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Steven Schneiderman
Founder of The Magic Portal

Welcome

Greetings, my fellow magicians. Whether intentionally or by accident, you've reached MagicReviews.com, a work in progress (so much better than saying "Under Construction").

Vision

My vision is to provide amateur and professional magicians a single web site to provide frank and honest reviews about magical effects, books and videos.

For those of you familiar with the original review section of my other site, The Magic Portal, my goal was to first relocate that section to this new site, and then to gradually expand the format to include digital photos of the merchandise as well as tips and suggestions on handling and performance if the review warrants it. However, this will take some time and money to develop, so Version 1.0 of the site is still fairly generic.

Hopefully my long-term vision for this site will be fulfilled through the creation of an easily searched and highly automated web site using a variety of online database tools.

Your donations of slightly used magic items for review or small cash contributions are greatly appreciated and will be used to build this site into an indispensable decision-making tool for all of your magic purchases.

Supporting Organizations

This is a huge undertaking, and to try to do this alone would be foolish. I have enlisted and received the support of the following organizations and publications including the M-U-M and The Society of American Magicians, The Linking Ring and The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Magic - The Independent Magazine for Magicians, and Genii - The Conjurors Magazine:

The Society of American Magicians and The Editors of M-U-M 

Magic, The Independent Magazine for Magicians and Stan Allen

I want to thank the publishers and editors of each of these publications for lending their support to this project and for encouraging me to pursue it. In particular I wish to thank Richard Kaufman, Phil Wilmarth, David Goodsell and Stan Allen.

Print Review Index

In addition to my own reviews of merchandise both purchased by me and donated by others, I will include a text database of reviews in each of these print publications. My goal is not to recreate the original text, but to point you in the direction of previously published reviews. This, however, will most likely not be completed until Q4/01.

Join The Review Team

Do you have a web site that reviews magic merchandise that we should link to? Do you have a desire to review items here that you have purchased or received? If so, contact me to discuss your interests and the level of involvement you desire. Working together we can build a site that will provide the highest value to our brothers and sisters in the art of magic.

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Submit Your Magic For Review

Have an interesting item you want the magical world to know about? Does it deserve an award? Send your products to:

MagicReviews.com
c/o Steven Schneiderman
3504 East 99 Street
Tulsa, OK 74137

Magically,

Steven Schneiderman
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