Stan,
What are you looking for in a kit? There are several ways to approach this depending on your particular goals and needs. Fill us in a bit and we will try to help guide you to the right stuff without wasting a lot of cash on uneeded and wrong stuff. That will leave more for buying parts to play with later, trust me you will want a parts allowance pretty quick. I know I had to so I could amass everything I thought I might need. I just got basic through hole components and no SMD, BGA, or other reflow type of systems components. Looking to hear back from you.
Bob