Theft prevention measures on children's toys too drastic.

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Yesterday, I bought my son a remote controlled car with money he got for Christmas. I got the car home, and he was excited and ready to try it out. Then I opened the box.... Inside the box, the remote control was strapped to the styrofoam and cardboard with plastic coated metal wires. After 5 minutes to get those off, I moved onto the car itself...which was held to the cardboard and styrofoam with four screws in a plastic sleeve. The problem, however, is the hole where the screw was located was just slight smaller than the size of any standard screwdriver. All together, it took me 45 minutes to get the toy out of the box, nearly having to break the toy to remove it from the package. I have seen a growing trend in the use of these plastic wires and screws to hold toys in the packaging. This is obviously a theft prevention measure, but it seems a bit too drastic if it takes 30 minutes to get a toy out of the box. Has anyone else had frustration experiences with toys or other products that were impossible just to get out of their packaging?