Lame, lame, lame, lame and lame!

This five popup book (over 10 pages) is incredibly amateurish. Ignoring the subject matter (Pinky and the Brain, the Warner Bros. laboratory mice cartoons who always want to take over the world), the engineering is naught but the barest nod to having flat cartoon characters "pop" flatly out. There is no Robert Sabuda like elegance at all in this turkey. The characters basically are extended an inch out of the surface of the book. This would have been fine as a premium in a box of cereal.

There' s nothing wrong with the text being written at about a third grade level (intended audience?), but I know third graders who could do more interesting, and more complex paper engineering.

Recommended only for the completist collector, otherwise, don't plan on impressing anyone with this as a gift.

Disclaimer: I am a BIG Pinky and the Brain fan who owns every second of their animated careers on DVD. ( )