Charity Shop gold or garbage 6 - Hot Wires electrical construction kit

Spotted this construction kit in my local charity shop. The box was a bit battered but the price tag was £1.50 so I thought it would be worth the risk. When I got it home I found it had the instruction book included which probably makes all the difference. Without the book it is just a box of bits, but with the book it was easy to make working electrical circuits. When I finally stopped playing and did a proper check on the contents against the parts list in the book I only found 2 items missing. The "helicopter" spinner which really didn't matter and one of the two transistors. This was the NPN transistor. Looking at the PNP transistor I can see that is an S9012 so the matching NPN would be an S9013 which are about £1.99 for 10 on eBay so I could make up a replacement component if I want to. Making the little package it sits in would be more challenging. I may even try contacting the company to see if a replacement part is available. (Update: I did contact the company and obtained replacements for the missing parts at a very reasonable rate and very quick delivery time so top marks to them) I see the kit retails for just under £50 and gets excellent reviews on Amazon. I have seen videos on YouTube where people use this kit to demonstrate circuits as it is visually very clear to see what is going on. I would say this was charity shop GOLD especially at the price I paid for it. Charity Shop - Gold or Garbage playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB14bwwnAIt54ZWwWBktc445 2019 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB2gJOxBFmn0dwa50BgcFiB_ 2018 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB1EitT5oOsX03NqjNpWTzcq 2017 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB29K2ctfJXOt6h7MM0lZlrn 2016 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0z_l_GB2qXlIY_opDDsmyl 2015 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB08obdH1WltbXpqEzZtSPjK 2014 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB3ZJRMo1PkFAHzHANdVG2VR 2013 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB1G5JiXb5vNRoV_Pikttri0 Charity Shop Shorts /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB04fu52tz1k6vCU3MWy3UPc Electronic Projects playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB00lxaX8BD46F1QDJTe7Em4 Simple electronic projects playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0qd7Hrqoc3II0OU-bx64TA Cheap electronic kits /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0ErqyWzQTL6yk8m0FxkD0_ EC1204 Digital Clock Kit Assembly /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB1WavDHsgQ1vcLhuGyNBW_Z Home made simple basic electric motors /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB0dg3UjfVcfW0ch_4cJiWuC Hall Effect Sensor projects /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB39m4_Gi_AbCj2i1B9swtBF Pulse Motors /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB2NH9Qe9u4KVJjelgMpd-kK Joule Thieves /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB2zMWOugY5-LCyneOG7cbmx My Channels Put a rubber band on it /c/Putarubberbandonit GrandadIsAnOldMan /c/GrandadIsAnOldMan GrandadsOtherChannel /c/GrandadsOtherChannel You can help keep my channel running with a dollar for coffee and cakes at https://www.patreon.com/GrandadIsAnOldMan If you don't want to use Patreon you can buy me a coffee here instead http://ko-fi.com/grandadisanoldman Merchandise on RedBubble http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio Merchandise on Cotton Cart http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/ https://twitter.com/GrandadIAOM https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/GrandadIsAnOldMan/ https://www.instagram.com/grandadisanoldman/

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