From the picky teenager to the child who has enough toys to stock the shelves of Toys R Us and keep them in business for years, finding the perfect Christmas gift for the young one in your life can create a major headache, especially if the expensive “must-have-it” gift has your child shrieking in frustration when it’s laying on the floor in pieces after only being opened 5 minutes prior. Well, that was money and time well wasted!
To help you get through this holiday season, here is a list of Christmas gifts NOT to get your child this year.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a...piece of garbage that you just spent nearly $150 on! Oh, it sounds cool; a radio control airplane that climbs to heights of 1000 feet whilst capturing up to 26 digital images. However, this R/C plane, called the Eagle Eye, has received so many horrible reviews, I can’t image why anyone would want to buy it!
So, what’s wrong with it? According to user reports, the Eagle Eye has a very poor flight range, despite the company boasting about a 1000 foot flying range. Some users have even stated the plane lost its signal from only 5 feet away!
One user report is from a said professional military test pilot (whether this is true, I know not) who stated that the Eagle Eye “...is a waste of your precious time and money. No control surfaces, poor range, and limited durability during landing. If you have no r/c experience...don’t buy it.” Hmmm, if a military test pilot struggles with the controls of this toy, do you really think your 12 year old will be able to handle it?
Other complaints have been that it breaks easily and the digital camera doesn’t work.
There are some decent reviews of the Eagle Eye as well, but this toy has landed in the “5 Worst Christmas Gifts” due to all the negative reviews. See the reviews for yourself by clicking here.
For the child in your life who loves to spy and take pictures of unsuspecting “victims”, this Discovery Digital Camera Watch may sound like the perfect Christmas gift. It’s fairly inexpensive, costing around $20 and allows the child to capture up to 152 photos. However, reviews have said that the digital camera watch either doesn’t work or stops working after a short time. Other user complaints have been that they couldn’t transfer the photos onto their computer, poor picture quality (this I could expect from a $20 digital camera made for children!), and no automatic turn-off making the batteries die quickly when in the hands of young children. For a toy that is recommended for children 8 and up, I don’t think there will be many happy recipients. If the product was designed with preschoolers in mind and had an auto-off feature, perhaps then we’d have a winner? 
To check out some positive and negative reviews of this digital camera watch, please click here.
Thinking of getting your kid a digital camera this Christmas? Continue on to page two to learn what NOT to buy...