Customer Reviews

Code Master: Treasure Hunter

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

My 8 and 6 year old were fascinated by this book. The puzzles were challenging, making it a book to read together. A great book for treasured time together.

This book and challenge held the interest of my then-seven-year-old son, Dimitri.

I'm sorry to say that the lock construction is weak. After Dimitri solved the puzzle and got the lock open, all was well and he was able to reset the combination to something new. He swears he didn't use excessive force on it, but it now has three plastic pieces broken off from it (one latch, another latch, and the piece that indicates "locked" and "unlocked". This is especially inappropriate for an item designed to be used by children of this age.

So, I'd give this a five-star rating, but I'm taking two points off for durability issues.

This was a nice challenge for 7 year old girl and dad to work on together. She loved making progress toward the final goal of getting through the lock and "treasure secrets" and learned quite a lot on the way.

My son received this at Christmas. The lock was broken before he could crack the code. I purchased another because he was heartbroken. The second lock broke when he tried to change the code. We spent one weekend reading the stories and doing the puzzles and it was completely forgotten thereafter.

Again an other request from my 8 year old grandson. He already had the Code Master Spy Kit and enjoyed it so much. He was able to use the book and lock on his own. I have read other reviews stating the locks break, but he has had no problem with either of his Code Master Kits.

My daughter and her friend played this game for days. They were so excited to get it open, and once they did they still kept playing. It really got their imaginations going. They used all kinds of things from the house to row down the rivers, climb huge rocks in the jungle, whatever they could find. It was great watching them play. I will say they are 8 and 9, but my husband and I had to help them with some of it to keep them involved. If your kids like to solve mysteries this is the best game I have ever gotten, and we get them all..even my friends ordered them because I raved about it so much.