I know what you mean. There was a toy my Parrotlet, Streak, loved. BUT they were $14.00-$16.00 each and he'd go through one in a couple of days tops! So I was able to find all the parts and started making my own. They took about 10-20 min to make each. If I was lucky he'd let the beads and stars alone and I could do one in 10 min from scratch 20 mins. Here's a weekly "Hoard"Lol! but no way there was too much physical labor involved,