RadioShack has announced it is trying something new in order to turn around its crumbling retain empire. The new strategy, selling products that people want, products that no one else sells. The first of these new products will be the electronic Rube Goldberg machine kit littleBits, the snap together gadget building kit.

RadioShack may just be on to something, here at Highpants we would venture down to the shack if they kept this new generation of electronics kits. Making shelf space available to a new generation of manufacturers is so sensible we think they stole the idea.

Presented for your viewing pleasure is a video to celebrate littleBits going retail the SonicState unboxing and testing of the Korg Synth Kit. A kit that takes music back to its simplest form, experimentation and fun. Sit back, relax and let the beeps and boops begin…

Reference: littleBits
Reference: Bloomberg Businessweek