{"product_id":"fuel-by-lloyd-barnes-and-craig-petty-1","title":"Fuel by Lloyd Barnes and Craig Petty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor years, magicians have explored the idea of transforming an ordinary object into a playing card. And for every version, spectators around the world lost their collective minds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's a plot that just works. Take something familiar, make it become something impossible, and watch the moment work its magic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo Craig Petty and Lloyd Barnes started asking themselves a simple question:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do we take this idea even further?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe answer was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFUEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImagine having a card selected and signed. The card is lost back into the deck, as you place a lighter you've been using the entire show into their hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe card vanishes from the deck... as you say...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Would it be amazing if your card appeared UNDER the lighter in your hands...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Would it be amazing if your card appeared INSIDE the lighter?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Would it be amazing if your card BECAME the lighter?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's a statement that makes absolutely no sense. They SAW the lighter go into their hand, and they STILL FEEL it sitting there! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when they open their hands, the lighter is gone. The piece of rigid plastic, flint, and lighter fluid has become a piece of wobbly card paper, with a lighter print on one side, and their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003esignature on the other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFUEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe get it. We were completely skeptical at first too. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow does a spectator not feel the difference between a lighter and a piece of paper?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch the trailer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt includes every single performance we filmed of Fuel because every reaction was insane! Not a single one hit the cutting room floor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally walked into that filming session questioning Craig and Lloyd's sanity, but I walked out a true believer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd this part is even crazier to me... Craig didn't even use a real lighter for most of those performances! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo real lighter to have to manage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo awkward switch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo need to light anything beforehand to convince them that it's real. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo be fair, he does teach you how to switch a lighter in and out of play in the tutorial, but you'll see from the trailer performances that it simply isn't necessary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what do you actually get with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFUEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou receive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e40 fuel gimmicks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 20 big lighter gimmicks, and 20 mini lighter gimmicks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd each gimmick is designed to accomplish to different versions of the effect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe big lighter is built for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003evisual change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. You hold the lighter in your hands and, they stare right at the lighter in your hand until the moment you decide to unfold it to reveal their signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mini lighter is built for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ein the hands version\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It goes into the spectator's hands, where they're convinced that they are holding a lighter, until they open their hands to discover it is their signed playing card.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo completely different experiences built around the same beautifully simple idea:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lighter becomes their signed card...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCraig Petty and Lloyd Barnes took a plot that already gets incredible reactions and found a way to make the final moment even more fire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour spectator's see a lighter, and they are convinced that they are holding nothing more than a lighter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil they open their hands and discover the impossible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is FUEL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murphy's Magic Supplies, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49036106825960,"sku":null,"price":130.48,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0474\/0245\/1096\/files\/79648-full_png.jpg?v=1788793083","url":"https:\/\/www.brownbearmagic.shop\/en-it\/products\/fuel-by-lloyd-barnes-and-craig-petty-1","provider":"Brown Bear Magic Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}