Saturday, October 9, 2021

Crystal Panda Number 9 is here! Pictures from the JAPAN PEZ Gathering...

This year's Japan PEZ Gathering in Tokyo is over!
Toshihiro the host and his helpers have again organized
a successful PEZ gathering for all the Japanese collectors.
 Shiho and Toshihiro sent us a lot of photos
and also said that everyone had a lot of fun
and that everybody was happy that the gathering could took place.
PEZ International has also produced a crystal PEZ Panda
for the Japan PEZ Gathering.
Toshihiro opted for a pink stem with a lovely cherry blossom print.
With the new Japanese crystal PEZ Panda,
we have now seen a total of 9 out of 16 panda bears.
 
No further PEZ gathering has been announced
in Europe for this year,
so we will probably see the remaining 7 pandas next year.
 Thanks for the many photos Shiho,
and many thanks on behalf of all Japanese
PEZ collectors for a great PEZ Gathering Toshihiro!
Happy Collecting!
 

 

Friday, October 8, 2021

2022 release! New Care Bears and Sonic the Hedgehog PEZ assortment for Europe and the USA...

We especially love posts like this one, 
because today we are happy to announce 
that both new series 
CARE BEARS 
and 
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 
will be released 
next year in both the USA and Europe.

CARE BEARS
We had already seen the Care Bears for the 
first time at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in June (here) 
now the first pictures of the new range have appeared on Anne MC Gilvray.
The new Care Bear PEZ assortment can be expected 
in the USA from February 1st, and we assume that they will be available 
in Europe in the first quarter of 2022.

We will soon be able to welcome the following 
4 bears to our collections:
Pictures from: Anne MC Gilvray.

SONIC the Hedgehog
Sega developed the first Sonic game, released in 1991,
 to compete with Nintendo's mascot Mario.

Its succes helped Sega become one of the leading video game 
companies during the fourth generation of 
video game consoles in the early 1990s.

The game is cult and so is the corresponding 
anthropomorphic blue hedgehog.

It's brilliant that PEZ has secured the license rights 
for the new Sonic 2 movie.
The new Sonic PEZ assortment consists of 
Sonic, 
Knuckles
Tails 
and is expected for February 1 in the USA, 
and in the first quarter of 2022 in Europe.
2022 will be great!
But it will take a while before we can add all the great 
new dispenser to our collections!
Happy Collecting!
Pictures from Anne MC Gilvray.

 

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Confirmed! The Black stem Money Heist PEZ will come back...

Of course,
 some don't care, others just want one, 
and many like me have activated their collector mode 
and want all 10 of the new, rare Money Heist PEZ dispensers
 with code name on the black stems.

The past two weeks have already shown that this 
is not so easy, the dispensers were eagerly ordered on Amazon,
traded and resold via the PEZ communities.
Now they are sold out on Amazon! 

Even if there was one or the other outcry two weeks ago,
 we can‘t forget that PEZ is a company and 
of course like all the other companies 
they want to sell their products.
From an entrepreneur's point of view, 
it is an ingenious marketing campaign, 
not only that we now know that PEZ International operates 
its own Amazon store, no, all the Money Heist sets are 
already sold out on Amazon!
 Rumors have recently surfaced that the 
Money Heist PEZ Sets will also be available in 
the official PEZ International online store (Europe) in December, 
but we cannot confirm the date at this point.

We are pleased that we can now officially confirm that they will come back
(no date yet available) 
and what will probably interest you even more,
 the same number-
 same quantity was produced 
for all 10 dispensers!

Even if our many American collectors have 
still not given up the hope, we unfortunately have to disappoint you,
 the 10 dispensers with the black stem were 
only produced for distribution in Europe.
 
We are still on the hunt, after all, 
we want to add all the 10 dispensers to our collection.
Finger crossed!
Happy Collecting!
  

Limited Edition! Crystal PEZ Vampire now available for Europe...

