In 2002 Engineer Inc., a Japanese hand tool manufacturer, invented a dinosaur-inspired pair of pliers called Neji-saurus. Neji means "screw" in Japanese, and by giving these pliers a dinosaur-like jaw, they created the perfect tool for removing stripped screw heads:
Here's how they work, as seen in a video apparently produced by an anime director:
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By last year the company had sold 4 million of the pliers worldwide. Here in America they're known as Engineer Pliers after the company, and are also sold 'Stateside under the brand name Vampliers, from Vampire Tools.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Dinosaur-Inspired Japanese Pliers Designed Specifically to Remove Stripped Screws
So these are the vampliers that they sell here in the USA?