Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As a single mother I've assembled enough toys that I felt that putting this together would be cake. I mean, I'm fairly literate and have about average coordination. No big deal. To my surprise, this thing totally pwned me. The directions are vague and none of the pieces are labeled. "Stick this one into that one" isn't real helpful when all the metal tubes look pretty much the same to me. And maybe I'm doing something wrong, but trying to get the net onto it properly had me biting my tongue to keep from cussing like a trucker. I don't know if it was the heat, or the screaming kids whining to help...but I had to put it down and walk away because I was about 30 seconds away from placing it in the street and running it over with my car just for the satisfying crunch. It's still in a mangled pile in my kitchen at the moment, so I can't say for sure whether my kid will like it, or whether yours will. All I know is that as a parent, I can't endorse a product that makes me want to snap it in half over my head while I roar at the sky before it's even functional. ***Update*** I finally got the thing together, but not without raising my blood pressure a few more points. Then I sat back, ready to blow up the ball so my kiddo could start training to become the next Pele...and the directions went something like this: 9) Insert pin (not included) into the ball. 10) Use pump (not included) to inflate. Seriously, Fischer-Price? Seriously? You couldn't squeeze a pre-inflated ball into that big honking box? instead you want me to go out and buy a pin and a pump to inflate yout 15 cent blob of cheapo rubber? That's absurd and unacceptable. I'm going to pick one up at Walmart or Target, I guess. But man, was that the icing on the cake...