[eaurouge]

Yes, hobbyist electronic kits were available, both in the US and the UK, in the 90s.

[gregpilling]

I had some in the late 70s or early 80s. Canada

[MaysonL]

Back in the early '60s (or late '50s) I had a thing called a Brainiac kit[0] - a minor league version of an IBM wire panel: I wired it up to play tic-tac-toe.

[0] http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/brainiac/