Great news!
Now the time has come, PEZ International is also 
offering the new 
crystal PEZ Vampire in their online shop. (here)
And PEZ International has now also revealed the name ;D 
Freddy!
Hurry up, he'll be gone faster than we'd like.
Happy Collecting!
Pictures PEZ International GMBH.




Shiho's Guide for all the Japanese PEZ Things...

Years ago Shiho told us that she was working
on a book about all published in Japan, PEZ non dispensers
and PEZ merchandise articles.
 
Now it's done!
Japanese PEZ Things by Shiho Adachi.
 
It is unbelievable what Shiho
has created and achieved!
 
Shiho is overjoyed that she has succeeded in publishing her book,
 in which she wants to give collectors from all over the world
an overview of how many different
PEZ merchandise items have been published in Japan so far.
We all know that it seems to be a million different
 PEZ items from Japan and you won't believe
 what was made there over the past few years.
 
Shiho told us:
  After coming up with the idea, I went to work at a
bookbinding company, to learn how books are made.
Starting from scratch, photographs, editing, printing
and binding. It was important to Shiho to design the entire process
 from the beginning to the end by herself.
 
 Shiho's 136-pages book has been published in English and German,
of course with many pictures but also with
the dimensions and explanations,
as well as the date of the publication of the respective PEZ articles.
We can really recommend this book!
If you want to get a copy of it ($22),
the first run of the English version is already sold out,
at the moment Shiho still has the German version available.
But don't worry, Shiho is already working on making
 all the books available again.
The best thing to do is to contact Shiho directly via
Facebook, by email or via Instagram.
all Pictures from Shiho's Book Japanese PEZ Things ©Shiho
Thank you Shiho for giving us the opportunity with your book
to get to know all Japanese PEZ merchandise items.
 
 To us, you are our PEZ HEAD OF THE YEAR! 
We love you Shiho, but that was the case before the book too!
Happy Collecting! 

 




Friday, October 1, 2021

Official Pictures! New Marvel Eternals PEZ ready to hit the stores...

The Marvel dispensers were actually announced for last year, 
but after the Marvel Blockbuster 
ETERNALS 
was postponed a few times due to the pandemic, 
the corresponding PEZ dispensers were not published either.
Now the time has come!
The new 4 Marvel Eternals dispensers are on their way to 
storm the American stores.
Two twin packs will also be available for this purpose.
They're very detailed, 
and we are pleased that we will soon be able to put the new 
KRO
IKARIS
SERSI
CELESTIAL
in our collectors' cases next to the other Marvel PEZ dispensers.
(USA only)
Happy Collecting!
Pictures from PEZ Candy Inc. Thank you :)



Coming in November! PEZ Ornaments from Kat and Annie...

 This February we already reported about the new 
PEZ ornaments from Kat & Annie.(here)
Many of us have been waiting longingly to 
get all the lovely PEZ ornaments.
We are very pleased that PEZ Candy Inc. has announced 
that they will have the Kat & Annie's ornaments
 in their online shop from November 2021. (USA only)
We can't wait to get them!
Happy Collecting!





Thursday, September 30, 2021

Money Heist PEZ coming to the USA...

As you have already learned in an earlier post, (here) 
the two Money Heist PEZ dispensers,
the red regular and the crystal hood version will be
 available in the online store from PEZ Candy Inc. (USA)

The only difference is the slightly differently designed card and the 
PEZ candies, these will be delivered with the cherry PEZ candies.
Now PEZ Candy Inc has released the official pictures, 
with an expected release date in November.

If you still hope that the Money Heist dispensers on black stem 
will also appear in the US, we will unfortunately have to disappoint you, 
because these will only be available in Europe!
We are firmly convinced that the two dispensers will also
 be very popular, and that they will gone fast.
Happy Collecting!

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Limited Edition! Crystal PEZ Vampire is here!


UPDATE, SORRY ALL ARE GONE! SOLD OUT!

 He's finally here!
And he looks so great!

