10th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa Brought Jeffrey
...the swimmer of the family...
BRUCE the SHARK

This is the fifth piece in the BEST OF PIXAR series.
Bruce is from the ...Nemo movie.

9th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa Brought Elizabeth ...

CLEAR CRYSTAL ELEPHANT

It is appropriate that Elizabeth receive this character as it completes the CLEAR CRYSTAL KOOKY ZOO set, the first 3 characters of which Elizabeth donated to the museum for her birthday back in May 2007 (See post of May 3)

8th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa Brought Katie...

BLUE CRYSTAL ELEPHANT.
on a European Card

This character appears the same as the regular issue KOOKY ZOO ELEPHANT.
The stem on this special edition issue says
"MAXIMARE Erlebnistherme Bad Hamm"
They were made for a German water park and spa.

7th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa brought Dallin
2 NASCAR Helmets

These are the latest editions to the 11 piece series.
Richard Petty #88 - the New Edition
and Carl Edwards - Office Depot

6th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa brought Marybeth ...

Two CRYSTAL PEZ-A-SAURS

FYI - PEZ dinosaur dispensers were first released in Europe in the 1990s, and later in the decade they came to the U.S. as a family called Pez-a-suars. Each character has it's own name - they are - in order in the photo above (of the crystals and minis) - Fly-saur, I-saur, He-saur, and She-saur. Pez-a-saurs are a rare family of images that are PEZ creations not modelled after popular animation characters or based on particular historical individuals.

5th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa Brought Robbie ...

two CRYSTAL PEZASAURS

To join the PEZASAUR family and minis.

4th CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa brought Paisley.

a colored crystal BARKY BROWN

This gives the collection four stem colors of Barky Brown - blue, red, green and yellow. Each one of the four editions - plain stem, paw print stem, bone print stem and colored crystal are issued in five colors (plus orange). Now we have all four different colors and a representative of all four editions. Plus we have have the very special edition (not pictured) white Barky Brown, with black stem, MOC.

3rd CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Santa brought Stefanie...

BARKY BROWN .

A special edition with Bones Print Stem

2nd CHRISTMAS STOCKING..

Santa brought Jason...
BARKY BROWN .

This a special edition with Paw Print Stem of this puppy from Australia.

1st CHRISTMAS STOCKING

For auld PEZ acquaintance be forgot... we shall remember 2008 as a pretty good PEZ year. As we were predicting the number of new acquisitions for 2009 many were interested in the number of 2008 acquisitions. Now don't be confused by the "30" posts under the "New Acquisitions 2008" tag. There were infact 80 new PEZ which included 71 new character editions added to collection this past year. This is NOT including those that Santa brought which were in stockings on the 25th of Dec. Over the next 12 days we will post each stocking's PEZ contents as the 12 DAYS of PEZ LANG SYNE to give each new PEZ it's due solo attention.

We start with the new special set Santa brought to Mom & Dad...

STAR WARS Set

Happy Pez-Day RACHEL

To Rachel for her birthday -
a KOOKY ZOO ELEPHANT.
This is a long retired blue stem edition.

MERRY PEZ-MAS EVE

Since the 12 days of Pez-Mas was so fun , maybe we could start a new run...

THE 12 DAYS OF HAPPY PEZ-YEAR!

Instead of Santa bringing a PEZ to each stocking on the 25th we could post one (or one set) per day for the next 12 days after Christmas thru New Years and beyond.

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12th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to SARAH -

who I truly love is still at home with Mom and me...
A CRYSTAL CLEAR CLEAR SANTA "D"
This is not to be confused with the special Target edition issued in 2008 (see 3rd Day of Pez-mas) which has a red cap. This is a very rare, special, special edition for a rare, special, special girl.

And so ends our 12 days of PEZ-MAS with jolly Santa. I guess we did start a day or so early. But who wants to think about Pez-mas on CHRISTMAS EVE or CHRISTMAS DAY? There are much more fun things on which to focus then (for some people).

11th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Rachel
(who one day be someone's true love)

A CRYSTAL CLEAR SANTA "C"
This is a rare special edition PEZ - just like Rachel.

10th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Jeffrey
(who is questing for a true love)

A VINTAGE No-Feet "Blind" SANTA
This is a Santa C, which in the early versions came out, with unpainted eyes and thus became known as "blind". May Jeff continue to keep his eyes open in his quest.

9th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Dallin's true love - Katie

A purple stem ICEE BEAR

This is a later variation to the original white-stem Icee Bear to complete a momma & poppa bear set.

