This Year's Hottest Christmas Toy Could Have One Major Flaw

Parents were going CRAZY this Christmas trying to get their hands on one of these... But it turns out they aren't all they were cracked up to be!

This year I picked up a seasonal gig at the north Target here in town, and I got to see first hand how crazy consumers were getting to get their hands on one of these for their kids:

hours to hatch, if they even hatched at all. Plus, it's been said that the batteries don't last that long either.

The toy retails for about $50 but sold for upward of $250 on eBay prior to the holidays.

At my KROC Listener Lunch the other day, a parent said she'd bought her daughter a Hatchimal and was getting concerned on how long it took for it to hatch, but it eventually did. She did, however, mention that a friend of hers bought one for her kid, and it still hadn't hatched!

Seems like a waste of money for an upgraded Furby that doesn't even work. But then again, I don't have kids old enough to want something like this yet so I'll just keep watching the chaos from afar :)

**UPDATE** Now there are stories coming out that your Hatchimal could possibly be learning how to swear:

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This Year’s Hottest Christmas Toy Could Have One Major Flaw