Here is my Consumer Alert for popular Christmas presents.

Lite Brite

Besides a Smiley Face there is not much else you can make with a Light Brite.  The game is a 200 Watt Lightbulb, Black Construction Paper, and 2 million sharp plastic lights which end up in the carpet and will get impaled on your feet.

MOON SHOES 

It is totally impossible to jump with these pieces of plastic on your feet.  It is held together with thousands of rubber bands which break when you put any weight on them.

RISK 

If you have about 2 days of your life to give away to this game, go for it.  The game is played by fighting countries like Kamchatka and Irkutsk to control the world it ends when the other players fall asleep.

ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL 

This game is played on a vibrating field with plastic players who vibrate into a big clump in the center of the field.  The   ball is a magnet which will get lost within the first week you have the game.

MOUSE TRAP 

No one has ever successfully played this game.  You just build the board and then drop marbles to try to make the trap work, but the guy never jumps from the diving board

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