Welcome to our PEZ collection Blog. This collection started over 10 years ago when Keith was given a couple of PEZ and has grown from these few little toys to what is now 1074 dispensers and more than 140 other PEZ related collectables. Since Keith is in the Air Force and has no place to keep this collection where he lives we have remained the caretakers of the museum.
We will try to keep you up to date with the latest PEZ news, including new releases, and let you watch as this collection grows.
Please feel free to leave any comments you may have.
We had a great time at PEZylvania 2 were we met many friends old and new. We also met up with our friends who's daughter Jess began collecting about a year ago. After three of four times around the room she ended up with 63 new PEZ. She needed so much that she was able to score a lot of .50 and $1 dispensers. It was great to see the smile on her face and if anybody was doing the PDOJ she was. We even picked up some stuff for Keith's collection. On the way home we stopped at a Chick-Fil-A were we ate a late (3:30) lunch and picked up a few Cow PEZ!! It was like a mini convention there as one Pezhead after another stopped on the way home for the Cow PEZ.
The gathering made the local newspaper. You can see their story at this link http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=110396
A Pez Story
About a year ago a friend of ours 12 year old daughter began her own Pez collection. Recently Jess was able to come and see Keith’s collection for the first time. We were directed that while she was here we should get out the tote of extras, which has accumulated for over 10 years, and allow her to have anything she wanted. After a few gentle nudges and some “here you’ve got to have this one” she ended up with a shopping bag full of dispensers, many of which she would never find in the local stores.
The reason we tell this story is simple. For those of you who many years ago gave a young collector something extra when he made a purchase at a convention or more recently gave a special price because you found out he was in the military it has now been “Paid Forward” in your name and a new Pez collector knows the meaning of PDOJ. Ain’t it a great community?
Learn More
Want to know more about PEZ collecting? Join over 1300 other members on the PEZHEADS E-mail list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PEZheads/Or you can join an online forum such as YAPF ( Yet Another Pez Forum) at
http://www.yetanotherpezforum.com/YaBB.plThere are also many Pez conventions held every year throughout the country. We began attending PEZAMANIA in Cleveland about 8 years ago. The first year Keith was in the Air Force we attended the show in Cleveland without him and spend a lot of time on our cell phone discussing what we should buy.
Last year he was transferred to an Air Base in SC so we arranged to attend the Myrtle Beach convention with him. Since we live in PA we had a much further distance to travel but it was well worth the trip. We understand he has plans to attend Myrtle Beach again this year.
http://www.pezgathering.com/mbcon.html
A History Of Pez
In 1927 in the country Austria, Edward Haas came up with this new peppermint candy. The word PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint (pfefferminz). It was an adult breath mint that he decided to market as an alternative for smoking. From the word pfefferminz they took the first, middle and last letter and came up with the word PEZ. Then in 1948 they came out with the "easy, hygenic dispenser" that we all recognize now to be a regular.
In 1952 PEZ wanted to expand their sales so they set their sights on the U.S.A., to make their product more appealing to Americans. The first character dispenser was full body Santa Claus, produced in the mid 1950's. Unlike most all later character dispensers, in which the stem is simply a rectangular cartridge, the first Santa's body was very detailed, sporting black boots, red coat and "PEZ" emblazoned across his chest.The next full body dispenser was Space Trooper and it came in solid colors ranging from gold to fire engine red and depicted a robot like spaceman.They placed heads on the dispensers and marketed it for children. Today although still marketed to children many adults have become avid collectors.
How Many Pez Are There?
Many collectors have asked this question and I have never seen a complete answer. The problem is what do you count as a dispenser? For example the Ninja Turtles have 4 characters and each character has two faces. This make 8 pez dispensers. Right? Well there are 7 stem colors so if you collect each variation there are 56 total turtles. The same things happens with the Funky Faces with 13 faces and 5 colors making 65 if you count every stem color. There are other examples but I hope you see my point.
I guess the best answer is that there are more dispensers then you will ever be able to collect. So I figure that means buy what you like and will be proud to add to your collection.
New Pez For April
Phillies Baseball
Pete The Cat
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.
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!
Uncle Sam
Mickey Diecut Face - DBP/818.829
(this is his first German patent )
Mickey Removable Nose
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.
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.
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.
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