Book of Secrets

My teen had fun building this box, so two stars for the experience. Three stars off, though, for the quality. Several pieces on the curved spine and another piece from the cover are broken. Also, the lock combination doesn’t really do anything. If you enter the code, the key should pop out, but in reality, the key protrudes enough anyway that it can be removed w/out the code. Or, if you tip the book on end, the key sticks out even further.

It was a lot of fun a great little unit. Keep your keepsake in it. The first thing I ever did it opened up.

A fun, fascinating, and useful puzzle! It's a challenge, though not a difficult build. (Follow the instructions carefully!) It's fun to show, and a secure storage. An excellent buy!

Fun putting together and happy to see it worked as advertised.

Nice.

This puzzle had a couple tricky spots but it got finished and it works!! It looks great also. I think it was rated as a medium hard project and that is about right.

I think that the pièce no 105 on C8 would be in the other manner. This position don’t allow taking off the key when you push on the other side after enter code.

It came in great shape. We still have to put it together

Rated as "medium" difficulty, but there are several steps that are quite tricky (especially with the tumblers) and almost impossible to reverse without damage. The instructions aren't completely clear without first looking closely at the parts and checking next steps to ensure proper orientation. Take your time. The plywood quality isn't the best, so be patient removing parts from the flats or you will lose corners on the gears. You will probably use at least one of the spare parts. Be generous with the wax, and use it on ANY contact surface that moves, not just the gear teeth. Of the ten or so of these that I've built, this was the most annoying. Decent result, although mine had a bit of twist on a corner and minor blemishes due to the need to redo several steps.

Très bien.