500 in 1 lab kits

MarioTennis · Post by **MarioTennis** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:09 pm

hey guys, i need some help. ive been getting into these electronic lab kits, but i dont kno where to get them or exactly what their called. im talking about the ones where you can make alarms, clocks, beepers, things like that. You know, those electronic labkit board things? where can i get a really good one?

thx

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:21 pm

I got mine when I was 9 years old from Rat-shack.

Don't have it anymore though.

MarioTennis · Post by **MarioTennis** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:28 pm

yeah i had a tiny one when i was little, with a beeper and a clock. that was all. i loved it . Now, im trying to quench my boredom anyway possible and i thought this was a interesting idea, cause they are very cool. Theyre are no stores around me though to get one at. so i need a site where i can order one

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:30 pm

When i was younger i got one at Toys 'R Us. I have no clue where you can get them nowadays

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:32 pm

Check on eBay

Also, Toys R Us still sell them: Clicky.

MarioTennis · Post by **MarioTennis** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:40 pm

yeah, well you can get them at the source, (radio shack for you americans) and im getting one tommorow with my birthday cash. Thanks for your help anwyas guys. im getting that one they sell at toys r us.

If you could tell me anything else along this means or something different to quench my boredom, tell me. thanks

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:55 pm

Ooh!

I remember seeing my old 300-in-one kit in a MAKE (either issue one or two). I think they sell it at target nowâ€¦

Yeah, here: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr ... B00005K86O

â€¦and 500-in-one: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr ... B00008BFZI

The 500 one is very prettyâ€¦

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:23 pm

hey I have that 300 in one kit! Except mine's charcoal black and I bought it at Rat Shack. I also have a 130 in one kit and some crystal radio thing. (Both have the components with spring terminals for wiring

Hey it works!)

Too bad they don't sell as much of that kind of stuff as they used to.

The closest now in-store is those snap-kit things. Kinda stinks, huh? But according <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/search/index. ... 0kit">they still sell some kit-like things...</a>

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:24 pm

bicostp wrote:(Both have the components with spring terminals for wiring Hey it works!)

That's exactly what my old kit had!

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:44 pm

bicostp wrote:hey I have that 300 in one kit! Except mine's charcoal black and I bought it at Rat Shack.â€¦

Mine too! I can't believe my parents spent that much on it thoughâ€¦

bicostp wrote:â€¦Too bad they don't sell as much of that kind of stuff as they used to. The closest now in-store is those snap-kit things. Kinda stinks, huh? But according to their website <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/search/index. ... 20kit"they still sell some kit-like things...</a>

It's because it's cheaper today to buy new electronic devices than fix your old ones. Careers in fixing them areâ€¦obsolete. (if your portable DVD player breaks out of warranty, it will not be the job of the person who fixes it to do so)

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:55 pm

I also have the 300-in-1 kit. It got its use.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:16 pm

Yeah those kits were nice. I owned a 200-in-1 and a 60-in-1. The only thing that really got me going with them was the radio transmitter project. Somehting about making a speaker a mic and hearning my voice on a clock-radio was just cool when you're a young kid.

Really now those kits are more useful to us as raw material. Now we build piece by piece on a bread/perf board.

xelion · Post by **xelion** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:36 pm

I have a 200-in-one kit if anyone wants it.

MarioTennis · Post by **MarioTennis** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:31 am

Those kits were and are kick ass. Hey, The biggest ive seen is a 1000 in one. it was like 250$

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:56 am

I had that 300 in one kit too, mine was charcoal black too