The Baffling Blocks by Alan Wong and Ashton Carter - Trick

Let your audience handle three small metal blocks, then watch their confidence turn to astonishment: the top block weighs more than all three together. The Baffling Blocks by Alan Wong and Ashton Carter gives you a strange, memorable moment for close-up performances and beyond.

• Audience participation: A participant picks up the blocks and experiences the impossible weight comparison firsthand.
• Three die-cast metal blocks: The compact set gives you a tangible object to bring into your performance.
• Ten routines and five variations: Ashton Carter’s instructional PDF e-book offers approaches for comedy, mentalism, hypnosis, bizarre magic, séances, and more.
• Performance guidance: The e-book includes a street-show script, advice for adapting the effect to different audiences, the effect’s history, and an essay on the science behind it.

Ashton Carter has performed the effect for over eight years, and his guide shares routines shaped by real audiences. Explore different presentations and make the blocks a surprising feature of your next close-up set or street performance.