To want to shoot the Inventor of Wire Ties

[Misspixietrix]

... Seriously its a 2inch plastic peppa pig it really doesnt need a 100 okay about 4 wire ties and don't get me started on the SCREWED on to Cardboard toys. Dd's Barbie was welded taped and plastic stapled to death. Oh I know I'm being unseasonable by the way Merry Christmas to all of Mumsnet

Seems they're already dead

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Betts

Your work is done!! Happy Christmas!!

oh the Christmases I have spent wasted undoing them and bloody stickers that hav to put on stuff

You know the plastic staple tag things that your clotheshave the llabel strattatched with? That's what Barbie was stapled to the cardboard with. Very carefu manoeuvreing needed not to chop half her hair off when seperating one from her head

I'll chip in for the hit man...

Apologies for the spelling mistakes by the way. New keyboard on the phone means I can't see to proofread properly.

Shooting would be too quick. There must be more suffering.

weeblueberry

Use nail clippers :)

Didn't think of that FortyDoorsToNowhere . Was too busy cursing the inventor with an infestation of camel fleas

I hate the bloody packaing ties...when DS was younger I used to snip them and unscrew the screws when they were used. He has lots of Imaginet=xt stuff and they usually use display boxes which mean they have to used these ties. I have also had trouble removing the moulded see through plastic that was stuck to the cardboard with what seemed like Superglu

Yanbu and there is a special place in hell for anyone who sees the need to put fireman sams engine into the box with Phillips head screws...

I've been thinking the same thing all morning! I fact all packaging inventors! Their is no need.

Has anyone else come across the

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Come across the happy land plastic plugs that attact all characters to the cardboard base! They are even to thick to snip with Scizzors!

I'm not fond of the super stretchy almost invisible rubber bands that lacerate your fingers if you attempt to break them

Tip for next year: take all of those things off before wrapping the present. It can then be opened and played with straight away. If it is a present that someone else has given to keep for Christmas, open to check.

Surely in these modern times there is something much more effective and less time consuming than these atrocities? They drive me mad.

The plastic, indestructible plugs arn't enough with those, oh no, their also lassoed on with plastic!

Ds just discovered a Thomas toy that got lost in the madness. Tied with rope to the cardboard box? didn't need any scissors though!

We had one today that was attached with cable ties and screws, it was a xylophone, solid, no loose parts.

I thought my years of building and stickering till 2.00am were long gone as my dc are that bit older but let me tell you the build your own Jack Wills gift box just about caused WW3 at midnight last night!!

Many years ago, when my kids were much younger, we used to open the packaging up and remove all these annoying ties, before wrapping the presents. Saved SO much aggro!

While we are here please can we also have a Hitman for whoever decided that recessed screws for battery covers were a good idea? I mean a small recess is fine, but the ones that are an inch deep and so narrow you can't fit a standard screwdriver in are taking the piss

YANBU, i will put my last tenner towards the hitman!
Can't type much more as my fingers are still bleeding from my earlier encounter with 3 million of them!