As breaking news we announced the 
new crystal Halloween Vampire on August 31, 2021 (here)
now he is available online from PEZ Candy as a limited edition.
Our European PEZ collectors still have to be a little patient, 
het is expected to come to the PEZ International 
online store sometimes next week.
Oh how we love the crystal PEZ dispensers!
Well done PEZ! 
Yes we want more crystal dispensers! :D
Happy Collecting!

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

New Red PEZ Truck now available...

Some time ago the red PEZ truck appeared on card and we 
all wondered where it suddenly came from.
PEZ Candy Inc. has now added the new red truck 
to its online shop, and it can now be ordered online. (here USA only)
Like the blue VC PEZ truck, the new red PEZ truck is also 
equipped with a sticker sheet.
Happy Collecting!
NEW Red PEZ Truck with Sticker Sheet.
Old blue VC PEZ Truck vs. new red PEZ Truck




Monday, September 27, 2021

Thank you to the Barcelona Gathering Team...

It has been a long time, 
to be more precise, 
August 24, 2019 at the VIP 2 Gathering in Vienna, 
when I last participated in a PEZ Gathering. 
As part of the VIP organizer team. 
there was so much to do that it somehow passed in a flash.

When my boys expressed the wish that they would 
like to visit Barcelona, it was immediately 
clear that we had to somehow combine this 
with the Barcelona PEZ Gathering. 

Not only that Barcelona is an incredibly great pulsating 
and lively city, no, it offers so much more than that, 
and the happiness and balance can only travel with you! 

Now back in Vienna, I would like to use my post to say 
thank you. 

The gathering was a complete success
and it was so good, to feel the vibes of the PEZ collectors
again, after more than two years. 

Javier, Vanessa, Igor and the entire Barca Gathering Team 
did a great job and brought the collectors again
together with lots of lovely little things and made them happy. 

From the first second you feel 
very welcome to be part of this gathering.

Javier, the host of the Barcelona PEZ Gathering,
had repeatedly shown PEZ collectors in the past 
how creative and imaginative he can be 
and how much hevalues special, beautiful little things. 

Already the ingenious black and white gathering logo 
with the panda, which adorns 
the goodie bag, the black T-shirts, the posters, 
the stress ball, the FFP mask, the yo-yo or 
the travel set that is based on the flower by the famous 
architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch has been thought through from start to finish. 

With all the goodie articles, Javier definitely outdid himself! 

The magician (and moderator) who introduced 
this year's gathering dispenser was amusing and entertaining. 
(we had never seen it like this before) 
The Crystal PEZ Panda, with the wonderful stem print 
that we presented to you a few days ago, took our hearts by storm. 
It was an event for the whole family, and whether 
big or small, everyone had fun and everyone 
came for our great PEZ hobby. 
With all our hearts Vesna, the boys and I want to 
say thank you very much.
 Brilliantly how you mastered it, 
and thank you for making such a wonderful moment possible for us! 

Oh yes, and one last thing, what would the
 Barcelona Gathering be without "Edu", also known as the 
"BLISTER KILLER", 
that is already a tradition and we were finally 
able to be there live when Edu destroys the blister 😉

It was a PEZ meeting that we will remember for a long time!
Muchos saludos a nuestros queridos amigos en España, 
y GRACIAS por todo!
Happy Collecting!

Sunday, September 26, 2021

First Look: Crystal Barcelona PEZ Panda...

Hello from Barcelona!
The Barcelona Gathering is happening right now, 
and we are pleased that we can introduce you to the 
crystal Barcelona PEZ Pada bear today.  
Javier, the host of the Barcelona PEZ Gathering, had a really great and very interesting print made by PEZ International.  
 
With Barcelona we are now seeing the eighth panda bear from 
this production line, and another eight will follow.  
Stay tuned for more great pictures from the Barcelona Gathering ... 
these will follow shortly.
Happy Collecting!


Spain Barcelona-hosted by Javier D. - more info here 

Presentation of the new crystal Barcelona PEZ Panda