Mattel Games Escape Room in A Box: Flashback Game

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Mattel Games Escape Room in A Box: Flashback Game

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Pros

The writing is very tongue in cheek and enjoyable for both adults and children. Cheaper than taking 8 people to an escape room, honestly cheaper than the gas to drive all of us into the city. It's a lot of fun, but just keep in mind that you won't get... Read More

It has plenty of creative puzzles, and you get some real a-ha good feelings when you solve the various puzzles. None of the puzzles are overly difficult, and some are even cartoonish. I am a classic overthinker, so we got stuck a couple of times on wi... Read More

This game can be repacked and reused. You can reprint the consumable materials and reuse it. All the objects/game pieces are very well made.

The flashback contains 3 different paths and if you stick to one path at a time, you will feel like you've played 3 different games in one box! My only gripes are the locks can accidentally open (there is a caveat in the instructions for this) and onc... Read More

Cons

Most of the puzzles are homework style puzzles that could be fit into any theme game that are time * but not fun unless you are into that type of thing - think tangrams, crosswords, jigsaw.

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Quality

All the objects/game pieces are very well made.

The locks also worked well and were not frustrating to open or read the numbers on.

They worked together and were off electronics for over 90 minutes!

My only "gripes" are the locks can accidentally open (there is a caveat in the instructions for this) and once you've defeated ... Read More

Price

Great value and lots of fun for the price.

We were super impressed at the value for the money.

I will pay good money for these!

Great price for some light hearted entertainment and teamwork.

Packaging/appearance

The physical boxes that you have to unlock to get new puzzles/pieces is a nice twist, and there is a good mix of puzzle difficu... Read More

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This product had a total of 1,009 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 25 2024.