I got one of these kits for the first computer I used in high school, over a 110 baud modem to the local college. Nothing more impressive than programming in BASIC on a state-of-the art (for 1967) ASR-33 storing your program on punched paper tape. Here is a link to a desktop PDP-8 recreation:
http://obsolescence.wix.com/obsolescence#!pidp-8/cbie
Dave