Remember Heathkit? They are getting back into the kit business

4pyros

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• Sep 18, 2011

• #21

Perhaps they may stand a chance if they target schools

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Look at there web site thats all thay have been doing. Andy

 

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bryan

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• May 12, 2012

• #22

Looks like they have closed for good.

**broken link removed**

 

Last edited: May 12, 2012

jpanhalt

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• May 12, 2012

• #23

Sad to hear. Knight, which produced the kits I grew up with, went the same way. On the other hand, SparkFun (SPARP) seems to be doing well; although, as a private company, we really don't know. Today's market is not what it was in the 1980's, nor were the 1980's the same as the 1950's.

Dinosaurs went extinct, and personally I am glad for that.

John

 

4pyros

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• May 13, 2012

• #24

Yes seems true;
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/05/10/1424253/heathkit-educational-systems-closes-shop-for-good

 

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KeepItSimpleStupid

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• May 13, 2012

• #25

4pyros:

Thanks for that. Heathkit's wesite is still up with no closure indication. Strange.

 

4pyros

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• May 13, 2012

• #26

The web is full of rumers if you google it. Sad but probly true. I and my son will miss them. I would not try to order from their web page.