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.

PEZylvania 2

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.pl

There 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.

Lots Of Mickey's

Lots Of Mickey's

A Few Photos For You To Enjoy

New Pez For April

Phillies Baseball
Pete The Cat

Saturday, October 25, 2008

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






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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.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

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.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

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.
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Friday, October 17, 2008

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
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Friday, October 10, 2008

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.




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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. :)
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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.
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