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autoexectoday at 8:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

Are there similar kits still being made and sold today? It seems like it'd be easier and cheaper than ever to make kits that can do some very cool things, but I never see them where toys are sold. These things should be in every toy isle and museum gift shop.


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jdsnapetoday at 10:26 AM

Yeah I’ve had the same thought. You can get cheap kits but the instructions tend to be vague/machine translated from Chinese.

I think there’s a gap in the market for quality kits with good educational instructions - but I think the market size would be very small

lmpdevtoday at 11:15 AM

Jaycar in Australia still sells them

Just released new packaging actually