As a young kid (pre teen probably) I had one of these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectron#/media/File:Egger-Lect...

(Mine was branded Braun, not Raytheon. not sure if that because the Braun branded versions got sold in Australia, or if dad got it in Germany or Europe - he travelled there for work quite a bit during his career.)

It had a great 10-year-old friendly manual, which I can't seem to fond anywhere, except for this pic:

https://www.radiofundgrube.de/bilder/expkasten/zoom/braun_le...

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edwcross 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are there modern kits that connect similar to this one? Instead of requiring breadboards and cables?

	▲	Domenic_S 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the modern version is Snap Circuits, although I think I like the one pictured in GP better.... https://shop.elenco.com/consumers/snap-circuits-pro.html

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aa-jv an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You're Australian, didn't grow up on Dick Smith Fun Way kits .. but some German thingy sourced through Dads adventures instead?

Mate .. strewth! Hand in your Vegemite card, ocka!

Disclaimer: I had all the Fun Way books, all the beginner kits on crappy particle boards, the 'advanced' kits with PCB's and things, the soldering iron special bundle with all the books and a couple of kits .. but I still preferred hacking around with my Denshi blocks instead.. ;)

Denshi Blocks, oh boy are they great. Still got mine! It even has a synthesizer in it, ffs ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denshi_block

Comparison with the spring kits:

https://kevinboone.me/denshi.html