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Spy Labs: Secret Codes and Ciphers

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Product Description

As a detective, you need the right equipment for your investigations, including tools to make and decipher codes.
Throughout history, encrypted codes have been used to communicate classified information, ensuring that it was concealed and could only be read by the right parties. This kit contains the tools you need to make and exchange your own secret coded messages using four different techniques.

  • Use the code wheel to write and decipher secret codes
  • Learn how to write four different types of secret messages with code and ciphers
  • Packed in durable metal tin

Product Information

Ages: 8+
Piece Count: 5
Manual Pages: 8
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 2.9 x 1.2 in
Product Weight: 0.2 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.5 in
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: China
Year Released: 2023

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Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Miles X. ★★★★★

The cipher wheel has become our go-to dinner table activity — my kids now write each other coded notes using the substitution grid and actually beg me to help crack them. I didn't expect a little book and some cardboard tools to pull them away from screens, but here we are.

Sebastian ★★★★★

My 9-year-old spent a whole rainy afternoon encoding messages to hide around the house, and the cipher wheel plus the substitution charts kept him busy way longer than any screen would. Everything he needed to start was right in the box, no extra trips to the store.

Chloe ★★★★★

The cipher wheel alone kept my daughter busy for an hour trying to decode the notes I left around the house. I like that it teaches real techniques from history instead of just being a toy. Finally something that pulls her away from the tablet without a fight.