There’s a reason right there to want, no! NEED balls o’ ice.
I feel the pain expressed in the OP. Right after I bought a new car, they started adding blind-spot sensors and back-up cameras, and adding extra ethanol to gasoline.
Dear Mister Wrekker,
Please, for the love of all that is holy (deer, elk, moose, caribou?), please buy a spherical ice shape maker for Bekkers for Christmas!
~VOW
Briilliant! 
~VOW, tip off Santa when you see him, please!