Toaster VS Toaster oven

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When I was a kid, I remember this old toaster we had for years and years. It had yellow handles and every time it would stop working, my dad would get out his tool kit and fix it. After years of use, my mom finally got fed up and insisted on a new toaster. While we were waiting for Dad to fix that old toaster, though, we used to pop our bread into the oven to toast it. When I got to be an adult, toaster ovens were on the market. (Yes, folks, I am older than the toaster oven!) Now, for myself, I prefer the toaster oven simply because it is so multi-usable and I save a bundle on my electric bill because I rarely use the full size oven in my range. Fish sticks? Pop em in the toaster oven. Chicken nuggets? Pop em in the toaster oven. Small pizza? Toaster oven. Toast? Toaster oven. I'm just a tad curious, though, because I have noticed that conventional toasters are still going strong. Is there some reason folks still prefer the conventional toaster or is it just that they cost less initially than the toaster oven? Personally, I LOVE my toaster oven and would never dream of trading it in on a conventional toaster but...as they say...different strokes for different folks. What do you think? Why would someone buy a conventional toaster rather than a toaster oven?