Convention season is heating up! Add the Pez Portugal gathering in Castelo Branco to your list for 2015, Today the new website launched for the gathering! Notice the "?"
Maybe a big surprise is coming?
Will you be going?
Friday, February 27, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
a great 1980's PEZ Catalogue...
Found on eBay coming from Slovenia this 1980's Pez catalogue.
What a fun look back at the history of Pez 35 years ago.
1980 Catalogue
(wondering why PEZ have changed the colours & style?)
Produced for Sale
Aptly named, because they are dogs. Along with their mom, “Ma,” these guys are always trying to rob Scrooge, too. It was always hard to keep them all straight, but names of the Beagle Boys include gems like Bigtime, Babyface, Bankjob, Burger, Baggy, and Bebop.
Photo & Content: http://blogs.disney.com/
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Little Guide...European PEZ Gatherings...
Recommended for breaking down all those European dispensers from gatherings! Created and written by our dear friend Luis, from Pezilla.
PezAMania Newsletter # 2 Written by JoAnn (Scoop) Pillifant
PEZAMANIA 25 CLEVELAND, OHIO
So let's talk about this month's Pezamania 25 Newsletter. In this month's issue, you'll read a great story from one our young collectors, Owen Arbaugh. His story about how he actually began collecting will bring a smile to your face and warm your heart ! Thank you Owen, for submitting this wonderful article.
We have a fantastic surprise to spring on you in this issue !! Eric Wisniewski (aka Pezburgh Punk) will be doing a brand new presentation during the Convention called "PEZ Candy Packs Collecting 101". His information is invaluable for those of you who collect the candy packs. Eric will also talk about his phenomenal art pieces he creates using the Candy Packs. He has once again, donated one of his fantastic Candy Packs Art Pieces for one of our Charity Auctions. Now, as if this new event doesn't add a special "Don't Miss" to your to-do list, we are equally excited to announce that Eric will be accompanied by Shawn Peterson of PEZ Candy USA !! We are very happy to see that Shawn will be attending our Convention this year ! To say that our 25th PEZAMANIA 25FEBRUARY 2015 ISSUE 2 Anniversary Pezamania Convention will contain spectacular experiences for all who attend is quite an understatement !!
Which brings me to another WOW! moment ~ last year's Convention had many wonderful highlights that attendees will forever remember. I know of one young man who's highest auction bid won him a very special package from voice-over artist, Tom Kane. Well, Tom Kane has again extended his generosity to us in providing to the winning bid, an MP3 voice recording as one of his characters with the message of your choice, plus a signed Yoda PEZ (he did the voice of Yoda in The Star Wars animated series), along with his signature on a picture of one of his characters !! It's with great pleasure we say a special thank you to Mr. Tom Kane ! Meeting him was such fun, but discovering what a really generous individual he is was certainly an honor.
I heard a new term this week ! It describes those of us who stand in lines at event after event to secure signatures from public personalities. The word is: Graphers. So, if you have donated signed PEZ for this year's Charity Auctions that you stood in line to get, we thank you and welcome you to the elite group of "Graphers" !!
Our Early Registration Contest is still in full swing ! When you secure your paid registration for the Convention, your name goes into the official Carl Webb Handcrafted Wooden Raffle Bowl for a chance to win a very special PEZ Prize !! This contest ends June 1st, but please, do not wait much longer to get your reservation in.
And lastly, we are beginning to list for your bidding ideas, the auction items. Check out this issue for the list of signed PEZ from the Comicbook World ! Set aside some money each week, beginning now, to give you some bidding power during our auctions and buying power while room-hopping and viewing the largest gathering of PEZ Dispensers you will ever see anywhere ! Stay informed by reading and pass along by sharing, the links to our Newsletter. We will keep you pumped and excited about this year's event. Much more to come, boys and girls !!
A QUARTER CENTURY OF FUN
Thursday July 23, 2015 - Saturday July 25, 2015
t's been very exciting at this editor's desk to read all the chatter about Pezamania 25 coming in July this year ! It seems the Internet is literally lit up with comments and questions on Facebook Sites and the Pezhead's List. It all serves to spread the information and get the word out to the masses who have either never attended or didn't know this Convention is so much more than the Saturday Ballroom experience ! The room-hopping during the days preceding the Saturday's Public Attendance, is by far an integral part of this Convention's Experience. You will get to meet up close and personal, our very knowledgeable Vendors who can always be counted on to inform you, steer you in the right directions within your collection must-haves, and above all, give you quality merchandise for fair prices. This is where it all takes place and indeed, friendships form that last for years to come. If you are still sitting on the fence post and trying to decide whether or not to attend this year ~ make your hotel reservations NOW !! The hotel has extended another block of rooms because our Convention reservations are filling up FAST !! I will be honest and say that anyone who waits until a closer date to book their room WILL BE SHUT OUT. Yes !! It's filling up now !! You can cancel your room with the Holiday Inn up to 6 PM on the day of your arrival, if you find you can not attend. If you are intending to stay at the Host Hotel, make your reservations NOW !! When the rooms are gone......they are gone ! We can not construct another wing nor manufacture a room for you ! Ok, consider yourself warned !
