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Retro Games Coding Advent Calendar

Game your way through the holiday countdown with an inventive calendar that tasks techies with building a new electronic challenge every day.

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What Makes It Uncommon

Advent calendars aren’t just for chocolate anymore. Delight your favorite techie (and help them learn the basics of building circuit boards) with an inventive holiday countdown that tasks them with building a new electronic challenge every day, complete with diagram instructions. The complexity increases with each door opened, and includes a variety of games, like code cracker, wire maze, slot machine, roulette, and more.

  • Each door contains a different electronic component to build a circuit-based game/challenge.
  • Twenty-four games in all.
  • Diagram instructions are included for each day/game.
  • Requires three AA batteries, not included.
  • Made in China.

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Ages

Recommended for 14+

Made from

paper, resistors, pet plastic, metal wire, led lights

Measurements

15.4" L x 8.8" W x 1" D

Notes

Requires 3 x AA 1.5 V batteries (not included).

Item ID

59177

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  • 1 star out of 5
  • Disappointed
  • TX

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend. Faulty product.

Love the idea of this, but we too couldn't get it to work past day 2. Very disappointing.

Response from merchant

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience. I’m so sorry to hear that you weren't able to get this to work. That’s certainly not what we want for our customers. Our buying team tests every one of the new products offered on our website. We check for good quality materials, instructions, and packaging and are sorry that this item missed the mark! We always stand behind the quality of our products and we're reaching out directly in case we can do more to help

  • 1 star out of 5
  • Beth
  • Undisclosed

Day 2 and it doesn't work

Steer clear from this one! Grown adult couldn't get past a possibly defective part in the 2nd day. Would return if I could.

Response from merchant

We're so sorry for the issue you've had completing this! We're not aware of any regular defects. We want to make this right, we're reaching out directly to find a resolution.

  • 5 stars out of 5
  • KPW
  • New York, NY

Awesome for future electrical engineers

We got this for our 10-year-old, who had been begging for a kit that would let him play around with different wire configurations. This turned out to be perfect for him. After a few mis-steps where he wasn't paying close attention to which hole to insert the wires into, he figured it out - and he's learning a lot! If he'd been handed all the parts in this kit at once it would have been overwhelming, so he's enjoying the gradual, one-day-at-a-time build-up of difficulty. I will note that this kit would not be appropriate for the average 10-year-old! He's has a laser focus on engineering since he was tiny and was already familiar with the concepts. If you have a future electrical engineer in your life, this is a fantastic advent calendar.

  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Indiana Jan
  • Princeton Ind

Inadequate Instructions

We got this advent calendar to do as a family and unfortunately we aren't up to the task. My sons (13&12) and I (40) just cannot manage to understand. Next time it might help to print the instructions in color? Thanks. I gave it 3 stars to share the responsility of the failure.

  • 5 stars out of 5
  • Tdog
  • verified reviewer
  • Capitan, NM

Retro Fun

My tech savvy teens loved the throw-back vibe. Days of fun!

  • Washington

Can you perform any of the games once you have completed the coding?

Verified reply from Iriscelis

Yes, all of the games can be played once it's built.

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