I remember those kits with horrible instructions.
In today's world making an instruction manual should be easy with digital camera's. Kit design today is better than it was in the past due to the laser cutters out there. Those things have changed the art of model airplanes. Unfortunately the market is going towards ARFs. The vast majority on assemblers (notice I didn't use the term MODELERS) cannot build even close to today's ARF quality. So goes the hobby, follow the money.