Thursday July 23, 2015 - Saturday July 25, 2015
t's been very exciting at this editor's desk to read all the chatter about Pezamania 25 coming in July this year ! It seems the Internet is literally lit up with comments and questions on Facebook Sites and the Pezhead's List. It all serves to spread the information and get the word out to the masses who have either never attended or didn't know this Convention is so much more than the Saturday Ballroom experience ! The room-hopping during the days preceding the Saturday's Public Attendance, is by far an integral part of this Convention's Experience. You will get to meet up close and personal, our very knowledgeable Vendors who can always be counted on to inform you, steer you in the right directions within your collection must-haves, and above all, give you quality merchandise for fair prices. This is where it all takes place and indeed, friendships form that last for years to come. If you are still sitting on the fence post and trying to decide whether or not to attend this year ~ make your hotel reservations NOW !! The hotel has extended another block of rooms because our Convention reservations are filling up FAST !! I will be honest and say that anyone who waits until a closer date to book their room WILL BE SHUT OUT. Yes !! It's filling up now !! You can cancel your room with the Holiday Inn up to 6 PM on the day of your arrival, if you find you can not attend. If you are intending to stay at the Host Hotel, make your reservations NOW !! When the rooms are gone......they are gone ! We can not construct another wing nor manufacture a room for you ! Ok, consider yourself warned !
So let's talk about this month's Pezamania 25 Newsletter. In this month's issue, you'll read a great story from one our young collectors, Owen Arbaugh. His story about how he actually began collecting will bring a smile to your face and warm your heart ! Thank you Owen, for submitting this wonderful article.
We have a fantastic surprise to spring on you in this issue !! Eric Wisniewski (aka Pezburgh Punk) will be doing a brand new presentation during the Convention called "PEZ Candy Packs Collecting 101". His information is invaluable for those of you who collect the candy packs. Eric will also talk about his phenomenal art pieces he creates using the Candy Packs. He has once again, donated one of his fantastic Candy Packs Art Pieces for one of our Charity Auctions. Now, as if this new event doesn't add a special "Don't Miss" to your to-do list, we are equally excited to announce that Eric will be accompanied by Shawn Peterson of PEZ Candy USA !! We are very happy to see that Shawn will be attending our Convention this year ! To say that our 25th PEZAMANIA 25FEBRUARY 2015 ISSUE 2 Anniversary Pezamania Convention will contain spectacular experiences for all who attend is quite an understatement !!
Which brings me to another WOW! moment ~ last year's Convention had many wonderful highlights that attendees will forever remember. I know of one young man who's highest auction bid won him a very special package from voice-over artist, Tom Kane. Well, Tom Kane has again extended his generosity to us in providing to the winning bid, an MP3 voice recording as one of his characters with the message of your choice, plus a signed Yoda PEZ (he did the voice of Yoda in The Star Wars animated series), along with his signature on a picture of one of his characters !! It's with great pleasure we say a special thank you to Mr. Tom Kane ! Meeting him was such fun, but discovering what a really generous individual he is was certainly an honor.
I heard a new term this week ! It describes those of us who stand in lines at event after event to secure signatures from public personalities. The word is: Graphers. So, if you have donated signed PEZ for this year's Charity Auctions that you stood in line to get, we thank you and welcome you to the elite group of "Graphers" !!
Our Early Registration Contest is still in full swing ! When you secure your paid registration for the Convention, your name goes into the official Carl Webb Handcrafted Wooden Raffle Bowl for a chance to win a very special PEZ Prize !! This contest ends June 1st, but please, do not wait much longer to get your reservation in.
And lastly, we are beginning to list for your bidding ideas, the auction items. Check out this issue for the list of signed PEZ from the Comicbook World ! Set aside some money each week, beginning now, to give you some bidding power during our auctions and buying power while room-hopping and viewing the largest gathering of PEZ Dispensers you will ever see anywhere ! Stay informed by reading and pass along by sharing, the links to our Newsletter. We will keep you pumped and excited about this year's event. Much more to come, boys and girls !!
