History
A brief timeline:
- 1972
- Gakken and Denshi Block Mfg. Co. Ltd. collaborate to release denshi block kits under Gakken's name.
- 1976
- The EX series was released.
- 1981
- The successor to the EX series, the FX series, is released.
- 1986
- Gakken stops producing denshi block kits.
- 2002
- The EX-150 is reissued in Japan, and is successful enough to justify the production of an expansion kit.
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