I had an EE8 kit as a young lad back in about 1964 or so.
It came with an AF117 and an AC126 transistor, OA91 germanium diode, a bunch of resistors and capacitors, a little bulb with shroud a pot with knob a tuning capacitor, a length of ferrite rod (plus a pre-wound broadcast coil), a crystal/piezo earplug and a crude morse key.
I spent many a fond hour building (and rebuilding) and modifying the simple radios, flashing lights, water-level detector, morse key and other projects.
A wonderful way to get started in electronics -- do they still make such things?