Re: OT :Radio Shack

["RockyTSquirrel" <gafa@/nospam/usa.com>]

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/305/Kits/1.html

You might have to rush shipping  but  they got a few...


"Effenpig1" <dirtyspicevent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When did radio shack stop making those little circuit board project
> kits?
>
> I went to get my kid a few for Christmas and they didn't have any, the
> guy at the checkout said they don't make them anymore. Maybe too many
> kids burnt their houses down with the soldering iron. I was going to
> get him one of those battery operated "cold" soldering irons. They did
> have a pretty neat kit with a solar panel and a few different projects
> for it. No soldering though.
>
> I figured I better start getting him interested in electronics early,
> in a few years He'll be old enough to go out on jobs during the
> summer.