I was checking out your test set up and it reminded me about an electronics kit my Dad brought back from Japan in the 70's; Denshi Blocks. Transistors, resistors and other components are mounted in small plastic blocks with contact strips on the side, so one can swap out different parts to create basic curcuits. How cool would it be to have a mad scientists effects lab!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denshi_blocks.jpg
Cool site, by the way.
Those are cool.
The concept can be a used as a different kind of bread boarding and a different way to socket.
That would be some epic mojo using one of those blocks for the transistor/cap/diode inside.