Ever seen such capacitors? Now you have

Block of forbidden instant ramen noodles

Gotta be the weirdest looking cap I've come across so far

Sooo much stuff

So, let's sort this, clean it, fix it all up and combine it with my stash

What. Who tf steals a BC547 from these. I can understand snipping it off if it's dead, but desoldering one without replacing it?

Cannibalizing the modules for the RF transformers I can understand but why the transistors

Transistor transitioned lmao

77µF? Guess the algorithm in there got confused af

Mhh

These days, electronics sets for kids and (young) adults have of course all but died out. I guess the market just isn't there anymore with the attention span of so many children being thoroughly fucked by all the different forms of media crashing in on them all the time. I sound like a boomer, but it saddens me to the depth of my heart. And this will come and haunt us as a society.

But back in the golden era of electronics sets there were numerous options on the market, at least here in Germany. One brand being Kosmos with their iconic plug spring system, similar to today's breadboards.