Scam Stuff
Scam Stuff is all about the tools, gimmicks, and tricks to make you the most interesting person in the room. Just as Scam School is the show that's all about what you do at the bar, Scam Stuff is about what you take to the bar.
New items and specials are added every few weeks. From loaded dice to lockpick sets, from trick decks to sweet shirts, the goal is to keep you covered in all the gear you need to always have a trick up your sleeve.
Indiegogo Campaign
On 16 October, 2012, Brian launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the establishment of Scam Stuff. Many of the perks effectively acted as pre-orders with a baby theme, paralleling the then-imminent birth of Calliope Brushwood, even including a top-tier reward granting naming rights to whoever donated $10,000 (unclaimed).
The campaign concluded on 14 November, 2012 with a total of $33,260. The website went live a few weeks later in early October.
Catalog
Books
- Win free drinks, impress the girl, and become the center of the party using over 80 tricks from the award-winning series Scam School! Scam School Book 1's media-rich format allows you to learn tricks with unprecedented depth, supported by hundreds of photos, over 40 videos, and 70+ audio commentaries.
- Bigger. Better. More badass: The Bestselling "Scam School" series of books returns with the single most advanced book of easy magic tricks ever created. Scam School Book 2: Fire is a collection of 90+ more of the very best tricks, scams, and cons from the past 250 episodes of the series.
- Nothing is held back in this volume. Learn exactly how the world's best working professionals EAT FIRE in this tell-all book, written in an easy-to-follow "how-to" format. This complete expose of fire eating methods features: 172 pages - 206 illustrations - 24 effects - 8 flourishes - PLUS sections on material safety, torch construction, health risks, tips for the working professional, the history of fire eating, and more!
Card Decks
- Invisible Deck [4]
- The deck that works 100% of the time, and simply defies reason. This is a special, completely awesome trick deck of cards that will allow you to prove that you correctly predicted any named card. It requires no sleight of hand, and is one of the most important decks in the entire world of magic.
- Marked Deck Solutions [5]
- A marked deck is the most powerful item in your entire scam arsenal. And the best part? You can make one practically for free. There's even a Scam School episode over that! There are three sets to choose from: the dirt cheap DIY set, the reasonable middle ground set, and the incredibly limited edition top-of-the-line set.
- Rebel Deck [6]
- Brought to you by special arrangement with our friends at Theory11, The Rebel deck was designed by visionary artist Shepard Fairey, of OBEY GIANT fame. You'll stand out from the crowd and feel like a total badass with these guys.
- Stripper Deck [7]
- This is another deck featured prominently on Scam School, but now you don't even have to make it yourself! These are pre-made, machined stripper decks, and they're not some crummy no-name brand, either. These are authentic, poker-sized bicycle decks. The same type of cards you're probably already using for your other card tricks!
Counterfeit
Counterfeit is your 5 perfect Get-Out-of-Jail-Free cards. No matter where you are, no matter what you're performing, you'll know that in your wallet, you're pre-set to pull of the strongest miracle in your arsenal: a crisp, new, borrowed $1 bill can be utterly destroyed in front of you, only to teleport to any place you want. They even come smuggled in a commemorative envelope, inside a Brian Brushwood poster, with limited stickers!
DVDs
- Ever wonder how those guys on TV seem to talk to the dead? What about ESP and psychic surgery? As a magician, Brian’s wise to all the tricks used by frauds, tricksters, and con artists …and now he’s ready to take YOU to scam school. This is no ordinary lecture: we’re talking hands-on experiments, a live performance of psychic surgery, free giveaways of cash and prizes, and all the secrets TV psychics DON’T want you to know.
- Topics covered in this 80-minute lecture include: scams, cons, ESP, UFOs, skeptic, skepticism, dowsing, astrology, memory, alternative medicine, psychic surgery, pseudoscience, coincidence, and crop circles.
Pilot Frixion Pen
Featured in the The Hot Seat Card Trick episode of Scam School, you can pull off some crazy transformative magic effects with this pen!
Placebo Band
Featured in the Epic Power Band Scam! episode of Scam School, you can fool people into thinking they're more powerful with these harmonic sorcery bands.
2 Poster Set
Brand spankin' new, limited edition, and totally signed. These posters are bad ass. They're pretty much the complete and total rejection of everything magic has been for the last 30 years. It's a revolution, and you're invited. Designed by artist Dan Schneider of Destroy Everything, each poster is signed by Brian Brushwood, and they'll be sent in special packaging.
The Scam Pack
The Scam Pack is a collection of 17 different hard-to-find items, that will allow you to perform over 115 Scam School effects! We're talking about everything from specially-prepared books of matches, to the frixion pens used in the "hot seat" card trick, to a premium, top-of-the-line deck of Rebel cards from Theory11... and it's all bundled in the first-ever official Brian Brushwood Pint Glass.
Shirts
- I Love Mr. Happypants [9]
- Face it, you love Mr. Happypants. You can't even keep it a secret anymore, because you just ran out of excuses. This delightful limited-edition design has been given out at thousands of Brian's live stage magic shows, but now, finally... it can be yours.
- Mr. Happypants is Watching [10]
- As a devout admirer of Mr. Happypants and his fiendish ways, you can finally embody his unnerving terror vicariously through your very own shirt. Yes, that day has come! This badass limited-edition design has been given out at thousands of Brian's live stage magic shows, but now, finally... it can be yours.
- White BB Wagon Wheel Logo [11]
- These are the last few collectible t-shirts from Brian's "Menace and Malice" run at Universal's 2010 Halloween Horror Nights. Once these sell out, they're gone forever.
Skeleton Keys
These bump keys with special BB skeleton designs change the dynamic of your key chain. You find yourself looking harder at every lock, figuring out what kind it is and wonder how long it'd take you to open it. ...not that you would... but you could. Whether you want a backup to help a friend out if they lose their keys, or if you just want a conversation starter, these will do the trick.
Extra Credit
Extra Credit is a video tutorial series for those of you who want to give some extra time and effort to practicing a more advanced technique. Things that Scam School can't cover. For only $2 you get 20 minutes that will go through all you need to know for these more advanced routines. [12]