JoAnn (Scoop) Pillifant
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Great Big Congratulations!!!
Pez Palz would like to Congratulate Aaron Lamay for being recognized as
Pez Head of the Year at Pezcific Coast Convention.
Great Honor for a Great Pez Head!
photos: Facebook
Bravo Aaron!!!
Aaron's comments to the Pez Community on Facebook-
I would like to thank each and every Pezhead out there for my Pez Head of the Year Award. I was truly surprised by my supposed birthday trip to Pezcific Coast Convention by my wife and mother. I had no idea how this system even worked or anything. I have worked hard to help Pezheads and others anyway I can, but none of it would have worked with out participation from all of you all. The Pez Yearbook I think was a huge success and it was great seeing so many people these past few days with their own book getting them signed by others who they may have known before or have never met! The Yearbook would have never worked with out the participation of so many of you all. Additionally the Pez guide I have worked on especially with Gator has helped and continues to help so many people. I have always loved and will continue to work to better the community in any way I can. I am truly honored to be a part of not only one of the greatest collecting communities, but to be part of such a short list of greats who have helped out the community and continue to be a intricate part of one of the best collecting communities through out the world. I thank each and every one of you and look forward to meeting as many of you as possible. I will be at the North East Gathering in April and Pezmania in July. Come by and say Hello! Always remember that we are a diverse community, but have one thing in common and that is the love for PEZ! Happy Pezzing you all! Group HUG. -Aaron Lamay
The 2015 Barky & Barkina PEZ from Australia...
Feb 14th(Valentines Day) will mark the 5th Anniversary of Barky and Barkina as a couple. To celebrate this special occasion they have offering a MYSTERY Barky and Barkina Limited Edition boxed set.
Christian from France is the lucky guy, he got the new Barky's from Australia first.
Here is the Valentine Set (Mystery Set) from 2015.
Hope our Barky's will arrive also soon :)
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| These are a Limited Edition of 200 sets and all proceeds will be going directly to Save Our Strays www.saveourstrays.org.au which helps with rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming unwanted dogs and cats |
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| Thank you Michael V. for the picture |
Friday, February 20, 2015
Lot of mini PEZ Dispenser in Chocolate Eggs...
As we reported last year exclusive about the Mini PEZ Dispensers, Nemo and Lion King in the Chocolate Mini Eggs, this year we have to report again about mini dispensers because much more are coming :)
So this year we have in Austria (found at Penny)
The my little Pony Chocolate Eggs
The Princess Chocolate Eggs
And the Planes Chocolate Eggs
Mickey & Donald Chocolate Eggs
And a Cars Chocolate Egg
These time we have more then one from each series...
What we know is there are all three my little Pony's in.
Three Disney Princess (Ariel, Rapunzel, Belle)
Mickey, Minnie, and Donald mini Dispensers
Also lighting Mc Queen and 2 from the planes..
The bad thing is, the eggs are expansive (5 Euro each) and you do not see which one Dispenser is in.
This will be expansive to collect and many Austrian Collectors are waiting for a special 25% off in the shops.
This is not a official PEZ Product.
Here you can watch a youtube video about the Chocolate Mini Egg
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| Willi Sch. found also 3 other mini PEZ in the Chocolate Eggs |
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| The Mini Nemo from the 2014 Chocolate Egg |
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| Thanks to Josef K. for all the other pictures (he found all the PEZ Minis) |
Saturday, February 14, 2015
More PEZ News for 2015
Coming soon for 2015
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| Picture: Eddie Pez Hunter Santiago from PEZ Visitors Center www.pez.com NEW Star Wars Tin, with all 4 in crystal is coming in September |
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| Picture: PEZ Star Wars Tin Eddie Pez Hunter Santiago Pez Dispenser C3PO Gregor P. from Facebook PEZ Info Austria While Europe will just get the PEANUTS Dispenser, PEZ USA surprise us with a release of an PEANUTS Gift Set in August |
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| Picture: ©PEZ International www.pez.at PEANUTS ©Peanuts Worldwide LLC |
Harry Potter coming in Fall 2015
Coming in March the Despicable Me PEZ...
Coming soon to the US
while we are waiting for Stuart, Dave and Agnes from the
DESPICABLE ME Set,
Gregor P. found the Image how the card will look...
we are very excited about the new ones,
and hope to find them soon in stores.
