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Tired of the same old toast, boringly burned a uniform golden-brown? You need The Pirate Toaster, which emblazons a skull-and-crossbones design on each slice. If you don’t like pirates, The Breakfast Art Toaster offers the user a choice of toast designs, including a smiley face. Need something weirder? Try The Love Toaster, which burns “I LOVE YOU” on your toast. (Recommended for those who need daily affirmations from their breakfast.) Other interesting toasting technologies include:
- The Sunrise Toaster, a design concept which simulates sunlight while creating toast.
- The Radio Toaster, for when you need to catch NPR on the same device that burns your breakfast.
- The Toast One Concept Toaster, a design concept featuring a tilting mechanism to allow retrieval of toast without burning your fingers.
Links via Gizmodo.
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OR, you could just use your regular toaster and this handy invention to make millions selling miracle toast on eBay!
www.mcphee.com/items/M6160.html
posted by Molly on 2-22-2007 at 1:46 pm
I have a toaster that puts Mickey Mouse on my toast… and plays the MMC theme song when it pops!
posted by Katie on 2-22-2007 at 1:54 pm
Mmm. Pirate.
posted by Emily on 2-22-2007 at 4:24 pm
Sanrio also has a toaster that burns Hello Kitty’s face onto your bread. I was THIS close to buying it.
posted by Heather on 2-23-2007 at 1:21 am
I HAVE A TOASTER THAT BURNS BREAD WHEN YOU DRINK TOO MUCH. IT ALSO EMMITS A UNIQUE SCENT TO LET YOU KNOW ITS DONE.
posted by JOHN BROWN on 2-23-2007 at 11:18 am
is this available for ordering thru this website? does anyone know where it IS available for shipping to the US? (preferrably with shipping costs below the actual price of the toaster)
posted by ginny on 12-19-2007 at 10:25 am
Heather, I went to a tacky gift exchange at Xmas (where you can choose to open a new gift or take one somebody else already has) and the most fought-over item was the Hello Kitty toaster. I thought it was kinda weird, how popular it was.
posted by Ken on 1-22-2008 at 11:40 am
I HAVE A WAY OF TURNING OFF CAPS. It is called the caps lock key.
I’m buying that pirate toaster *tonight.
posted by SARAH on 1-22-2008 at 2:15 pm
Okay, I can’t believe you missed the Cinderella toaster that burns the image of the glass slipper into your toast and plays a waltz when it pops up.
Here’s what my babysitter had to say about the purchase for my four year old daughter’s hope chest, in keeping with the massive quantities of Cinderella merch I’ve been collecting:
“Oh, that’s just great, Marion. She’ll have some hot night of sex with some guy, and he’ll hit the door running as soon as she offers to make him breakfast… and she will die alone.”
posted by Marion on 1-22-2008 at 11:42 pm