The Toaster Museum (previously at Boing Boing Gadgets) is still in fine shape after 15 years (!) online.
The revelation that somebody collects toasters often leads to the same reaction: awkward pause, nervous laugh, then: "…Toasters?" The problem is not, to collect toasters. The problem is, to have hundreds of them. The result: They simply call you crazy. Well, and sometimes I think they are right! …
The 'trip' began at a fleamarket in San Francisco a few years ago. I came across my first old toaster, a beautiful chrome pop up monster. A few weeks later in Holland I bought one of the ugliest toasters ever made: The HAGEKA from the German Democratic Republic. Now, a couple of years later, I am proud to present a collection of nearly 600 different pieces.
Shocked to discover we've never posted about the 1949 Sunbeam, the second-best toaster of all time. The best is that thing from Mitsubishi that makes one tiny slice at a time.
UPDATE: That thing from Mitsubishi that makes one tiny slice at a time [Amazon]
