Shin Lim Live Lecture

Scott

This was a fun lecture to watch. I am a fan of Shin and love what he is doing in magic. He’s also very inspiring because he accomplished so much in a short period of time. The lecture covers a lot in regards to making gaff cards. It’s cool to seen behind the scenes on how some of this stuff works. I don’t think would personally use any of it. I enjoyed the sleight of hand card tricks like the 4x4 color change and Shin Splint 2.0. Fun lecture to watch and to see him perform.

Troy

It was awsome

Jake

Janner

I absolutely LOVED it! Totally worth the price. Honestly , the money pales in comparison to what you receive. Shin also shows you a bit about how his 52 shades of Red work. My cousin and I watched it together and we both were shocked at how much he revealed.

Rafael

More than just for the effect itself (going through 52 shades of red is always fun) but this lecture was brilliant for all of the inside tips that you often don’t hear about. Plus, all the other tricks that are taught truly make this a steal.

Joel

With all his appearances on AGT and other nationally televised show appearances. Shin Lim is probably responsible for turning thousands on to magic. His At The Table is great

Joseph

This is an absolutely brilliant lecture. I learnt a lot and highly recommend it.
He starts off by going into a detailed explanation of 52 shades of red. Even though I already owned this, I still learned from this. Just a warning: you won't be able to do the whole routine just from this lecture. He teaches and shows the main parts, but not everything.
Next up he shows a cool tiktak gimmick. This is a cool gimmick that has a lot of possibilities.
Shins twisting the aces routine shinsplint is probably my favourite part of the lecture. It is very difficult, but it is extremely visual.
Shin also teaches a nice control and some things related to the snap change.
Lastly, he performs the dream act and teaches the mercury fold.
This lecture is brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Daphnis

Very useful and informative. Lots of things were taught including Shin Splint, 4x4 change and a twist of snap change. The contents taught in here are worth more than they're sold.

Kyle

I'm terrible with cards, but I bought this because I love Shim's acts, and was interested in seeing him perform and hearing about how he sets his acts to music. From that perspective, I loved this. He performed "52 shades of red" and then explained most of it. He went through the entire process of making a flap card, which is very cool and anyone can use them. He talked about black art, gave tips, explained vanishes, etc. I thought it was great.

If you've seen Shim before, it's no surprise that his tricks are VERY hard to do. If you're expecting to learn all his moves, be prepared to practice a lot. He does teach one card control (based off a color change) that even I can do. The "tic-tac" gimmick is great, and again, anyone can make it and use it (the folded card inside the box turns into their card when you dump it out). If you like mercury folds, he shows a method you can use right in front of someone. He also performs an early version of "The Dream Act," but doesn't explain it.

Pablo

Great to watch to learn how Shin thinks about his routines and how he constructs them. He gives a few tutorials but the majority is him explaining how he constructs his material for his routines. Still good if you're looking to expand your magic knowledge.

Pasindu

Chris

Good lecture for the price. Good information if you haven't seen Shim magnets, flap cards, etc.

Lewis

Nice lecture

Michael

First off, Shin is an excellent, creative magician, as everyone knows. On this video, he reveals a lot of his magic, explains/demonstrates how to build the gaffs/props, and answers questions from the audience. His manner is friendly, relaxed, and humble.

So why am I giving this only 3 stars?
I may be wrong, but I’d guess few, if any, attendees at the session, not to mention purchasers of this video, will spend the many hours needed to make the gaffs and practice with them. Thus, it seems like Shin is just tipping his whole act. All in all, I'm happy I bought this, but I'm not sure why he's offering it so inexpensively.

Ryan

I do not believe it is possible to watch a lecture and not get some points or effects that make it well worth the low price, however usually these lectures go SO FAR above and beyond expectations and this one just didn't. Not a bad lecture by any means, just not a great one.

He does a twisting the Aces that is HYPER visual and looks just fantastic, but be warned it is also extremely knacky.

He also shows you a 4x4 Change which if you are on Instagram you have probably seen. Looks really good and is not that hard with just a little bit of practice and getting a feel for it.

He also goes over some magnets that he sells, which have alot of neat applications, and how to make Flap Cards too.

They're were many other aspects which he just never really got around to teaching, or flew through long explanations and then didn't want to "re-go over" the material.

They're were plenty of times in the lecture when he was just showing off, and i do NOT mean that in a bad way! He is amazingly skilled (you have no idea until you see his 6 card snap change and reverse snap changes XD), and it is extremely fun to watch some of this stuff especially because it is inspiring to see just what mastery of our art can look like. But at the end of the day he still spent maybe 40 minutes just showing weird knacky flourishes and joking around, not a bad thing just not exactly what i payed to watch ya know? Hope that makes sense.
(especially dissapointed he didnt even provide references for some of the stuff because i would really love to master the "blow twirl flourish thingie" but i dont even know where to find it!)

Overall enjoyable! And in theory the lecture has a lot of awesome stuff, but practically speaking i dont think you will get to much you can use.