tube rollers

A few moments ago I was rolling up a tube of cream from the bottom to save space. It was of those annoying metal tubes you get from pharmacies that always break at the sides and the cream comes out. They really need to look at toothpaste manufacturers for help there - modern toothpaste tubes never break at the sides and you can get every last bit out of them.

Anyway, that got me thinking back in the 80s (again) it seemed that every household was equipped with a toothpaste tube roller. Whatever happened to them?

A quick google revealed that they live, but they just don't seem to be as sought after.