Spider Web Monte — Ian Adair — fun version of the four card monte TMGS

***** Well, THE MAGIC GADGET SITE wants to THANK all our customers who have suppported TMGS for over 10 years!! And if you are new to TMGS, you can learn more about any of our items and our fast, friendly service by visiting THE MAGIC GADGET SITE eBay store. Share the magic! ****** A fun way to present the classic monte (“find the lady”) routine for kids, because in this case the Lady is a cute cartoon spider. You show seven cards — six of the cards depict empty spider webs, and the seventh card is a picture of Monty the Hide-and-Seek Spider. Because trying to find Monty among six web cards would be far to difficult, even for an experienced arachnologist, you place one of the web cards facedown on the table. Monty is turned facedown, and inserted (still facedown) into the five remaining (faceup) web cards. Since this is too obvious where Monty is hiding, two of the web cards are also turned facedown, and the six card packet is mixed. The kids guess which of the facedown cards is Monty. With each guess, one of the facedown cards is turned faceup. But in the end, none of the cards in the packet is Monty. Yes, the card placed on the table is turned over, and it shows Monty happily sitting in his web. The card stock used is a bit thicker than regular playing cards, which makes the trick more durable — a good thing considering the possibility of children’s grabbing hands as they want to see the cards. (Note: although the cards are not all examinable, most of the cards can be looked at by a spectator — similar to the way the classic Linking Rings are examined. But examination of the cards is not really necessary, as the handling is very open and clean.) The thickness of the cards doesn’t keep them from being subjected to any of the standard packet trick sleights that you might want to apply — but it does mean you will have to practice to get used to a slightly different feel than when working with standard playing cards. (Only one simple sleight is involved in the routine, but you may want to create your own variations with this charismatic set of cards.) Brand new and unused, with instructions. +++++++++++ ***** Yes, we will combine multiple eBay wins into a single shipment to help lower the overall shipping costs. We hold eBay wins for up to ten days if you are still bidding on other TMGS eBay auctions. For multiple item shipments, you pay the highest quoted shipping cost, plus half the quoted shipping for each additional eBay item. You can also combine eBay wins with purchases from THE MAGIC GADGET SITE eBay store to leverage postage costs. Postage for your entire shipment will be quoted when all items are combined. packed and weighed. Rest assured, we at TMGS dislike high postage rates as much as you do, so we will work to keep them as low as possible. ******** (Note: apologies to International bidders, but the US Postal service has raised rates on January 27th this year, particularly for International shipments. Our shipping charges have been adjusted to reflect this. We are still committed to keeping shipping costs as low as possible, and will always combine multiple ebay wins into a single shipment to save you postage costs!)