Destiny Toaster

The **Destiny Toaster** is a toaster sold on the Bungie Store inspired by the Exotic Fusion Rifle Jotunn. It's inception was the result of a donation stretch goal during Bungie's livestreaming block during the Gaming Community Expo (GCX) charity event. Bungie and the Destiny and GCX communities raised over $800,000.00 during this four hour block, surpassing the stretch goal of $777,777.77 announced spontaneously during the stream by Bungie community manager dmg04. After which, the Bungie Store Twitter account announced that the toaster would be going into production. The placeholder page for the toaster was added to the Bungie Store on November 9, 2020.

The toaster itself, as mentioned, takes design inspiration from Jotunn, a weapon introduced in *Black Armory*. This is because of a community meme playing on the weapon's apparent resemblance to a toaster. The toaster has two slots, and toasts an imprint of the Tricorn into the center of the bread. All purchases of the toaster also come with a complimentary sandwich holder, also featuring the Rasmussen symbol the same as the toaster, which is also present on the Jotunn. A purchase of the toaster would also include the immediate digital delivery of an exclusive Emblem to be used in *Destiny 2*, *Burnt Edges*. The toaster is sold for $84.99 USD.

Despite the hype around the announcement, upon the reveal of the toaster itself there was some controversy experienced within the Destiny community. This was initially due to the fact that the toaster didn't meet what many were expecting, as it wasn't based on the model of the Jotunn, as it instead takes other design cues from the weapon. But it was further exasperated by the notion that the toaster was simply a recolor of a preexisting model which toasts custom images onto bread. A model markedly cheaper than the Bungie Store offering. However, this is explained due to multiple factors, as many community members and Bungie employees have chimed in to share. Primarily it would seem the price is due to lower sales predictions which means the toaster cannot be produced in bulk, as well as minor edits to the design requiring a modified manufacturing process majorly boosting production expenses.

## Description

In June 2020, the Destiny Community raised more than $800,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® during Bungie’s livestream supporting Gaming Community Expo (GCX). During the livestream, Bungie announced that if we hit $777,777.77, we would look into offering an Official Destiny Toaster.

“*It’s almost time to get that bread.*” ­– dmg04
* 10% of Profits from sales of the Destiny Toaster will go to St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital (R)
* Free Sandwich Holder with Purchase!
* Pre-orders will instantly receive a free Destiny 2 In-game emblem "Burnt Edges"

Product Spec:
* US 110-120V, ~ 50-60 Hz 600 - 700 W
* Two-Slice Toaster
* Expected Ship Date: December 2021-January 2022

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bungie Store. *Preorder: Destiny Toaster*. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
2. ↑ Bungie Store. (17 June 2021). *Get that bread, Guardian.*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
3. ↑ DeeJ. (17 June 2020). *GCX 2020*. Bungie. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
4. ↑ dmg04. (18 June 2020). *If you hit 777,777.77 We'll work towards an official Destiny Toaster available through the Bungie Store.*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
5. ↑ Bungie Store. (18 June 2020). *Coming soon ™*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
6. ↑ Bungie Store. *Coming Soon: Destiny Toaster*. Archived by Wayback Machine 9 November 2020.
7. ↑ dmg04. (17 June 2021). *For those asking "Why doesn't this look like Jotunn?"*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
8. ↑ DanVsWorld. (17 June 2021). *Replying to @BungieStore*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
9. ↑ Newgard, E. (17 June 2021). *My friends, making a toaster is expensive af*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
10. ↑ RowanRowden. (17 June 2021). *This is a niche item which has a high MOQ most likely, meaning it won't sell a TON of units and thus needs a higher cost to break even*. Twitter. Retrieved 17 June 2021.