A very shallow review of a product or service, based mainly on information presented by the manufacturer, e.g. the technical specifications on the box of a gadget.
"C|Net's "back-of-the-box" reviewing style"
DAPreview news feature, May 4th 2005
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.