Annoyances take the fun out of playing

WASHINGTON POST
The kid toy testers offered an earful about various annoying things that happened once they ripped the boxes open. Their complaints fell into a few categories:
Batteries
Staffers cleaned out the battery drawer in The Post newsroom when they packed the toys for shipment to local schools. Even so, some of the teachers had to scrounge for their own batteries. It used to be that a toy needed only one type of battery. Many of those tested needed several types -- four AAs and three AAAs, for example. Worse, the Tyco Air Rebound required a special rechargeable power pack that cost $30, increasing the overall price of the toy by more than 50 percent.
Tiny Screws
They sure don't make it easy to install the batteries. Many of the toys had battery compartments you had to unscrew with a Phillips-head screwdriver -- a very tiny Phillips-head screwdriver that wasn't included with the toy! Someone should redesign the compartment door.
Missing ingredients
When you open a toy, the first thing you want to do is play with it. But some toys weren't ready for that. Besides batteries, they required odd things such as a candelabra-base light bulb or a bag of chocolate chips.
Much assembly required
We're used to having to do a little work to put a toy together. But many of the tested toys required a lot of assembly. And some had very poor directions. The worst directions had only drawings, with no helpful text.
Impossible tricks
The remote-controlled cars and scooters were fun, but the flips, wheelies and spins described on the boxes and in the instructions were very hard to do.