this is one reason a lot of people did not like the event. people who had the easter ring already think its unoriginal and jagex was too lazy to make something and put it in at the last minute. others who weren't here when the release of easter ring, are glad it is in the game now
what some people don't understand (that were upset about the item) is that it was voted on a few months ago on a guarenteed contest poll here:
Gah, I remember the '04 Easter event along with '04 Halloween event.
They took like 5 minutes MAX. Example, in the Easter event, you were given a basketful of chocolate eggs, and you had to spread them to other people. When basket was empty, the Easter Bunny gave you a Rubber Chicken, easy as a pie.
Not even talking about the '02 - '03 events, when the items just spawned onto ground.
No 30 minutes of "razzle-dazzle" for a crappy reward.