The Magic Study

Do you believe in magic? Some people do. Personally I enjoy the slight of hand that most people call magic. As far as really being able to make things disappear, levitate, call up spirits or perform impossible stunts call me a skeptic and naysayer.

Still, it’s fun to imagine.

What if there was place where magicians hang out, buy their ‘supplies’, talk shop and feel like thy can let their hair down and reveal their true magical selves?

It would be a great place to pick up a few new magical tips, maybe purchase some elixirs or magic potions or chat with a wizard, warlock, witch or creature from another dimension.

Why do most people picture practitioners of magic dwelling in old, musty, dark and dungeon-like dwellings?

Where is it written that magic has to be dark? Why so sullen? How about a little color and light?

Light and colorful is what you get with Rolife’s DIY Miniature House The Magic Study. It’s cheerful, warm, bathed in sunlight and furnished and decorated with lots of books, curiosities and wall hangings. There’s even a big, bright, predominately purple stain glass window! The Magic Study even has its own arcane lettered sign!

As with all Rolife kits The Magic Study comes packaged in a sturdy, heavy-gauge cardboard box with a flip-lid with tabs.

A slip-sheet covers the box and showcases The Magic Study with color photos on all sides and specs on the back including material used, 267 pieces contained, age appropriate guidelines (14 years and older), LED and a notice that batteries are not included.

Inside the box, neatly arranged and secured is a parts sheet, instructions-complete with numbers coinciding with the part numbers on the construction pieces and objects, safety instructions, an icon illustration sheet, die-cut and foldable books and other paper objects, a shrink-wrapped series of board flats and five bags.

Inside the bags are a battery box, a set of tweezers, a small Phillips head screwdriver, furniture parts and room accents and plants, jewels, various fasteners, marbles and other loose decorative room objects.

When you begin assembling The Magic Study be sure to look through the instructions first, test the light, peruse the parts list and acquaint yourself with the sequence of assembly. Always follow the instructions. Never skip ahead!

Other objects you may want to use while building the kit are a flat-head screwdriver to poke out pieces, liquid glue, a Xacto handle and blade and a magnifying glass. Be sure to work in a well-lit area.

Slow down! Take your time! Enjoy the process and look, really look at what you are building. Examine all the parts, the furniture, the room decorations and especially the colors and lighting.

Carefully remove the parts from the boards. Never take out more parts than you need. It’s easy to loose small parts. Build smart.

Assembling The Magic Study may take some time (I estimate four to eight hours) but it's well worth the effort.  Try to imagine how impressive it will look on your fireplace mantle, bookshelf or in a display case.

The pop-out pieces remove easily from the board slats with just a little push.  Assemble the colorful pieces using the tabs and slide-ins for perfect fits.  The parts are durable and fit snuggly together with no gaps, rough edges or mismatched designs or colors.  Perfect!

The decorative small pieces are made either of wood or molded plastic.  Take a moment to look over the details and scaling-it's impressive.

Look at the open-arch beam ceiling room with its archaic sign, a vented roof, a decorative bookcase with arcane books (with bindings you can read), a chest with papers and magic items (crystal ball, a butterfly and various paper objects), the wood and slate floors with a circular magic tome in dark brown in the middle), the hanging and potted plants, a wooden chair, a magician’s hat, a wooden candle holder and a jeweled wand.

Other goodies include books scattered about the room, a beautiful stain-glass window with astrological symbols, a hanging glass light shade with working light, an owl, a snake, a small bookcase with drawers, a magician’s globe, a three-legged pot with jewels and pentagram in gold, pedestals, a small green chest, mounted specimens, scrolls and containers, wall-hangings, half-walls with two steps down, a broom, a small chest with labeled drawers, mounted specimens and other magic objects.

Pick up the pieces, examine them and take in a little of their miniature magic. So many objects!  Look them over, admire their archaic details and color and appreciate the incredible amount of design work, computer laser cutting and the sheer effort that went into assembling the entire kit.  Wow!

Harry Potter, Merlin and Dr. Strange would be proud to have The Magic Study as their own. What a delightful and enchanting miniature house. It’s ‘magical!”

Wave your wand. Recite your arcane enchantment spell. Don your wizard's hat and robe and get ready to rustle up a little magic!

The more I look at The Magic Study, the more I see.  It is so packed with magical goodies, furniture, wall hangings, decorations and curio objects it's hard to take it all in.

It's an amazing, marvelous, impressive assembly of parts and objects that carries a little 'magic' all its own.

For photos and a video of The Magic Study visit the Rolife site by clicking here.

To see what other amazing miniatures Robotime artists/designers have created click here.

Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.