how do you get a feckin pop-up princesses castle to pop DOWN again??????

[Moomin]

Am sick of this thing taking up so much space in dd's room when she doesn't even use it! have spent last 15 mins trying to get it to pop down nicely but it WON'T. have takn poles out but am trying to twist it somehow but can't rmember exactly what to do.
anyone help?????!!!!!!!!

lol - have already cricked my neck. dh no use at things like this he'd probably end up crying ...and i'm not far off!

We've got a 'pop-up' footie goal.....hate it !!!DH can sort it but I can't. However I do know that you have to grasp it firmly at opposite ends and twist.

When that doesn't work get big scissors

Assuming same system as pop up goals - grasp firmly at opposite sides, move hands inwards towards each other and then twist one towards you, the other away from you - all whilst still pushing inwards.

Ahhhgggg, I could do it for you, but am crap at describing how. I just sort of ... do it!

We have a tent that you twist and bend to fold up. You think you've done it then it pings back to life again.

Also, I have never managed to grapple with the twisty, bendy action without getting my boobs folded up in the tent too!Yes, swearing helps!

You don't pop it down again , You use it as extra storage for any stray toy that is messing up the bedroom or is that just me

Mine's in the loft, with heavy things on top of it, sort of holding it flat (but only sort of...). No help at all, sorry!

it's been a 'storage bay' for all of dd's toys for the last year. keep seeing piles upon piles of her stuffed animals looking at me through the windows of the castle. makes me feel guilty. it's like the veal calfs being shipped off to europe
still haven't managed to get it down. it's in our bedroom now - dh just saw it and nearly had a breakdown. every time i think i've cracked it it starts pinging back to life and i keep seeing the insipid smiles of the feckin princesses mocking me. grrr
will try again now

we threw away the pop up goal at our parent and toddler group because noone could put it down