OH FOR CHRISTS SAKE??!!? WHAT IS THE POINT??

[jesusofutopia]

God I am so fucking annoyed. Are people really so STUPID?

The kids got this game for christmas, a board game with like a massive maze thing that sits on top of it make out of plastic, cardboard and various other CRAP. Anyway I have just spend the past HOUR trying to put the stupid thing together. WHAT IS THE POINT IN MAKING GAMES SO FAFFY AND DIFFICULT TO PUT TOGETHER?!?

Half of the bits didn't even fit properly, the instructions were shit with crappy black and white pictures that you couldn't even see and the game is for 5 and upwards?? I'm sorry but no 5 year old would be able to put this idiotic thing together, NOR would they have the patience to sit and wait while some mug adult assembled it!

AND after all that, it still isn't put together because the instructions DO NOT MAKE SENSE.

God I'm so angry I could actually scream.

Bad day?

why don;t you go and punch your buidler or jump out from behind a hedge to scare your neighbour?
that should work off some frustration

post what game it is - some other poor parent has probably had to do exactly the same thing and can help

Oh god yes. OUrs (aged 2 and 3) got a domino rally thing with 250 flimsy plastic dominoes and a battery operated car that supposedly sets them up. It's currently in the boot of the car, where it will stay until I can get to a charity shop.

I once spent 3 hours putting together a Peter Pan Island. I feel your pain. I still hate the fucking thing

Count to 10 and have a large brandy!

You have just described the game mouse trap, hours of fun for adults

I feel your pain.

Have you noticed as well, most games now come in boxes that don't have a ld. You have to open the end and they NEVER fit back in properly? What's that about?

It makes my blood boil too, I spent hours trying to put up dts graco toy pram together on boxing day, I actually think I was close to losing my mind, I found myself at one point sat on the floor, rocking and repeating to myself, I just cant do it, I just cant do it

My day was fine until I thought "I know, I'll set that up for the kids for when they get back from school" BIG MISTAKE. I now need a Whiskey or similar to stop myself shaking with anger and frustration.

I would kick a builder or something in but they're not here today, which is a shame as I really could do to let off some steam.

Havn't seen the neighbour for a while.

This will be going to charity shop, I know full well that even if I DID manage to set the fucking thing up, it would be the first and last time.

RIDICULOUS. who thinks of these moronic things???

you should phone the manafacturers and shout and scream at them for a good half hour

that should help

After reding your OP I have deduced that in fact you are not Jesus are you?

I suspect Buddha / Krishna / Guru et al would also be unsuitable user names

HTH

I can feel your anger from here! Take it to a charity shop and if the children notice its gone have something else up your sleeve to distract them with.

Doodle2U -I've noticed that with Chad Valley (Woolies) games. We have a few that don't go back into the box unless you dismantle them completely and only put them in a certain way ( Shark Bite and Four in a Row to name two)

Four in a Row annoys me too. It's just a blatent rip off from connect 4!

I don't think the kids would notice/care when I get rid rather that than me be in a foul mood all night because I couldn't get "path a" to connect to "grass g"

God I need a lie down.

Four in a Row was one I noticed Norbert & the Elephant and Peanut thinggymajig game!

Lucky Ducks was the worst - thin box, no lid, slide the thing back in and put it on the shelf and then next thing you know, it's bloody quacking at you and spinning itself round in it's flimsy box!

Bring back proper boxes with lids!

JOU - get them a pack of cards out and teach 'em poker. It's a lifeskill where I come from

"Lucky Ducks was the worst - thin box, no lid, slide the thing back in and put it on the shelf and then next thing you know, it's bloody quacking at you and spinning itself round in it's flimsy box!"

pmsl we have "mad-lab" where a germ is supposed to shoot out of a test tube thing. When you put it back in the box, the button gets pressed and the test tube starts making bubbling noises, then the kids start screaming with excitement because they know any minute the germ will come bursting out of the box, often landing in a cup of tea or blasting into the dog

Some of them are more fun in the boxes, than out

With the ones like Four in a Row they only had to make the box a tiny bit bigger to enable you to put it away in one piece. Same with Shark Bite -I wouldn't have to pull his bloody fins off each time I put it away if the box was a bit bigger.

Do they really save that much money in production by scrimping over the use of cardboard?

Can I join with my hatred of Mousetrap....and how even if it is well hidden, one of ds's school friends always finds it and asks to set it up?

Now in the loft.

Can't believe that sodding Mousecrap. Takes hours to put together and about 3 minutes before DCs are bored with playing with it.

Oh, and Hungry Hippos never fits back into the box properly.

Oh yes we have 'whack attack' and a sunflower game that are currently hanging out of their boxes.

And Elefun, the butterflys have somehow got caught up in the bottom bit, you cant get them out and the fan cant spin to blow them up into the air.

And Monopoly i have to stop myself from yawning 6 hours later.

Im on a roll now, see what youve started

Used to hear Lucky Ducks quacking in the loft

I have same issues with Buckeroo

The fecking donkey kicks everytime i try and put the pieces together, takes me hours to try and set that game up

I won't hear anything against Moustrap. I loved it as a kid.

We give stuff like that straight to the childrens hospital, my kids are not interested and they would only be sat on top of the wardrobe gathering dust.

I hate games like that.

The only borad games I really like are cranium ones they make great games!