From the 2022 Tenyo releases, which contain some great new items...  and I think I like this one best.   It has an offbeat, but easily understood effect, is highly visual (both the props and the effect), and is completely examinable (which has become a rarity lately among Tenyo items, it seems).

You show a small square box, which contains four cubes, and six cards depicting animals.  Each of the cubes has one quarter of the animal pictures on each of its six-sides.  So that when properly arranged, the four cubes can depict any of the six animals on the cards.    One animal card is selected, and the cubes are mixed up in an apparently random order, then the lid of the box is placed over them.  The magi removes a single cube from under the lid, and finds the side of that cube with is part of the selected animal.  He places it back under the lid, snaps his fingers and the lid is lifted to show the other cubes have magically re-arranged to show a completed picture of the chosen animal.

No, it is not the same animal every time.  In fact, the spectator then chooses another animal and the effect is instantly repeated.

The change is very magical looking.  The single "move" you must practice is not hard to do, once you get the knack. 

 The hardest part of this trick is assembling it out of the package -- you need to separate the perforated animal cards, and put the animal pictures on the side of the cubes.  (This is well-engineered, with a single "T shaped sticker that you wrap around each cube.  But you will need to read the instructions a couple times before starting to apply the sticker to each cube.   The whole assembly is a one-time deal, and takes about 20 minutes.)

Suggested retail is $20, which the effect is well worth, but a few online retailers have been selling it for less, so I will, too.

Comes with package and instructions  in Japanese --  English instruction sheets are available on a free download

Brand new and unused, sealed in original package

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