaths just to take my mind off it.

SPEAKER_12 1:11:45

Yeah, well, that's that's the thing, innit? Right, guys, that brings us to the end of this live podcasty thing. Um, but before I go, I'm gonna play this and then we'll come back and say our goodbyes.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:59

Perfect. And it is one car.

SPEAKER_09 1:12:02

No, well, hi, I'm Simon Litkin, and this is the castle one.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:13

How have you done it?

SPEAKER_05 1:12:21

All right. We did it again. Your bamboo's orders.

SPEAKER_11 1:12:29

There have been some incredible magic wallets released over the years, and let's be honest, we've all got a problem that we're obsessed with them.

SPEAKER_10 1:12:38

Let's feed the obsession because this is the castle war.

SPEAKER_12 1:12:54

So guys, that's happening on Monday at 7 pm BST on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Do not miss it, do not be late. We've only got a limited number, and we've got a very small number of bottom dollar we're gonna be releasing, but only for the hour we're live, and I wouldn't be surprised if we sell out of what we got within 15 minutes. So be sure to join us, or you may miss out. So, Wayne, thank you so much for being my co-host again. I will say, I think there's a possibility the live podcast won't happen next week because we are in the cinema um the convention uh venue next Tuesday morning testing out camera equipment and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_13 1:13:46

Hopefully, but I said I wasn't I wasn't gonna be around next week either. So um, yeah, but if if it doesn't happen, we will be back the week after. Um so yeah, well, whenever next week or the week, well, we'll hope to see you Monday night for the for the live launch, and then uh we'll see you on the next Tuesday.

SPEAKER_12 1:14:03

Yes, whenever next week or the week after. And if you're not coming to the convention, I have set Jamie the task on filming a full length, not a full length, it's not gonna last all day, but a special video for our YouTube so you can get a feel of what the day was like, maybe some interviews with the acts that were there and and stuff like that. So if you haven't already subscribed to our YouTube channel, make sure you do. Right, Wayne. Thank you so much for joining me, mate. And later, and see you later on. Yeah, we'll see you later, guys. Okay, can I get another guys? Thank you so much for joining us. We will see you on the next Alakazam live podcast. See you then. Bye for now.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:57

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