Pawn Stars: Old Chemistry Set | History

[@CookinginRussia]

America is ranked 25th in science education at the high school graduate level today. Back when this was made, America was #1. The comments section here reflects that decay.

[@adensmith6440]

It's sad. Not just in science but basic literature, penmanship, math, and plenty of other subjects. The general population of the USA is quite under educated. There are people with vast amounts of knowledge, but the population nowadays is underperforming compared to the previous generations.

[@adensmith6440]

@Michael Whitewolf Race has nothing to do with it. The problem arises because of people being lazy. And it only gets worse as time goes by. Soon enough almost everything will be automated and the only jobs to be had will be maintenance for the machines. The human race keeps trying to ever evolve to the point of not needing to do anything. All people want to do is sot on their phones or sit at home and be lazy all day long. No one has the drive to make new discoveries anymore.

[@nickolasgaspar9660]

@@adensmith6440 "The problem arises because of people being lazy. " -That is an ignorant thing to say. Human behavior is a product of its environment. Our modern economic system needs "lazy" ignorant people...You should think this type of behavior as the product of type of "Natural Selection" inside our social organization systems.

[@battleonfan1]

@@adensmith6440 Not enough money is being put into public education. Laziness has nothing to do with it.

[@adensmith6440]

@@battleonfan1 You're correct to a degree, but regardless of the amount of money put into the public education system, if the student doesn't have the drive to focus on their work or learn the subject at hand, then it will only remain the same. That is partially due to people being lazy, it's also because our education system is failing us. Were headed into the future, yet were still held back by old, outdated teaching methods. There are plenty of factors that play a role and being "lazy" happens to be one of them. It might not be the main cause, but it exists and it plays a big role.

[@a456987]

Man those old chemistry sets had some dangerous stuff

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Yes!

[@Kit_Bear]

Hell yeah!

[@issstari954]

Some even had uranium before it was useful

[@carpy1970]

I accidentally had a pretty scar.y explosion in my bedroom from one of these while trying (successfully as it turns out) to make hydrogen.

[@jordansmith3721]

33% of hydrochloride salt and or something like that will dissolve everything human wise.

[@Robert-dt3is]

She probably is one of the best negotiators. Most people are like "I'm looking to sell for $1000"...."I'll offer you $100"...."I can go $125".

[@mienh187]

Chumlee would of love this chem set. He has a bigger set in his house. My bad I mean had.

[@dreholder1073]

Samuel Saephan why didn’t I just go back and change “has” to “had”

[@thisperson2517]

George Hennen you dont get the joke

[@LordHeath1972]

shame he couldn't have got arrested for being a dumbass too.

[@johnwaynewireman5262]

Zinnnggggg

[@danishmoocow4424]

darkball31 like in payday 2 😂😂😂

[@allenroach7503]

I'm 68, my Christmas chemistry set came with more bottles, a Bunson alchohol burner and the stand with mesh screen to put over the the burner. Lots of small items and test tubes. Even a small flask. All real stuff. My best item I made was gun powder that worked. Parents eventually sneaked it away from me when they thought I might burn down the house.

[@musktesla7000]

You had spent a real childhood sir, respect to you

[@Marshmallowsinabowl]

My dads parents threw away his Voltron robot toy when he was little and said they lost it because the company used lead paint on the toys.

[@maxwellancheta1567]

I've seen probably every episode and this is definitely one of my favorite items

[@zooeyhall]

$100 is a fair price!

[@Artificial777]

The materials in the set and at the ammount you could buy for 25$ or even less i wouldn't spend 75$ on cardboard and including jars

[@benf6165]

You can og ones on eBay for 20 bucks

[@johnmills34YT]

yes it is

[@laurenmiller6924]

zooeyhall true

[@rss7329]

zooeyhall THEY ALWAYS RIP PEOPLE OFF ANYWAY!!😏😥

[@rickhalverson2014]

I think she's doing a little subtle flirting with Rick. He softened right up.

[@osamaanooz1074]

😂😂

[@shirtsguitar]

😂

[@sierrahhofzon3878]

I am an Indian, and when we were kids these types of science sets were all rage among us. I had a microscope set with all different types of accessories, samples, lenses, flasks and tubes. Chemistry set with a mini burner, mesh thingy, and alot of apparatus. My favourites were my telescope set. I had 3 different types of telescopes. One made of brass which had the best magnification and I loved it. Oh yeah, I saved alot of pocket money in middle school for a magazine called Scientific American. And they sent the magazine straight to India from US, and sometimes there were surprise gifts too!

