This is wonderful. The whole site reminds me of "Edmund Scientific," a catalog and retail store that dominated my thoughts and dreams as a child.
You were not alone.
No images, much less video, to go along with the 1995 story, as you might expect from a time when most people had film cameras and dial-up.
It hit Slashdot 19 years ago, at https://slashdot.org/story/04/05/21/1936210/things-you-can-d... . Reading mention of someone I knew make the world seem a bit smaller.
Recalling this, and re-reading the account, brings bittersweet memories now as she passed some 10 years ago.