The Fall months, for many people, are synonymous with new gadgets to play with… whether it’s the TV you’ve been waiting to go on sale, or the excuse you needed to splurge on that perfect mechanical keyboard… the options are endless and the promise of a new toy being just over the horizon is fun!

But every so often, especially for your three (somewhat) lovable presenters, things just go a bit sideways…

The next revolutionary widget turns out to be a dud, months or even years of pouring over rumors and reviews still leads you down a path to transistor-based disappointment… We’ve all been there…

So as we ramp up for a holiday season full of blowout sales, new device launches, and ever-rising hopes & dreams, we take a look back this week on some of the times those dreams just didn’t pan out…