[@andersonaldo1340]

You can always tell when he knows he's trying to rip them off when he does the shifty eyes when he makes the offer lmao

[@iami3rian394]

That exhale after EVERY first offer is a really good sign he's trying to squeeze money out of them as well.

[@McShaggswell]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that.

[@zxcytdfxy256]

100$ was so fair wtf

[@zxcytdfxy256]

and bitch, we all know you read a script and you don't know shit, stop posing.

[@TheIcefreeze]

He would've ended up in hot water if he would've lost 100$ on account of the many other times he's ripped people off.

[@paulschlacter4181]

Yeah but that's how pawn shops make money. She should have said $150 if she wanted $100 from it.

[@stevefix1112]

She did better than most who negotiate with Rick. (How many get 75% of their asking price?)

[@theone2be33]

Woman: let's make a little chemistry here. Rick: Meet me in the back room

[@Combatarms423]

They always sell cool stuff to Rick and then waste the money on "Dinner" or alcohol lmao

[@travvypoo]

Combatarms423 How do you know what they spend it on?!

[@Combatarms423]

she said at 2:33

[@madhash83]

Combatarms423 Whenever they say "Dinner and Alcohol" it's usually translation for I'm going to blow the money at the casino where they give me free alcohol

[@BostonsF1nest]

Sometimes it's better to invest in an experience you'll remember forever, as oppose to a old material item that will just sit in your basement forever

[@jamesabbakiss7657]

The rich get richer

[@walkertongdee]

I had one quickly ran out of the stuff that goes boom!

[@Dantectez]

Lol

[@randywiggins1248]

Last hobby shop in my city stopped carrying replacement chemical bottles by mid 80s . Later sets more plastic and wimpier chemical selection. My mineral,ore collection as kid had Uranium ore. Last chemistry set saw decades ago at Toys r Us was over $50.

[@matthewholmes5285]

How times have changed! These were out when I was a kid, had friends who had one. I can not recall one time I ever heard of anyone getting hurt playing with it. I'd bet if you put it out on the market today kids would be killing themselves and blowing everything up!

[@cooljenna]

They had the sounds for every time the price tag popped up but I didnt see it lol

[@czechmate8287]

Back when toys were awesome...

[@Anna-sq1ux]

I really loved chemistry in high school

[@Relhio]

I honestly wouldn't have sold something like that for such a small amount of money. Some novelty items should be kept...

[@fatyowls]

We had these in the UK, they were the watered down version, but still good fun back in the early 70s...

[@antpoo]

Dinner and a glass of wine for a chemistry set!!! Crazy. Id take the chemistry set for sure.

[@BMarie774]

THIS is something I'd buy in a heartbeat.

[@robsmith8715]

'Sparkle' in his eye was for her. Lets make a little chemistry's comment was very on the ball. She's cute.

[@Secondadmendment]

Old chemistry sets had the good stuff. But I find it funny that it says safe on the box

[@jacobstraub1472]

Does anybody notice in the video that anytime a new price offer is mentioned, you would hear the swish noise, but not see the price tag?

[@dme1016]

I got a couple for 'Xmas in the 60's, but they were cooler than this one. Whenever I got mad at my brother or sisters, I concocted numerous mad-scientist potions & put it in the family Listerine bottle or wherever. Fortunately, no one got sick.....I don't think. Well, I know I didn't kill anyone.

[@jonedwards5953]

Dave Dawkins smell this balloon, its something called "cyanide"

[@Largent13]

I had one...never used it though...think I ended up shooting the bottles with my .22 lol

[@sirich7751]

I remember these well. We used to mix random stuff and pray. LOL!!! In all seriousness, you could make incredible things.

[@kenzor9138]

Dad made me a "lab" under the basement stairs. Report cards showed a problem.

[@browngreen933]

I had that EXACT chemistry set as a kid. Made stink bombs with it.

[@studogable]

I miss mine so bad right now.

