I can't believe you burned the kit. If the kit was still in the box, I'm having a hard time imagining that someone could do that much damage to the wood. Some would get crushed and broken, sure, but in the box, and still stacked and rubber banded together? I can't imagine someone pushing that hard on something they can't see...Surely something was salvageable....Oh well, some people just have more $$ than me, I guess...