This is a neat effect that I found among some dealer close-out inventory, but when I got it, there were no instructions – (pretty sure it is made in China, and like so many magic tricks from China, they never have any instructions with the props). So I wrote up my handling, including some of my patter (which you might find suitable for your own character and audiences).
I also replaced the cheap teeny tiny plastic "pins" that came with it -- buy this here, and you will get real pins with easy to hold round heads. The other props are nicely made, including the voodoo doll, which is covered with a dry-erase material, so you and spectators can have fun drawing faces on the little guy!
Pick out a particularly sadistic spectator, and show her a black envelope that predicts a gruesome fate of one of her least favorite people. Put the envelope down, and introduce the voodoo doll. (He is about 3.5 inches tall, and kinda cute, which lay audiences find kinda funny) Also give your sadistic spectator five pins, asking that she stick any number of the pins into any of the five holes on the voodoo doll. "No, the crotch is not one of the allowed targets!" She decided, (let's say, for example) to stick the doll with just two pins. (She has a free choice -- she can stick any number from one to five). She sticks the pins into his hands. (She could of course stick the pins in any of the holes, in his hands, feet, or chest). When she is done, you open the envelope and extract a single card -- only one card in the envelope. The card is turned over to show a drawing of the voodoo doll, with red "X's on his hands. (Or wherever she chose to stick pins.)
Remember, she can choose any number of pins and put them anywhere she wants. The combinations are endless -- actually there are 125 possible combinations (I think), but even that leaves a lot of room for the prediction to fail. It never does.
You get the cute little voodoo doll, the black prediction envelope, prediction card, red marker, upgraded pins and exclusive TMGS routine and instructions.
Brand new and unused.
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