So it's fun. The lights are bright when it works, and they're immediately insanely fun for kids. The fact is that if you run out of ink, they are useless. They don't look like they have a lot of ink in them as the kids ran out after a few drawings. I don't know if I had a bad batch or what but the box was in good condition and didn't look old or anything. Had they lasted a little longer I would highly recommend them but for the money they may not be as good as I expected.