“Brix” is a novelty prediction effect involing Lego figurines printed on cards.
The performer shows 4 sets of 3 cards. Each set of 3 cards depict the head, the body and the legs respectively of a Lego figurine. The 4 Lego figurines shown are a pirate, a lady, a clown and a soldier.
The 12 cards are mixed up and laid in a matrix of 4 X 3 cards. Some cards in the matrix are randomly turned faces up and some faces down. They are then gathered up in a packet of face-up and face-down cards.
The first prediction card is turned over – it reads “3 face-down cards and 9 face-up cards”. The packet of mixed-u cards is spread and there are indeed 3 face-down cards and 9 face-up cards.
The 3 face-up cards are turned over to reveal they comprise a head, a body and legs. Unfortunately, they do not form a proper Lego figurine. They consist of the head and body of a lady, but the legs belong to the pirate. It is amusing to see this mis-made figurine.
The performer turns over a second prediction card. This card predicts precisely this mis-made lady figurine!
Just as the audience is reelling from this shock, the performer picks up the mis-made lady prediction card and flicks out a physical Lego mis-made lady figurine! When the mis-made lady card is turned over, a blank card is seen instead! A befitting climax to an interesting prediction effect!
You receive everything necessary to perform the effect, including the mis-made Lego figurine. 2 versions of this mis-made figurines are available. One is the mis-made lady figurine (lady head and body with pirate legs) and the other is the mis-made pirtate (pirate head and body with lady legs). The cards you receive are much smaller than the poker-sized playing cards. The cards measure about 2 X 2.45 inches. They are made smaller so that they do not take up a lot of table space when they are laid out in a matrix of 4 x 3 cards. Altogether you receive 15 cards: prediction no 1, prediction no 2, a blank card, and 12 figurine parts cards. You also receive a link to a 32 minutes video tutorial conducted by Mr Pearl.
The effect is based on a version of Quadraplex popularised by Aldo Colombini. It is self-working except for the production of the physical figurine which requires some sleight-of-hand. In fact, you can perform Brix without the second phase of producing the physical mis-made figurine.
In the first phase of the routine, almost everything is decided by the spectator. The mixing of the cards face-up and face-down seems to be totally random, yet, the Quadraplex’s principle ensures that the 3 cards face downwards will be the mis-made figurine cards.
A novelty prediction effect using Lego figurines. (Rated 4.5/5 stars)
