A local boy was thrilled to get a PlayStation 4 for Christmas but found out he had been pranked when he opened the box. 
 
 Brian Lundy said his 9-year-old son Scott was super excited when he opened a present on Christmas and found a PlayStation 4. 
 
 "He yelled, this is the best Christmas ever, this is the best Christmas ever, thank you Santa!" said Lundy. 
 
 However, when Lundy and Scott opened the box to set up the console, they did not find a PlayStation inside. Instead, the box was stuffed with a block of wood signed with a crude drawing and message. 
 
 Lundy believes that there could be a series of pranks going on because Scott's cousin's friend got the same wooden block in his PlayStation 4 box. 
 
 The family took the box back to the Target in Saugus where they bought it. Lundy said they were told that sometimes this does happen. 
 
 "It happens through the distribution, the assembly line or something," said Lundy. 
 
 Target apologized for the mistake and gave the family a new PlayStation 4, along with a game and a $100 gift card. 
 
 "No child should be left upset and sad, especially on Christmas morning," said Kristin Lundy, Scott's stepmother. 
 
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 by: Erica Ricci Updated: Dec 27, 2015 - 6:40 PM 
 
 The Lundy family was in shock Christmas morning when their son opened a PS4 box and found a fake console inside. 
 
 "He got a PS4 and he says 'this is the best present ever this is the best Christmas ever,'" said Brian Lundy. 
 
 But the joy was quickly ripped away when he opened the box and inside was a wooden model of a PS4. The fake PS4 perfect fit in the packaging that wasn't tampered with. On the underside of the fake were scribbles and a profane message. 
 
 Nine-year-old Scott Lundy was devastated. 
 
 "He's crying and he's upset and he's in the playroom by himself and he just wants to be alone so at that point. I was crushed," said Kristin Lundy, his step-mother. 
 
 The Lundy's went to the Saugus Target to try and make things right. It's the store they say Santa's elves got the console since they can't make electronics in the North Pole. After talking with the manger inside, the Lundy's returned the fake console. 
 
 "They not only gave us a new game system but they also gave us a $100 gift card as well as an additional game that the original game that was supposed to be in the box. Couldn't have been any kinder," said Kristin. 
 
 "We never like to disappoint our guests and are thankful for our store team's quick response to make things right," said Lee Henderson with Target Communication. 
 
 As for what occurred, Target told the Lundy's that it happens occasionally. 
 
 As far as Scott's concerned, a rogue elf is to blame. But this family won't let him get away with it; they plan to write a letter to Santa about the naughty elf.
– "This is the best present ever, thank you, Santa!" was 9-year-old Scott Lundy's initial reaction when he unwrapped his big gift Christmas morning: a Sony PS4. But that exuberance quickly turned to tears when Scott and his dad, Brian, actually opened up the box to set the game console up and found a fake wooden model inside, complete with what WHDH describes as a "crude drawing and message" scrawled on it. "He's crying and he's upset and he's in the playroom by himself and he just wants to be alone. … I was crushed," stepmom Kristin Lundy tells WFXT. She adds in a Facebook post describing the incident: "This has ruined his belief in Santa." The family took the PS4 back to the Saugus, Mass., Target where it had been purchased, and they were told this kind of thing takes place on occasion. "It happens through the distribution, the assembly line or something," Brian tells WHDH. Kristin notes in her Facebook post that the same thing happened to Scott's cousin. A Target manager managed to restore the Lundys' Christmas spirit, giving them a brand-new console not made out of wood, plus a $100 gift card and an extra game. They "couldn't have been any kinder," Kristin tells WFXT. The Lundys had to employ a bit of subterfuge to pull off the return, as Scott still believes in Santa: They told the boy that Santa's elves picked up the PS4 at Target because they don't do electronics at the North Pole, and that a "rogue elf" was responsible for the mistake, per WFXT. They plan to pen a complaint to Santa about the elf. (At least Scott didn't get "disgusting" grapefruit.)