Elements v PS7

This might be the wrong forum but no doubt there's someone who uses Elements and Photoshop 7.
I have just "upgraded" to PS7 and not sure this was worth the expense. I do a similar project in Elements 3 regularly and tried the same project in PS7 and discovered a lack of a few tools. Hopefully they are there somewhere but where?
Examples
Cookie Cutter (can't find and alternative other than selection tools)
Custom Shape Tool( ideal for talk bubbles - again no alternative)
Paint Bucket Tool (Not on Tool Bar only through Edit> Fill menu)
Selection Brush (handy little tool)
No Top Icon Tool Bar eg Save - Print - Open - Undo etc
No ' Frame from Video' ideal for AVI capture ( File>Import)
And of course no Red Eye tool
No doubt I'll find a few more as I go on
OK so can get round a lot of this but is this really such a wonderful upgrade. Curves I can get with Shipley's Extras in PSE - I do appreciate the Path Tool and Extract filter but so far that's about it.
It makes me appreciate what an excellent product PSE is value and content.
Am I missing something?
Comments appreciated.
Regards
Glynn

Geff.....
The two versions are aimed at different sectors of the market. Elements is supposed to be more consumer frendly while 7 (which is obsolete and now at version 9) is more for the professional. It takes a lot more driving.
Cookie Cutter is not there
Custom Shapes is on a fly out menu grouped with the Rectangle Tool ( U)
Paint Bucket is on a fly out menu under the Gradient tool (G)
Selection Brush no - but you have Quick Mask (Q) (two icons under the foreground/background selection)
Red-Eye removal - no great loss in my opinion as it seldom works well and just as easy to do other ways
No quick launch Icons - well you can learn the keyboard shortcuts which is just as quick.
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