It is difficult to find things to write about on a monthly basis since I am not sent products to review. Either I have to write about something that I actually own or something I know someone has. In addition to finding a topic, I also try to review something current. However this time I’m going to review something that was only available for a short period of time, became unavailable, reappeared and then disappeared in a flash once again. If you are ever able to find it on the web definitely pick it up.

What I’m talking about is Slo Motion by Joe Litvinchuk. Slo Motion is a device that will allow you to take a candy like a Life Saver, place it on a wooden coffee stirrer and make it spin in either direction. The magic can be either under your control or under your spectator’s control. What you get is a specially made thumb tip embedded with a small vibrating unit. The gimmick is the size of a thumbnail and is totally under your control. You take an ordinary individually wrapped Life Saver and have the spectator remove it from its wrapper and place it on the stirrer. You hold each end of the stirrer with the thumb and forefinger of each hand. When the time is appropriate the Life Saver starts to spin. Its direction can be reversed by changing the angle of the stirrer by rotating slightly front or back.

The unit is virtually silent and the handling permits you to cover up the dirty thumb naturally. The reactions are remarkable. What’s more, they can eat the candy eliminating the thinking that it is something special. If you wanted to get more mileage out carrying the thumb tip, use it first to produce a silk streamer or something like that. I would not recommend salt or sugar for obvious reasons. After the silk production, you can then go into the rotating candy effect. Do you want a triple play, then follow up with another Life Saver effect. That’s a lot of magic from a couple of small objects.

I’ve performed Slo Motion numerous times and it always got a great reaction. I would recommend getting a small bag of mints and carrying that around so they can dip into the bag and pull out any mint which would eliminate any suspicion of a special candy. I always find it funny afterwards that they inspect the candy and the stirrer like they were forensic scientists. As they are doing that I nonchalantly slip the thumb tip into my pocket and wait with a smile on my face.