Trick Review: Sponge Eyeballs by Alan Wong and Steve Marshall

It's a brilliant idea. Create a set of sponge balls that look like eyeballs and the possibilities are seemingly endless. While the sponge eyeballs look great, I'm not sure how durable they'll be under constant use.

And while the eyeballs come with a full comedy presentation, the routine is almost painful to read, but I'm willing to concede that it may play better when it's performed.

The Eyes Have It

The package comes with a set of four hand-painted sponge eyeballs and an adequate five page instruction booklet. The sponge balls are spherical (1.5 inches in diameter) and painted to resemble blue, bloodshot eyeballs. If you're accustomed to working with "super soft" sponge balls, you will find that these balls don't compress as well, but they're certainly workable.

Technically, the given routine is a generic sponge ball set. Presentation wise, the provided patter is a comic one that's filled with awful eye-related puns.

I'm no bard when it comes to my magic and I tell a good number of bad jokes and puns in my strolling presentations, but I found the comic routine here to be downright painful. I can't see myself performing this material.

Hand Quicker Than Eye?

Last, I'm not sure how long these sponge eyeballs will last with constant use. I replace sponge balls monthly after they've been washed weekly and become rather tattered in appearance. At $24.95, I wouldn't want to replace sponge eyeballs very often.

-Wayne N. Kawamoto

MSRP: (US) $24.95

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