The White Box - Eric Samuelson - Travis Estate

Important: This is an Estate only ONE of this item available at this price. Item Condition Very Good. The Instructions provide extensive ideas for routines way beyond just the simple operation of the product. Since they are extensive we are making them available to you Post Purchase. To access them go to your order confirmation e-mail and you will see a place where you can download the PDF Instructional. No Additional Discounts Apply including coupons.

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It's back, after a more than almost a 10 - year hiatus of the original version : The White Box is a mechanical switching / forcing box that's 100% foolproof! It was brought back by demand and relentless requests.

What Is The White Box?

The White Box is an OM (Otis Manning) style switching (billet) box that allows you to switch audience billets for prepared billets. As a result, you can force one or multiple pieces of information. The physical design is based upon an actual entry/ballot box, making it seem quite common. But the box hides a powerful secret, making it one of the most deceptive, easiest to use, and reliable methods for a performer to deduce information that appears to have been provided by the audience.

Yes, there are a few switching/forcing devices available in our community, some of which are less costly. However, The White Box has been designed with several important distinctions:

Most importantly, The White Box is securely locked. This feature provides two important benefits, First, it allows you to leave the box, alone, with an audience for extended periods of time (prior to a show, during an intermission, etc.), without fear of investigation and/or tampering. The padlock adds a secondary benefit - the perception that the box is completely secure, eliminating any possibility that the performer can somehow access its contents.

As demonstrated by the number of performers who continue to use their original White Box more than a decade later, the box is designed to last! Each White Box is individually fabricated (by hand) in acrylic, using precise laser-cut parts and industrial-strength bonding. So, as long as you don't forget it on your car roof and drive off (been there. done that!), this should last a lifetime!

The White Box is small enough to travel (9" tall x 8" wide/deep), and will fit easily into the overhead bin of most commercial aircraft. And it's the perfect size for both intimate (smaller group) performance settings, as well as much larger venues where well over 100 billets can easily be accommodated (maximum billet capacity is a function of billet size and paper weight).

So, what's changed since the original release? Very little - which should give you an idea of just how functional and reliable a device this has been! We have modified the construction, slightly, allowing for fewer seams and a more streamlined look. And your White Box now comes with a soft-sided carrying case. Otherwise, it's the same workhorse as the original!

A detailed and updated manual is included with your kit. The PDF includes handling instructions as well as several routines, subtleties and thought-starters. One of the new additions is an updated response to a commonly asked question: "Can I perform a Q&A with The White Box?" Yes, you can! And we'll offer a few different and new ideas on how to accomplish this!

Here's what some pros have to say about The White Box:

“Classic Eric brilliance. This prop looks utterly innocent whilst executing its ingenious purpose with perfection. There are things I love and things I will actually use. This is both. Thank you for updating this concept so it doesn’t feel out of place with real audiences.” - Colin McLeod

"...This has been used in every single one of my public theatre shows for circa fifteen years now, and I’ll be first in line to buy this one too." - David Meade

"I used the white box as my go to switching device on my Brainhacker tour and can’t recommend it highly enough." - Keith Barry

Special Thanks for Eric Samuels for being a class act and a friend to Travis Winkler the previous owner that passed, in providing us with instructions and his full-fledges support. I love the art of magic for many reasons but it really shines brightest in these examples of support for our own - Thanks Eric.