SEPTEMBER 2004 NEWS:
New 2005 range product details. 5 confirmed effects. Sadly no elaborate mechanical plastic tricks we have grown to love from the Tenyo guys.
Matchbox seems to involve sponge doves which possibly appear and disappear from the matchbox.
Poodle was first shown to me by a friend of mine in UK. Beads are formed into a poodle shaped dog which suddenly barks.
Sponge Balls seems to involve a purse frame and has the balls transform into different shapes a la Growing Ball.
Scratch Card is the creation of a French magician I believe and was first shown at the last FISM. 4 freely named numbers are printed on a scratchcard under the silver scratchoff squares.
Rising Card appears to be the standard rising deck but it will no doubt have Tenyo's improved touch to it.
AUGUST 2004 NEWS:
So where is TenyoWorld going?
Here are some of the new features which will be added over the coming months:
- Video clips of EVERY single Tenyo magic effect
- Competitions to win Tenyo magic
- Feature on packaging
- Feature on Tenyo's i-mode mobile phone magic
- Feature on Tenyo in magazine articles
If you feel you can support this site with any of the areas above, then please contact me.
May I remind you all that this is a totally non-profit making site. I do this for the love of Tenyo magic - in my spare time and get nothing out of it... except to please others.
APRIL 2002 NEWS:
The new 2002 Tenyo catalogue can be seen below:
Also, two new pages have been added to TenyoWorld: About Prison Box and Tenyo Collectors.
OCTOBER 2001 NEWS:
The new 2002 Tenyo range has now appeared online
on the official Japanese Tenyo site. Also the range is featured in the
November 2001 issue of Genii Magazine.
SEPTEMBER 2001 NEWS:
OFFICIAL: The 2002 new range are:
T-200 UNDERCOVER CUBE by Petrick & Mia
T-201 MYSTERY CHINA BOX by Tomoyuki Shimomura
T-202 PRISON BOX by Angelo Carbone
T-203 SALT CUPS by Toru Suzuki
Click here for details of what these effects do.
AUGUST 2001 NEWS:
The new 2002 Tenyo range will be launched at
The 43rd Tenyo Magic Festival which will be held on Saturday
September 15th 2001 at the Mitsukoshi Gekijo (Nihonbashi, Tokyo).
Tenyo have just launched a magic service for mobile phones.
It is only available to i-mode phone users in Japan.
As a subscription service of 150 yen, you get
magic tricks downloaded to your phone.
JULY 2001 NEWS:
Have a look in the July 2001 issue of Genii Magazine at the article by Richard Kaufman titled:
"The Secret 13 Tenyo Tricks You'll Never See Outside Japan".
All these effects are Pokemon themed.
Also, the previously unknown T-88 is now known to be The Legendary Rope Trick.
DECEMBER 2000 NEWS:
"A New Millenium For Tenyo Miracles"
Featured in the December 2000 issue of Genii Magazine.
Featured in the May 2000 issue of Genii Magazine
(Genii goes to Tokyo) are a number of articles
on the Tenyo Magic Co.
Photo of Tomoyuki Shimomura
hard at work at the Tenyo offices
Photo of Michael Sibbernsen's
prototype for Mind Spinner
Tenyo Catalogues
Every year, Tenyo release a catalogue promoting their new
range of magic which they launch each year.
Below are a small selection...
The Mysterious Tenyo Zone
There are a number of Tenyo tricks between T-48 and T-65 which remain a mystery.
As in the case of the MELTING LOOP below, the box is marked as T-54,
but the instructions have T-64 printed on them.
Can this error be the reason of the missing Tenyo numbers? What do you think?
If you have some Tenyo magic lurking at the back of your cupboad which fall into this
mysterious Tenyo range, then do please let me know.
However, two in the range have already emerged.
For the first time anywhere on the web, read about it here...
T-54 MELTING LOOP by Hideo Kato
(although instructions have T-64 printed on them)
This effect consists of the magician tieing a knot
in a length of rope. When the ends
are pulled, the knot
disappears.
T-62 FANTASTIC by Hiroshi Sawa
(also printed as T-53 on some boxes)
It is a matchbox effect involving a colour changing
matchbox sleeve. You take a match and strike
it and light the illustrated candles on
the box. You now show printed
flames on the box which
change colour three
times.
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