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Min-Liang Tan April 29 at 5:59 PM Alright- didn't think these guys were going to make it - but they did. It was to hit 1M likes and with each Razer Toaster tattoo being equivalent to 100K likes each....and they now have 12 Razer Toaster tattoos. ve..w.hat can I sausffi ked their page- and Im going to put together my team of designers and engineers. It will take a few years but I'll be sure to share the progress - and make it a community affair.

Min-Liang Tan March 26 Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I wonder. Why a toaster? Why not a bar fridge? Why not a hair dryer? Are those coming next? What is love? 618 Comments 110 Shares

Give us the Razer Toaster March 11 Min-Liang Tan We've agreed to something radical. We're confident it i happen,so what do you say to something radical yoursein charity always open. 136 26 Comments

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Razer Toaster is an electrical toaster announced by American gaming hardware manufacturer Razer. Started as a Facebook joke and reused by Razer as an April Fools joke in 2016, on April 29th, 2019, Razer officially announced that the product will be put in production.

History

Before September 13th, 2013, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan responded to a fan inquiry about the possible release of Razer toaster, replying that the company "already made one".^[1] On September 13th, 2013, Facebook user Mark Withers created a page "Give us the Razer Toaster",^[2] also posting requests to create the product in comment sections to Min-Liang Tan's posts on social media. On September 13th, 2013, Min-Liang Tan responded to Mark Withers's post with a promise to give him a toaster should the page gain one million likes (screenshot shown below).^[3]

In the following years, Razer Toaster became a popular in-joke in the Razer community,^[4] with fans referencing the product in social media posts and making memes about the non-existent product.

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Project BreadWinner

On April 1st, 2016, Razer announced Project Breadwinner as an April Fools joke for the year.^[5]

This project was demanded by community and you won’t shut up about it. So now we want your hand in our toaster. Give us your feedback on what features the ultimate gaming toaster should have and shape what Project BreadWinner becomes.

On July 27th, 2017, tech blogger Linus Sebastian presented a mockup of Razer Toaster at LTX 2017 meet-up, uploading a video of the event to YouTube on August 19th. The video gained over 1.4 million views in two years.

Razer Tattoos

On March 10th, 2010, Give us the Razer Toaster group proposed to alter the conditions of the bet. In the proposition, the group asked to count each Razer Toaster tattoo as an equivalent of 100,000 likes. On the same day, Razer CEO Ming-Liang Tan accepted the offer.^[6]

Give us the Razer Toaster March 10 Airight Min-Liang Tan,I saw you offer a bloke the equivalence of 100k likes for a tattoo of the Razer Toaster. We may get 9 more volunteers but heres my counter offer. Here I am, a man with unblemished skin, asking you that if I get a Razer Toaster tattooed on my body can we call this deal done? Edit: We have our deal, 1 tattoo per person counts for 100K likes. Min-Liang Tan and 496 others 130 Comments 44 Shares Like Comment Share Most Relevant Write a comment. Press Enter to post. Min-Liang TanNah. 100K Likes per toaster tattoo is my last and final offer 252 Like Reply 7w

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we get tattoos we get likes we get the toaster That's how mafia works

Through April 2019, a total of 12 Give us the Razer Toaster users submitted photographs showing their Razer Toaster tattoos.^[7]^[8]

Official Razer Toaster Announcement

On April 28th, 2019, with a total of 44,000 likes and 12 Razer Toaster tattoos, Give us the Razer Toaster group have gathered an equivalent of 1,244,000 likes required for the bet. On April 29th, 2019, Razer CEO Ming-Liang Tan announced that the toaster will be created.^[9]

On the same day, Give us the Razer Toaster posted a 10-minute video recapping the history of the bet.^[10] The video gained over 104,000 views in four days.

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External References

^[1] Vulcan Post – The Razer Toaster Is FINALLY Happening After 5 Years, 44K Facebook Likes, And 12 Tattoos

^[2] Facebook – Give us the Razer Toaster

^[3] Facebook – Min-Liang Tan's Post

^[4] Polygon – RAZER'S HISTORY OF AMAZING, MUST-HAVE, NEVER-GOING-TO-HAPPEN FAKED GADGETS

^[5] Razer – Project Breadwinner

^[6] Facebook – Min-Liang Tan's Post

^[7] Facebook – Give us the Razer Toaster's Post

^[8] Facebook – Give us the Razer Toaster's Post

^[9] Facebook – Min-Liang Tan's Post

^[10] Facebook – Give us the Razer Toaster's Post

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In the following years, Razer Toaster became a popular in-joke in the Razer community,^[4] with fans referencing the product in social media posts and making memes about the non-existent product.