Mega Bloks...Scourge of the Livingroom Floor

I am having an issue with one of my children's Christmas gifts. We have had Mega Bloks in the house for quite some time now. My children love to build towers with them. For those who are not familiar with Mega Bloks they are like Lego but, well, mega. Think Lego on performance enhancing steroids. They are large enough to kick out of the way as you traverse the sea of toys on the livingroom floor instead of finding their way painfully underfoot.

My children received a bin of Mega Bloks as a Christmas gift this year. But these are different. Apparently Mega Bloks come in different sizes: mega and not-so-mega. They received the latter. These Mega Bloks are about half way between Lego and the Mega Bloks we know and tolerate. These blocks are small enough to find their way underfoot but unfortunately not small enough to be eaten by the vacuum. For the past week I have been avoiding these little pieces of plastic shrapnel like mines in a mine field. I'm sure the novelty of them will wear off, or at least the posse will learn to clean them up by the time they leave for university.