[Victerius]

Your comment reminds me of a line by Boromir (Sean Bean) in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

"It is a strange fate we should suffer so much fear and doubt… over so small a thing. Such a little thing."

Where the little thing here is the transistor.

[thwarted]

Which reminded me of the mine scene from Back to the Future 3

Doc Brown examining a microchip with a magnifying glass

"Unbelievable that this little piece of junk could be such a big problem. No wonder this circuit fails, it says 'Made in Japan'."

Marty "Whadda mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan."

Doc "Unbelievable"