Thanks for the reply Kipp,
I posted the thread because of all the similar stories I sure that exist with effects that are purchased with high hopes only to sit in the closet. It's all too common. A friend of mine once told me that if an effect didn't do much for me to put it away but NOT though it out. He said eventually you might rediscover it and he was right. Many times I've discovered a trick I had abandoned and put away only to finally " get it" and make it work for me.
I find that many beginners in magic purchase effects in the hopes that the magic is in the prop and give up on it quickly when we find it takes a lot of hard work. LOL This is exactly the time I encourage magicians to NOT give up on it and stay with it until they beat it. I don't care if they ever perform it... they need to beat it simply to not let it beat them. The confidence gained from beating that effect that seemed to difficult will contribute an awful lot to all their future performances.
Your Zombie story made me laugh because I was in the same boat. I could not get past the point that I believed it was floating. It wasn't until a friend of mine saw me do it and freaked out that I had an confidence in it. From that point I was fine. I perform Losanders Table now so I don't perform Zombie much. You can see my routine from years ago here.
http://www.timothydrake.ca/daytime.wmv
Best,
Tim