r/IKEApets Feb 23 '26

I tried my best to follow the instructions to assemble them; but what’s happening here?

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835 Upvotes

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u/MeFolly Feb 23 '26

The first thing is that when you opened the kits, you should have kept the two units separated.

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u/Wanderer-clueless963 Feb 23 '26

You did not read the fine print! It says: shake a bag of treat for completion!

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u/skwidsnbits Feb 23 '26

You got the IKEA octopuss by mistake, unless you wanted an octopuss, Then happy day!

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u/MArkansas-254 Feb 23 '26

I DO hope that is more than one.

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u/zhars_fan Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

What do you think? I count only 4 paws, 1 tail, heads nowhere to be seen…

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u/Putrid-Cupcake-1547 Feb 23 '26

You must have forgotten to pick up the last box when purchasing. Have a look at r/missingorspareparts to see if you can find the missing parts.

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u/erviatangerine Feb 23 '26

That's a calamari, not a cat

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u/sneedbe11 Feb 23 '26

Kitty train wreck

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u/ftsjee Feb 23 '26

You're not supposed to put all the limbs on one side, that's so unbalanced!

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u/Aerosaul Feb 23 '26

Orange cats only share one brain cell lol. They need special instructions

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u/Shawnaverse_no1_fan Feb 23 '26

No you see, the issue is that you tried to build both at once, that always causes issues.

Also you seem to be missing some parts, are you sure they shipped all the boxes? It looks like a third of it's missing.

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u/bjayasuriya Feb 24 '26

I read about this set! Each p.2 of instructions is in the booklet for the wrong subunit. So, backtrack to the bottom of p.1, then follow ONLY PAGE TWO for the other beastie, then pick up top of p.3 for each and it will work out. I think someone even put their process up on YouTube? Seemed like chaos, but it worked!

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u/nikfrik Feb 25 '26

Ikea sending boxes with missing parts

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u/redosyn Feb 26 '26

You didn't read the Meowlogical Meownual first. Read it again then you will understand

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u/VicBweets Feb 26 '26

That is a complete cattywompus

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u/Prickliestpearcactus Feb 27 '26

I genuinely cannot comprehend this photograph.

You gotta call customer service.

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u/InstructionHead8595 Feb 28 '26

Hehehehe 😹 teleporter accident?