Well to be fair the device WAS 50 years old when Tempus attempted to put it together...
Unfortunately, he hadn’t realized that even fifty years before there had still been devices sold assembly required. Apparently the company had thought that the adventurous types who wanted to go back in time would be more than willing to put the device together themselves.
However I did bust out laughing when I read the IKEA line in the story. My wife looked at me funny so I had to try to explain (she is NOT an Lois and Clark fan, she only occasionally watched the series back in the 90's to humor me).
Mike
