Talk:Toaster (item)

locations
anyone know more locations for the pre-war toaster.

Toast
You know, has anyone ever noticed the toast in the Toasters? That would be nice to eat :d (even though it'd be all moldy and crap).  Nukey (talk) User blog:AreYouGoingToEatThatNuke? 15:02, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * AreYouGoingToEatThatMoldyPrewarToast? :P Kris (talk) 16:12, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

Why not eat it? You eat 200 year old Salisbury Steak, why not toast?

Because salisbury steak is packaged? so are the yummy deviled eggs and mac and cheezze, and sugah bombs, and gum drops, and bubblegum, and porky beans, and all other packaged foods throughout the wastelands! 69.66.166.176 17:55, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect info.
I don’t know where the information on the article page was taken from, but I would have to argue its incorrect. Side loading toasters were not phased out in the 20’s-30’s, that’s completely absurd. I might be dating myself here but I remember seeing side loading toasters being used as a child in the early 70’s. Not only in peoples homes but I went to a YMCA summer camp and that was what they had on in the chow hall, each morning at breakfast there was one on each table.

Top loading pop-up toasters didn’t become the norm being sold in stores until the mid 50’s, however that doesn’t mean that most people would have necessarily had that style in their home. Back in those days people didn’t just toss aside a perfectly good appliance just to buy a newer model. For one, most things were made to last back then. I would bet you could go into the homes of people in their 70’s-80’s and find appliances from the 50’s still working and being used today. Even when something would break people would take it to a repair shop over buying a new one. Not only was that more economical, but it was just the way people did things in those days. It wasn’t a throw away society like it is today.

To sum things up, I think if you were to go into peoples homes in the 50’s you would find more people using a side loading toaster over the newer top loading style.


 * It's important to note that Fallout isn't necessarily remniscient of the way America actually was in the 50s, but the way it reflected itself (through media and advertising) in the 50s. It's the future that the 50s thought it would become. Remember that this was just after WWII and America was seeing a sudden explosion in the economy and, specifically, in the middle class. Though it wasn't a throw-away culture then, it was then that the seeds were sown. Advertising was capitalizing on the new possibility of conspicuous consumption and the new need to "keep up with the Joneses". Suddenly it was a big thing -or at least pushed as a big thing - to be "the first on the block with a brand new X!" or NOT be "the only one left in the dust!" Even ignoring that this was the "future 50s" (with lasers and robots!) and everything ought to be new technology, it would just fit the Fallout world's residents to only want the newest thing. 220.121.133.205 17:46, December 14, 2010 (UTC)

Quest or Ingredient Item?
Regarding New Vegas -

I did not find anything in the article stating whether or not toasters (pre-war or post-war) can be used for anything. Hence, I assume they can be discarded or sold without any future situation popping up causing the player to cry, "grrrrrrrr!" after selling their toaster stockpile.

Are they used for any quests or side-stories with NPC's? Can they be used to make anything else? Or, are they just "junk" that can be ignored when found or - if worth the weight-to-sales-value ratio, picked up just for selling to vendors?

If anyone knows, adding the info to this (and to all such miscellaneous-item articles) would be helpful to readers. There are so many items in Fallout 3 and in Fallout New Vegas, many folks go to the Wiki site to help identify when an item is worth keeping versus discarding.

Three dogs toaster
(after the player has disarmed the megaton nuclear bomb)"Next time your in the area pop into the studio, old three dogs toaster in on the fritz!"