This The Verge journalist just wanted to replace his iPhone Mini's battery using the official Apple parts and tools, so Apple sent him a massive repair station to do the job!
It arrived in two massive carry cases:

Nice train station by the way.
This is what it's like all decked out:

Full article of this journalist'smisadventures and hi-res pictures of everything at the link below. He really didn't like it...
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Apple must be joking.
That’s how I felt again and again as I jumped through hoop after ridiculous hoop to replace the battery in my iPhone Mini. Part of that was the repair process — mostly, it was how difficult Apple makes it to even get there.
I expected Apple would send me a small box of screwdrivers, spudgers, and pliers; I own a mini iPhone, after all. Instead, I found two giant Pelican cases — 79 pounds of tools — on my front porch. I couldn’t believe just how big and heavy they were considering Apple’s paying to ship them both ways.
It arrived in two massive carry cases:

Nice train station by the way.
This is what it's like all decked out:

Full article of this journalist's

Apple shipped us a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery
Nobody should do it this way.
