Out of the three THOH Events, does anyone else feel this one is "bleh?"

Personally, I find this event to be more frustrating than just bleh. It takes forever to collect probes unless you spend all day on the game. I also hate this luck factor with the bags meaning it could take a week or a whole month to get Hugo or the Grand Pumpkin. Since the latest update, I've been getting the connection error screen on my Kindle so I'm using my Nook HD+.