If you want some new ideas presented in an excellent format, this is the illusion book for you! Full color throughout with excellent photographs and storyboards, Tim Clothier’s book is sure to please. It includes a chapter on building mock-ups, numerous scale drawings and 3-D views, exploded illusions drawings, and extremely detailed plans for the construction of the following illusions: STEAM--The appearance of the Magician from steam coming from a network of pipes. R/C CAR VANISH--A radio controlled car vanishes from its box and reappears on the far side of the stage. COMPACT DECEPTION--The Magician turns a CD player into his assistant. HEADZ UP--The assistant is cut into three pieces then the box opened to show the legs, torso and head all separated. ALIEN ABDUCTION--An AREA51 routine in which an Alien vanishes and reappears in the Magician's place. Each illusion design features detailed scale plans of the entire structure of the prop. All parts of the illusion are shown and described, including information on how to build them; materials to use and recommended finishes. An excellent book for the aspiring builder of new illusion ideas. 156 Pages.