Chemistry sets used to be great, but not anymore. They’ve been heavily dumbed-down with all the government regs and fear of lawsuits. The fun chlorates, perchlorates and nitrates are pretty much gone. You used to even get a lump of mildly radioactive stuff and a geiger counter.
Yeh, we had one of those. Microscope, petri dish samples... it was my ma’s way of placating my desire to become a mad scientist.
Yeah, if you want to have some real fun you have to make it yourself.
like racing chainsaws.