Fascinating Toasters: Clever But Is It Essential?

Despite the novelty item label you'd be tempted to attach to it, Hamilton Beach's Sandwich Maker aims to be taken seriously with its modern appliance looks and non-stick accessories. Say good-bye to that fast food joint where you stopped every morning to get a breakfast sandwich now that you can make your own. The magic operates this way: Pile all the ingredients together, English muffin, ham, cheese and egg, provided you put the liquid egg in the retractable-bottom container that goes in the middle. Once cooked, slide-out the bottom to reunite all 3 parts of your sandwich and eat!

Seems hearty, doesn't it? There is a risk, however. After a few months, won't this far-from-essential system join the waffle-maker and juice extractor you once thought you'd use forever only to get tired of the annoying cleaning and let it drift away in the closet of broken consumer dreams?