[@nervousnerys4215]

I had a chemistry set. I made a mix and shook it and it's just exploded the plastic lid of the test tube and shot brown liquid up the wallpaper, ceiling. Everywhere. My Mum weren't too happy because it hadn't long been decorated and I only ended up with it anyway because I took a Jean jacket back to C&A with dodgy poppers and traded it for the chemistry set. This was in the early eighties.

[@tinsoldier5621]

I'm guessing she had more than one glass of wine

[@flermurmurjumjum765]

It'd cost $100 new... I'll give it to ya for $40! LOL, the local junkyard guy!

[@sundancesoza2575]

I had that,kool to see it again.

[@stevenparker1063]

I had that exact set when I was a kid, mixed all the chemicals together in water and it started smoking, it was kewl!

[@DeadeyeGaming]

I would have loved to have this

[@jkadoodle]

A lot of sellers come to pawn stars so they can buy dinner

[@christoskyriakou1257]

He didn’t call a chemistry box expert what a surprise....

[@jvolstad]

I had a chemistry set for a while. Then I switched over to Ham Radio.

[@JohnnyProductionsOfficialTM]

2:31 Justin Bieber????

[@quinton5782]

TROLLED

[@quinton5782]

XD

[@fcxknife7419]

I said to myself why does that look like JB 😂

[@Stennyxvi]

Mixed with Donald trump

[@mattku6094]

Jevai XD lol 😆

[@hanakowolf578]

These sets were marketed as toys back in the 1950s. They were sold at $50 dollars back then, which was VERY expensive. Nowadays, one of those kits could cost upwards of $500 dollars adjusted for inflation. Sorry, lady, but you got scammed!

[@kingjames4886]

"lets make a little chemistry here" -awkward cut

[@803kaleb]

My head started tingling watching this

[@mnhoss2100]

I just sold mine with a bunch of test tubes and extra stuff at a yard sale for 20. Lol

[@TechnoThePug]

That was worth so mutch more

[@MrAlpino3]

2:26 I saw the little sparkle in his eye ...

[@shadei1142]

Were the graphics broke on this one?

[@rss7329]

IF SHE WOULD HAVE SAID $50 HE WOULD HAVE SAID $20!!😏 TIGHT WAD!!

[@Arborpress]

exactly what I was thinking. If she just would've said $200 Rick would've quickly offered her $80-100

[@davidhaber9719]

I had the same one.

[@josephtrelanwny1006]

😂bruh why does this still seem cool to have

[@justsomelochnessmonsterony8265]

Not gonna lie the way its ordered is satisfying for some reason

[@Utonian21]

Toys from the 50's and 60's had NO CHILL. There were so many dangerous things they'd give to kids back then

[@Superstrike_11]

They had more faith in both the kids and the parents back then. Parents were clever enough to know what was dangerous and what was not, and kids had the common sense to either read the instruction manual, or they would play with Dad. If Dad wasn't home, mom would keep an eye on them. Everything is different today, both kids and adults would be too stupid to play with any Gilbert toys.

[@TheSweetheart0822]

That would’ve been so cool to have, but I’d also be afraid of touching the chemicals

[@Spicelot]

I’d buy

[@majikglustik9704]

It's time to make an exploding dye pack to go with that stack of hollowed out $10's you bought.

[@bartwardenn555]

I want to see someone make gunpowder with one of these and hand-load a pistol cartridge and testfire

[@AmyBun]

Mr Brown did chemistry famously.

[@bl6557]

You could probably make a firework with that

[@ImLusiioN]

most of the times somebody tells an wish price rick bids half the money

[@potterj09]

Ahh these things spurred my interest in Sergei Molotov :)

[@joshuaminke6629]

i had something similar when i was younger, but unfortunately my cat managed to get into it some how, ate something, and died :(

[@twospiritpenguin9362]

Mr Brown and the chemistry set got along famously

[@rayrowley4013]

Any chemist here want to chime in on the 'tannic acid' comment. I have rewatched several times and do not see that anywhere in the kit. And even if it was there, tannic acid is a weak acid (pKa ~6) and I which shouldn't be enough to break down the sodium ferrocyanide. Am I missing something?

[@rewindedits8805]

I heard that a kid mixed them all up and poured it on a drive way

[@Flixxy0]

Brewstew

[@IvanLowpez]

1:59 laughs at her own joke

[@valterbda1]

i do that too

[@kingjames4886]

where's the uranium?

[@r0bw00d]

0:21 I give up. Where's the tanic acid?

