I thought so too, at first, but if I have a piece of wood that needs to be re-sawed, I won't be able to do that on a scroll saw. And I have a table saw, but the kerf of the blade would eat practically a whole other set of scales I could have gotten out of the material, I'm thinking.
But you are right, the scroll saw would be nice for doing the profile cut outs. I figured a band saw would be too and I'd have more capability.