Rub-N-Color

Today we made a trip to Borders. They are closing the store where we usually shop, and everything was on sale. While browsing around my oldest son found Rub-N-Color. I have seen this on tv before they make it look so fun, and the colors so bright plus the best thing no mess since you just rub it and the color shows up. When we got home and of course my son wanted to open it right away to color I was so dissapointed. The colors are not bright at all! It looks like very light color pencil. Some parts you can barely see any color at all. You have to rub really hard to get the color to show up too. My husband took one of the pages and rubbed all the colors and by the time he was done his arm was tired. The textures they say you can color on are so hard for my son to use he just threw it to the side. This is such a waste of money! They advertise on the box that you can have darker colors the more you rub, but you cant! It's just frustrating for my son to use. This will be another of those coloring things that sits in his drawer and will eventually get thrown away. At least we got it on clearance price. I would never suggest buying it though it is so not worth your time or money. A good coloring book and crayons work so much better. But yes with crayons you can have the mess or occasional drawing on the wall.... :)