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| Picture Credit: Gregor P. from Facebook PEZ Info Austria ©PEZ CANDY INC. www.pez.com © DESPICABLE ME/Minions is a Trademark and copyright of Universal Studios ILLUMINTION ENTERTAINMEN |
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| Picture from ©PEZ CANDY INC. www.pez.com © DESPICABLE ME/Minions is a Trademark and copyright of Universal Studios ILLUMINTION ENTERTAINMEN |
Friday, February 13, 2015
Buzz Candy Seaside, Oregon USA
Today we loaded up the Mini Van and took the family to Buzz Candy in Seaside, Oregon USA. What a great store with a sweet selection & friendly staff who were happy to ring up my 60 Pez purchase. Can't say enough kind words about the place. If you are ever in the Pacific Northwest and looking for Pez this is the best place I have come across.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
My little Pony & Turtles PEZ Candy Bags
What a great surprise,
like every year Hofer in Austria offers for easter two new PEZ Candy Bags,
this year the
My little Pony
like every year Hofer in Austria offers for easter two new PEZ Candy Bags,
this year the
My little Pony
and the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PEZ Candy Bags are out.
The Candy Bags are filled with one PEZ Dispenser
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PEZ Candy Bags are out.
The Candy Bags are filled with one PEZ Dispenser
PEZ Candy and a pack of Dextrose drops.
The new Candy Bags will look great to the MLP and Turtles PEZ Twinpacks
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| Picture: PEZ International ©Hasbro My Little Pony
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ©Viacom Overseas Holding C.V
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
STELLA in Vienna, on the V.I.P red carpet...and a FIRST Look@ the VIP Gathering Dispenser
Stella is in Vienna and she enjoys the city...
After a week in Vienna
she is gearing up for the big V.I.P. party.
Stella will be the special quest at the red carpet and
is already in line to see the big surprise at VIP!
& the V.I.P. Facebook group
or visit www.vip-gathering.com
Stella being schmoozed by the VIP hosts.
Stella on the V.I.P. red carpet.
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| A small FIRST LOOK on the first V.I.P. Gathering Dispenser. The whole Dispenser will be presented to the public in August @the V.I.P. right now, no absentee packages planned |
here are some other pictures how Stella enoyed the Vienna City walk tour :D
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| the Vienna "PRATER" The Prater is a large public park in Vienna. The Wurstelprater amusement park, often simply called "Prater", stands in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad The Wiener Riesenrad (German for "Viennese giant wheel"), or Riesenrad, is a 64.75-metre (212 ft) Constructed in 1897, it was the world's tallest extant Ferris wheel from ... 1920 until 1985. The area that makes up the modern Prater was first mentioned in 1162 On April 7 1766, Emperor Joseph II declared the Prater to be free for public enjoyment, and allowed the establishment of coffee-houses and cafés, which led to the beginnings of the Wurstelprater. (source:Wikipedia) |
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THE BURGTHEATER
opened on 14 March 1741, the creation of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria who wanted a theatre next to her palace. Her son, Emperor Joseph II called it the "German National Theatre" in 1776. Three Mozart operas premiered there: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and Così fan tutte (1790). Beginning in 1794, the theatre was called the "K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg". Beethoven's 1st Symphony premiered there on 2 April... 1800.
The theatre was moved to a new building at the Ringstraße on 14 October 1888 designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer. (source:Wikipedia)
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| The KUNSTHAUS/HUNDERTWASSERHAUS The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser with architect Joseph Krawina as a co-author. the house was built between 1983 and 1985 according to the ideas and concepts of Hundertwasser. (source:Wikipedia) |
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| THE RATHAUS (Town Hall) is a building which serves as the seat both of the mayor and city council of the city of Vienna. The town hall also serves, in personal union, as Governor and Assembly (Landtag) of the State of Vienna, a state with the Austrian federal system. The Rathaus was designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in the Neo-Gothic style, and built between 1872 and 1883. On the top of the tower is the Rathausmann, one of the symbols of Vienna. Facing the Rathaus is a large park, the Rathauspark. Every summer the Film Festival is hold there and every winter Vienna´s biggest Christmas Market. At the end of January every year the "Vienese Ice Dream" starts - ice skating on the Rathaus place. (source:Wikipedia) |
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| a Germknödel is a fluffy yeast dough dumpling, filled with spicy plum jam and served with melted butter and a mix of poppy seeds and sugar on top. It's occasionally - even though less traditional - served with vanilla cream sauce instead. It is a culinary specialty of Austria and Bavaria. The dish is served both as a dessert and as a main course. (source:Wikipedia) |
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| A Wiener Melange is a speciality coffee drink similar to a cappuccino . The difference is sometimes assumed to be that the Melange is made with milder coffee (source:Wikipedia) |