Christmas Was Here

We hope everyone had a Great Christmas. We have been very busy here and in fact leaving soon for still our third Christmas celebration. In between all this making merry i want to take a couple minutes to post some pictures of the Pez collection additions.Keith opening one of 55 Pez that were in his gift bag.

The new Pez for the collection.


The new cabinet built by Keith's Grandfather. There are more to be put in here so watch for updates.

Merry Christmas

We Wish Everyone A Merry Christmas. Stay tuned for Christmas updates.

Last New Disney

We finally found the New Daisy Duck the last of the new Disney collection we needed. If you have not seen them hopefully these pictures will help. It took us a while to get all of them. Keith found three in Italy when he was there, we traded for the Goofy with a collector in Israel and now found Daisy at a local grocery store. That's one more to check off our needs list. PDOJ

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

We received these from a trade with a collector in England. Although we had the 4 clear one that were out a few years ago in the lunch box set we did not have the Kuririn which is the tan colored one. Besides these are in tubes and labeled for sale in Europe. That makes them different anyway.

New Cabinet

We have been working on a new cabinet for the Pez collection and hope to have it completed by Christmas. Keith Grandpa built it and we are now trying to get the finish on it before Keith comes home on leave. Anyway here are a couple of pictures to give you an idea of what it will look like.

New Cheurb

Pez has just released the new Cherub pez which will be part of there Valentines collection. You can buy them now on Pez.com or wait for them to hit the stores early next year. Keith has already ordered his so we will post a picture here when it arrives.

Just In

We just received these in the mail this week. Keith traded for the Mystic Ball and I traded for the new Alex and Marty. The new ones are in the bags and were only available at the Cinemark Theaters and there are none of them near us. We still need Melman and Skipper.

Try Trading

If you are looking for that hard to find Pez, instead of buying it at an auction try trading for it with one of your extras. We have begun doing this and found that it works out very well for everyone. We have traded with people throughout this great country and abroad sending Pez to places like Israel and Sweden.

Don't have any extras you say. Well maybe something you can get in your area is needed by someone else. For example many of the NCAA footballs are a local release as are the MLB's that came out this year. Or someone in Canada or Europe would like a US release in exchange for a Euro release. There are a lot of possibilities out there. So do something different and maybe make some new friends in the process.

New Christmas Crystals

After running to five different Target Stores this weekend we finally found the new Christmas Crystal Pez on the Target Value cards. These are going be hard to find so you need to get out there looking for them now. We had one clerk open a new box of 24 and he only found three crystals in it. For those who collect variations for some reason ( I don't know why ) there are different numbers on Santa's forehead. We found the number 3, a backwards 4 and an upside down 2. Don't know how many more numbers are out there!

In From Israel

We just got these in the mail from a Pez collector in Israel. We traded him some Christmas Pez in tubes for these. The Goofy is the last one we needed to complete the Disney release from this year and we did not have any of the Looney Tunes Soccer. It's fun trading with folks from around the world.

We also received Mickey this week from a collector in Texas. Although we have 12 Mickeys this one is a little different than any of those. Keith traded this for the last TMNT that she needed to complete her Turtles set.

Myrtle Beach Take

Here is what Keith is bringing home from the convention

Truck A16 from the 70's
Pilgrim from Bicentennial Series

Pony Go Round

Green Hornet

Dylan's Brown Stem Bunny

Casper Die Cut Stem

Myrtle Beach

Keith attended the Fun In The Sun convention this weekend and picked up some very nice, mostly vintage, dispensers. Although we do not have pictures yet here is a list of what he bought.


PEZfest 7 Snowman
MIBPEZfest 7 Polar Bear
Dylan's Rabbit, Brown Stem
Pilgrim, Green Stem
Green Hornet "A" Dark Green Hat, Black Stem
A16 Truck Dark Blue Cab, Yellow Stem
Pony-Go-Round, Blue Head, Hard White Mane, Red Bridle, Yellow Stem
Casper Die-Cut, Blue Eyes, White Stem, Red Sleeve


Hopefully he will send some pictures soon. We will post them when he does.

Myrtle Beach Bound

Keith will be heading to the Fun In The Sun Convention tomorrow. He has been looking forward to this for a long time and we just wish we could join him there like we did last year. I know he has a list of vintage he wants and a pocket full of cash so there should be some dealers that are as happy that he is going as he is. Hopefully he will send us some pictures that we can post here. Check back next week to see what he bought.

Barky Brown

This is one of the latest additions to the collection five crystal head Barky Brown. Barky Brown's are sold by the Animal Welfare League in Australia as a fund raiser. There are currently 28 that have been released, however we only have two others besides these. Looks like we have some catching up to do. Keith got these in a trade for some Batman and Star Trek sets.

