{"title":"Exclusive Drops","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"smcl-jy67","title":"Index Finger (SMCL - JY67)","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe ONE secret that got us over 45 million views across social media platforms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow you can too! \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt started as a casual conversation in our SansMinds Creative Lab. Boys were talking about how the thumbtip is still one of the most versatile tools in magic. Unfortunately, like many classic magic tools, it’s fading away because people are coming from 360 with their phones and shooting in FULL HD. 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The kind where one idea turns into late-night tests, new experiments, new materials trials, and arguments over millimetres.  The whole covid after, we did it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA finger tip that allows CLOSE UP magic to be truly performed UP CLOSE. Not only you not tell with the sharpest eyes, but the camera can’t spot the difference. For the first time, a blunt magic tool that beats modern technology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHOWEVER, it’s an experimental item that can’t be put into mass production. So we only produced for our own members and a couple of magic celebrity friends. It became one of the best-kept secrets over the past 6 years in magic, simply because when other magicians saw it, they thought they were fooled by another revolutionary magic principle. Little did they know they were looking for everything they already knew about with a fingertip inches away from their eyes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach unit is produced by a Hollywood-level special effects artist,  to hand-sculpts, adjusts, and hand-paints each piece one at a time. From start to finish, it takes about 3 hours to craft a unit. This is not something a factory could ever replicate. And that is the entire point. The tool itself is an art piece that belongs to an artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerforming close up or on camera, even in 4k, it’s a tool that can hold up under pressure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex Finger (IF) -an ultimate classic effect that is built for moments where the audience is too close, the lighting is too harsh, and the margin for error is ZERO.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex Finger was created for one purpose. To let you perform fingertip-based miracles at distances where traditional gimmicks would fail instantly. And the name IF also stands for the SansMinds philosophy in magic. 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