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Has anyone seen somebody make their 'toaster' nes into an actual toaster?

I think the hard part would be insulating the system enough to prevent melting,smoke,fire, and general heat problems.
After that is conquered I think that it would best only do a single piece of toast at a time, that way you don't have to mod the case of the NES too much and it will remain looking like an NES.

Any thoughts?

If this is doable, I think I would fall out of my chair laughing, while eating the toast. I wonder how good the heat shield inside of the NES is?

Hah, I'm sure the heat of the toaster elements/wire would heat that up, and it would give off quite a heat to the sides. Not to mention fitting the toaster inside of it.

I actually thought of this a couple years ago, but there wasn't any way I was going to attempt it at that time. Do they make one-slice toasters? I'm thinking it'd be a job to hack apart a 2 slice toaster, unless the two are seperate units. I think the plastic melting would be the biggest issue here..

Or what about doing the opposite of that? Putting the guts from the NES into a toaster where you would place the game into the bread slot.

I think OGTL's right. The main concern would probably be the plastic. Could you artificially strengthen it, somehow?

The slot being so close to the top/side is the problem, no room for insulation at all in there...