Stewardess Has Landed

This is the latest addition to the collection. Keith found the Stewardess without the hat for a very reasonable price. He then bought the hat from a dealer in Austria (you Pezheads know who) and there you have it. Now we just need to find her a Pilot

New Pez Issued

It has been a great couple of weeks for new issues of Pez. Here is a list of just out or coming soon. At Walmart you should start to find a Batman set that includes a Bat on the stem of Batman. Also this month are a new Cars 4pc boxed set and the Star Trek boxed set. To add to the college footballs Nebraska and BYU and scheduled to be released as well.

Chick-Fil-A is going to be selling a Pez that is in the design of their cow used in their ad campaigns. The stem will state Eat More Chikin. This is be as collectible as the Jack In The Box was in the 90's.

Looks like there is a lot of Pez hunting to go on in the next few weeks.

Unknown Pez

This Pez arrived today in the mail. For those of you old enough to remember the Unknown Comic this is the Pez version. Actually it is a Christmas present so we need to keep it "under wraps" for awhile. After all anyone can see this picture. :)

New Additions For October

We have had a couple new additions to the collection this week. One is the Christmas Bear which although is the same bear as last year it is on a baby blue stem. Not everyone collects stem variations but we have been for many years so why stop now?

The other one Keith bought is the Cocoa Marsh Astronaut. It was a premium that was given away with Cocoa Marsh ( old enough to remember that?). This has been an item he has looked at before but never bought.

Keep watching as we are headed to Pezsylvania on the 18th and Keith is going to Myrtle beach for the Fun in The Sun Pez convention the following weekend. I am sure we will be bringing something back for those conventions.

Happy Halloween from our Pez to Yours!

Never Too Young

Our friends Teresa and Norm just returned from Vietnam were they completed the adoption of their son Derek. Their daughter is the girl that Keith gave a lot of extras to earlier this year. Anyway we were at the airport when they arrived and of course had to present him with his first Pez. My plan is to bring him to the Pezside by the time he is four. I just need to teach him how to say "Crazy Pez Guy"

Halloween

We picked up these special Target Halloween Cards when we were down visiting Keith. They are the same dispensers as last year but they are on these special cards and come with more candy than normal.

Mini Pezfest

All the Pez that we bought over the summer traveled with us to South Carolina so Keith could get a look at them up close and personal. He also has some that we had acquired this summer and brought them over to the hotel as well. So Friday morning we spent some time just looking at what everyone had, even though we had exchanged pictures. For those who have been to a Pez convention this was like a one room room hoping.

While we were out and about in town Keith picked up the new Target Carded Halloween Pez. Those along with everything else will be on there way back to our house for storage. Keith just does not have the room to keep them here.

Road Trip

We are taking a road trip to South Carolina to spend a few days with Keith ( and maybe Hanna ?) So we decided to take along some of the Pez we have adopted over the summer. These are the ones that Keith has only been able to see through the pictures we sent him. It's kinda like a traveling Pez show. We will also get a chance to see some of the stuff that he has given a new home to this year. I can't wait to see the Bicentennial ones that he has.

Looks like these guys are ready to go.

Altered Pez

These special creatures have just been added to Keith's collection. They are the creation of a Pez collector who is known to the Pez world as PEZscrapper. How she creates these Altered Pez I have no idea but they sure are nice. We all, especially Keith, want to thank her for this little addition. These will definitely have a special place in the display case.

In From Italy

These Pez were purchased in Italy when Keith was stationed there this spring. These are a good addition to the collection. I guess being sent overseas has it's perks!

These just in

Uncle Sam

Mickey Diecut Face - DBP/818.829

(this is his first German patent )

Mickey Removable Nose

Yard Sales

Keith has added to the collection this weekend by going to some yard sales. Well after a few stops he found a treasure in a box full of junk toys. He did not pay a lot for the four pez that he found. For you non collectors these are Cockatoo, Rooster, Octopus and One Eyed Monster. As you can see they are non footed and were produced in the 60's.

He also purchased a Mickey Die Cut Face on Ebay tonight. He went after this because it has a DBP marking on it. The DBP means Deutsches Bundes Patent and these were only released in Germany. This will be the first one with these markings in his collection.

Recent Acquisitions

Some of the additions to the collection over the last few weeks are to continue to add to a series of dispensers. Two of these were a Bozo and Donald Duck die cut stems. These are from the early 60's and leave him missing Casper and an Easter Bunny to finish this series. The other was an Indian Chief that is part of the Bicentennial collection. This is a series he has always wanted and although this is only the second piece he has it is a start. We all keep looking at sites like EBay and Craig's List to see what deals we can find. Who knows what will be added next.

OCC

Here are a couple of photos of the Pez chopper that was created by OCC. Rumor has it they created the bike in exchange for putting them on the dispensers. I have never seen this confirmed.

The Collection

This is just a small sample of the Pez in Keith's collection. Many are still MIB and MOC and stored in totes.