RadioShack Used to Sell Kids This Madness

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• MO

  @ModernRogue · 3 months ago (edited) · pinned

  Want to buy the closest modern day equivalent of this treasure? Get on the email list and I’ll send you what i’ve found! &nbsp;<a href="http://signup.scamstuff.com/">Signup.scamstuff.com</a>

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• FL

  @FLjock01 · 3 months ago

  I&apos;m convinced that Radio Shack, at least in part, inspired more than one generation of future engineers.

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• EE

  @EEVblog · 3 months ago

  The best part was the manual. It started you out by wiring by numbers, and then around project 20 or so it changed over to real schematics.

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• SU

  @supercompooper · 3 months ago (edited)

  Who as a kid remembers the finger pain after all of the spring bends?!! 😊

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• MI

  @mikelamay7875 · 2 months ago

  Im so glad I got to live Radio Shacks golden era

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• KE

  @kerbalairforce8802 · 3 months ago

  I had one of these in the &apos;90s. Radio Shack is greatly missed...

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• EE

  @EEVblog · 3 months ago

  Literally started by passion and career. Had the 50-in-1, the 150-in-1 and that same 200-in-1

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• IA

  @IAMAredditor · 3 months ago

  I used to have one of these. My absolute favorite toy as a kid. So, so many hours on this.<br><br>I’m an electrical engineer now.

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• AL

  @alexmousley7213 · 2 months ago

  These are great things for getting kids (and adults) interested in electronics and a basic understanding of components. I love how almost immediately two grown men become excited children within a few minutes of playing with the RadioShack electronics kit!

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• NI

  @NinjaGuy_Dan · 3 months ago

  They need to bring these back. &nbsp;I absolutely loved these as a kid. &nbsp;These gave me my foundational understanding of reading wiring diagrams on airplanes.

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• TH

  @TheMirolab · 3 months ago

  Changed my life!! &nbsp;I got one in the mid-70’s at 11 years old, with a wood cabinet. &nbsp;I had a 39-year career as a satellite engineer. Thanks Radio Shack!!

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• OT

  @OtherMike5000 · 3 months ago (edited)

  <b>RadioShack had the absolute coolest stuff!!</b> 😊<br><br>We lived next to the RadioShack West Coast Distribution Center in West Garden Grove in the 80s.<br><br>They. Had. EVERYTHING!!<br><br>The staff would let me come play all afternoon on one of their many TRS-80 PCs …and they taught me and my friend BASIC. ❤<br><br>My brother and I would dumpster dive and find absolute treasures!!! You would not believe what got thrown away. 😮<br><br>My dad could fix anything and fix everything he did!! 😊<br><br>Thank you, RadioShack

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