Okito Blox

You don't need big props to get big reactions.

With "Okito Blox", a cube can vanish, appear, switch places, penetrate a box, and travel from one location to another.

This compact set takes the classic Okito Box concept into a new dimension with a solid cube and a versatile collection of props designed to work together.

It includes the Boston Blox, the cube, the specially designed rattle lid, the bag, and the Solid Box. Everything is designed to work together as a compact system for performing a wide range of magic.

The "Okito Blox" tutorial teaches 15 core moves and techniques, along with subtleties, mini effects, complete routines, and full performances. The routines cover a range of difficulty levels, from easy handlings to more challenging sequences.

Techniques and effects

• The Turnover: A deceptive way to secretly reverse the box. Once mastered, it becomes an essential technique.
• Fake Shake: Create the convincing sound and illusion that the cube is still inside when it is actually elsewhere.
• Finger Tip Roll: A natural rolling action that secretly changes the orientation of the box.
• Through the Hand: A visual penetration of the block through your hand.
• Fake Insert: Apparently place the cube inside the box while secretly retaining it.
• The Drop: A handling inspired by the classic Denemark Drop.
• The Teleporting Blox: Cause the cube to impossibly travel from one location to another.
• Smashed Through: A direct, visual penetration in which the cube passes straight through into the sealed box.
• The Drop Out: Secretly cause the cube to pass straight back out again.
• Pushed Through: Slam the cube straight through the box while it is sealed.
• Palm Switch: A practical way to secretly switch the Boston Blox for the Solid/Plug Blox.
• Bobo Switch: A classic switching principle adapted specifically for Okito Blox.

You’ll also learn a collection of mini effects and sequences, including:

• Kick Back Monte: The cube travels from the box to your pocket and then from your pocket back to the box, before the routine takes another unexpected turn.
• Cube to Bag: Seal the cube inside the box, then make it vanish and impossibly reappear on top of the bag.
• Cube to Bag... Simplified: A streamlined, semi-automatic approach to the Cube to Bag sequence.
• Boxed and Bagged: The cube vanishes from the box and reappears inside a previously examined, empty bag, right under the spectator’s nose.

Because the set includes the Solid Box, you can finish with a striking finale. After apparently manipulating the cube inside the box throughout the routine, the box itself is revealed to be completely solid.

The specially designed lid incorporates a built-in rattle principle, allowing you to convincingly create the sound of the cube moving inside the box even when it is not there. These subtleties and nuances make "Okito Blox" deceptive. When the moves, sounds, timing, and handling are layered together, simple actions become convincing and allow you to build routines from a compact set of props.

The tutorial also includes two complete performance routines, showing how the individual techniques can be combined into structured pieces of magic that you can learn and add to your repertoire.

Okito Blox is designed to go beyond the routines taught. Bring in the moves you already know, explore classic Okito Box techniques, and borrow ideas from coin magic, object manipulation, and other areas of magic. Combine them with the techniques taught here to create routines that are completely your own.

Okito Blox gives you the tools, the moves, the subtleties, and the possibilities. What you do with them is up to you.

The entire set is made from strong, durable plastic and comes complete with a velvet bag.