[@BrutalBeast666]

Bottom row second from the right. 0:30

[@r0bw00d]

You can actually read that? Good eyes!

[@kiyosenl.3889]

Lol, i just checked on ebay, i can get one in just as good condition for $90 so he got the short end of the stick there

[@KevinBolsajian]

I HATE when people take cool stuff like that to a pawn shop, its like they want to get ripped off. That would have gone waaaaaayyyyyy up in auction

[@Kappanoname]

it also takes time before the auction happens, you have to pay auction house fees, etc. and that's assuming it sells decently. some people just want/need the cash straight upfront instead of having to go through the hassle. at the end of the day it's free money for unwanted/needed things.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

I have the one that's in a blue box

[@Jordan-vf8uv]

I swear all those old toys in the 1900s have like that generic boy look (white, blonde, boy)

[@buuuba7022]

Jordan Ng cause that's how people in the western society usually looked like?

[@bobmeyer854]

You mean the typical American boy of the 20th century until we started reaping the fantastic rewards of the Democrat 1965 immigration act that has this country on the verge of destruction?

[@iimdirtydan]

Jordan Ng lol calling a type of human being generic... you're trash

[@Bellyzbad1]

Bob Meyer verge of destruction? during the 60s u almost went to nuclear war with Russia xD u have no clue on what you are talking about

[@Superstrike_11]

@@bobmeyer854 You said it right.

[@vintageindy]

Got it at a garage sale. $70 get out of here lady.

[@breakingames7772]

Hope this is still for sale, my neighbors dog needs a sweet treat

[@sprok20022002]

Not cool bro

[@Superstrike_11]

XD

[@theatremad9797]

Chemistry set with Sulfuric acid. Add to Cart

[@TheFootballPlaya]

I would've got that for 120

[@katogojira7223]

2022 bet she's wishing she kept it 🤣😅

[@harrylengbloodworth5512]

They don't make them like that anymore.

[@realazduffman]

I still think a Walter White Junior Chemistry Set is a good idea.

[@kylamikaela6885]

dude i would pay way more than $100 for that

[@jigaromx4085]

No se por que este episodio nunca lo subtitularon, no lo encontré

[@scribbles1424]

Obviously since there was no mass deaths from these chemistry sets shows that children weren't as stupid back then as people think.

[@doglips1958]

This container is stamped "Secret: Manhattan Project" Is this good or bad???????

[@alfredrnstrand2415]

I stg Rick haggles over like 10 bucks but Will have no problem going up 5 grand on more expensive things

[@Vollification]

Mom drink this :D

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

come on dude its 100 bucks! you can probably earn that back on the same day when you sell something else

[@HandsomestCrusader]

You know they buy things with the intention to resell them at a profit, right? This chemistry set is worth $100 at most. So if they bought it at $100 they'd either never sell it if they increased the price to make a profit, or sell it for price they bought it and make no money off of it.

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

Mermaid Man ok i am an idiot and i am a millennial. sorry i'm going to have to clean up the shit your generation fucked up

[@HandsomestCrusader]

AJSSPACEPLACE I'm a millennial, too, but you just have extremely bad logic.

[@rajansohi7562]

hahaha don't ever open your own business

[@sasom7274]

Mermaid Man You think that all millennial are illogical. I guessing you are an old person.

[@brianbryan6636]

I would have kept it

[@only257]

great

[@yugiohpokemon5285]

These go for 500 now

[@scorpiog5659]

No they don't, not even close !

[@Superstrike_11]

I don't think they'll make it back to $500. Kids just aren't interested in educational (or high quality) toys anymore.

[@jaydyer6682]

This is what Walter white got for Christmas when he was a kid.

[@stg6199]

I have the same one

[@mikesilva3868]

Good 😊

[@bassius1792]

1:14 Safe, Thrilling Adventures, but you can make cyanide gas hahaha!

[@jessepinkman5955]

Where tf are the prices at

[@RoadToJoy]

I would of given her 💯

[@generalzucc462]

Rick: let me tell you how to gas yourself *chuckles in Rick*

[@theprofesser9797]

Isn’t this the same company that made glass blowing kits for 8 and up that taught you got to blow glass at 500 degrees and higher?

[@gradyh9871]

Cool lady.

[@dc7370]

Good deal for both. Me I would want it if it was in perfect condition