Message from the boss!

Message from the boss!

Welcome, welcome, welcome to Catalog Number 14. For those of you who are looking for Catalog Number 13, stop right now. There is no Catalog Number 13. We skipped right from 12 to 14. It's not a matter of being superstitious, but, really, why take a chance?
We have been in business for 30 years. That's a long time, even in dog years. Ask me if there were anything I would have rather done for the past 30 years and I will say, "Nope." I love magic. Plain and simple. There should be a joke here, but there is none. I really do love magic.
On the family front, the kids continue to grow. Aron is now 18 and a half. Going to college. Yikes. Lucas turned 16this October. A full-fledged teenager. Bonnie just gets better every day. Really. Life is just fine. And business is peachy-keen. Thanks to our team of elves, the place runs like a well-oiled machine.
If this is your first experience with the Magic Factory, welcome. You may not be aware of the fact that we are the only company in the world run by elves. Except me, Hank Lee. I'm the only non-elf in the place. Let me take a minute to introduce some of the elves.

ELMO The runs-the-whole-place elf. He's been here forever. A dinamo of elfin energy. No job is too big or too small for this take-charge elf.	BEN-0 The still in high school elf. He works every Saturday and every day he has off from school. Funny, I don't remember having so many days off when I was in high school
BONN-O The wonderful wife-ly elf. Single-handedly maintains the consumer spending index. Other wives say "bye-bye" in the morning. Bonn-O says, "buy-buy!" ....	DON-O The nose-to-the-grindstone elf. A truly hard working elf. He splits his time between the warehouse and the shop.He's kind of an ambidextrous elf, just not in both hands.
ARON-O The College Boy elf. The I can't believe he's almost 19 and will soon be heading off on his own (please, oh, please)and I remember when he was the still in diapers elf. Where does the time go?	DAVE-O The stage-manager elf. If you've been to the Conclave you know what a terrific job Dave-O and his crew do of techno-elves of running the evening shows.It wouldn't be the same without them! .
LUC-O The 16-year old lead singer for Tracy Strangelove. He loves to perform. I tell him to perform well in school. Luckily, he's also the listens-to-his-father elf..	SEAN-O Bing, bing, bing. Works fast. Drinks coffee. Works faster. Drinks more coffee. Faster, Faster, Faster. More coffee. You get the idea. He's fast.
BOB-O The fastest order filler in the business elf! Bob-O is also a collector-elf. "Got any Carter paper?" "Got any Thurston paper?" No matter what kind of paper you have, Bob-O wants it.	HELEN-O AND JOE-O The in-law elves. They have officially retired.But, they still come by to help out when we need it. We all love them. Everyone should have in-laws elves like these.
STEVE-O The I've been here the longest elf. Steve-O has been here since he was just an elflet. He knows all the secrets. Which makes him the he-can-never-leave elf. Which is just fine by me.

And, that's the crew. An eclectic group to say the least, but a group with one common goal. To serve you, our customers. We carry just about everything in magic. From tricks for the beginner to sophisticated stage illusions. And, no matter what you buy, rest assured it will be the best available. Everything we sell is GUARANTEED to be exactly as described in this catalog, unless the manufacturer makes design changes. New items arrive every day. So, if you need something and can't find it in this catalog, fear not. Chances are we already have it, or can get it for you very quickly. But, if we think it's a bad item, we will tell you. We don't want our customers stuck with junk. Your goodwill is as important as your business, believe me!

Have fun reading the new catalog. And, please send us some orders. The elves love it!

Entire contents copyright ©2005 by Hank Lee's Magic Factory. Reproduction by any means is strictly forbidden without my written permission. Text written by Hank Lee, Phil Goldstein and David Oliver. Graphics by Mark Wing, Phil Goldstein and David Oliver.

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