週刊少年キング (Weekly Shōnen King) No.50 (1969)

Advertisement for the magic set “You Are a Magician” (あなたは手品師) manufactured by Tenyo Co., Ltd. (株式会社天洋), featuring a Nintendo playing card deck among the illustrated contents. Published in Weekly Shōnen King No. 50, 1969.

The advertisement features a young boys dressed as magician and presents a beginner’s magic set priced at ¥1000. The set is intended for people performing magic for the first time and includes various magic props, together with the instructional book, explaining how to perform the tricks.
The advertisement’s slogan reads, “I became a magician too!!”, followed by an invitation to the reader: “You too, become a magician and perform cool magic tricks!!” It also emphasizes that “Anywhere, anytime, you are a magician”.
Among the illustrated contents of the box is a Nintendo playing card deck, together with other magic props such as cups, tubes, scarves and cards.
The pink banner at the bottom reads 手品のよさは見るだけではわかりません やってみて はじめてわかります, meaning “You cannot appreciate the magic just by watching it; you only understand it once you try it yourself”.

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