8th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

To Katie's truelove - Dallin I give

ICEE BEAR

This is a vintage, white stem issue, not be confused with the POLAR BEAR w/o CAP. This goes to the Dad of the up-north Andersons.

7th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Miss Elizabeth -
My truly loved grandaughter

A FURRY FRIEND REINDEER
Since Elizabeth likes cuddly things she gets this 2007 addition to the Winter Furry Friends keychain set.

6th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Jason's truelove - Stefanie

A YELLOW FACE SNOWMAN
This is a special, rare, misfit old style Snowman "A".
What a wonderful family of snowmen we have.

5th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give Stefanie's true love - Jason

A "SUNTAN" SNOWMAN
This is a special edition misfit old style/Snowman "A". It's for Jason having just returned from 'Bahama' with a suntan to shoveling snow at home in Kansas.

4th DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to my truly loved

granddaughter - Miss Paisley

A VINTAGE SNOWMAN
This is a no-feet Snowman "A"... since Paisley likes snowmen so much. It has unusual removable body parts,

3rd DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Robb's True Love - MARYBETH

A CLEAR CRYSTAL POLAR BEAR w/ CAP

and A CLEAR CRYSTAL SANTA

This forms the complete special edition 2009 Christmas set of crystal clears.

2nd DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to Marybeth's true love - ROBB
The PEZ Founder

A CLEAR CRYSTAL REINDEER

an A CLEAR CYSTAL SNOWMAN
These are part of a special 2008 Christmas, limited edition, Target set.

1st DAY OF PEZ-MAS

I give to my true love ...
MRS. SANTA
This goes to Mom - the greatest Mrs. Santa.
The Mrs. Santa Pez was retired last year so we have added this to the collection to go with the contemporary Christmas set.

GET READY FOR

THE 12 DAYS OF PEZ-MAS.
COMING 12 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!

PEZ WATCH - Ho, Ho, Ho, 15/08

Look for these new Crystal Christmas PEZ at Target.

There are reports that Skipper and Melman are at Cinemark Theatres playing Madagascar 2 - at the concession stand.
Note: Provo has 2 Cinemarks - Town Center and the 8 plex on University Pkwy.

PEZ WATCH 14/08

ROBB, L@@K, L@@K, L@@K!!

The Mountain West is getting some REAL respect!
These are scheduled to be out in the next couple of weeks.

PEZ WATCH 13/08 + NEW ACQUISTION

Isn't that fun to have the Chick-filet cow mascot as a new PEZ. I recently saw it on the internet so when I drove by a restaurant today I just had a hunger for a chicken sandwich and.....

Princesses & A Puppy

In honor of the puppy loving Paisley and her 3rd Birthday the new characters to the WINNIE THE POOH series are donated to the museum - Blue Collar WINNIE THE POOH, DARBY and her puppy.BUSTER.
Since the little princess Paisley likes princesses so much the two latest additions to the DISNEY PRINCESS series is contributed to the Cornwall Collection - POCAHONTAS and MULAN as freestanding pieces.

COSTUME PRIZE

As winner (co-winner actually) of the Ward Halloween Party group theme costume we were awarded some fun character candy dispensers... that's right, the ever popular KLIKS. Woo.. woo!

PEZ WATCH - 12/08

A new collectors set of LIGHTNING McQUEEN in all his different looks is just out. Look for them - they will go fast!

PEZ WATCH - 11/08

A NEW PEZ FRONTIER

Look for Star Trek The Original Series promoted to come out September/October. It's an eight dispensers gift set of the original crew - Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov + The Star Ship Enterprise NCC-1701. The Enterprise will be unique for Pez as it depicts a ’scene’ (a Pez first), where you see the ship emerging from a nebula cloud The set will have a limited run of only 250,000. Word is they are slated for Walmart & Target stores - one forum mentioned it was found in Bed Bath & Beyond (use a discount coupon).

Remember we are still looking for PEZ WATCH 08 #s 10, 9, 8, & 7

OCC PEZ - FYI

An unusual PEZ set came out a few years ago - ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS. Other than Betsy Ross, Daniel Boone and Paul Revere issued in 1976 as part of a bicentennial set, this is a rare issue of an actual person(s) and the first (and only to date) of a living person(s). Some may have wondered who these characters are and why they were "honored" by PEZ. Orange County Choppers Inc. is in upstate New York and featured on a regular T.V. show American Chopper which debuted in 1999 on the Discovery Channel. It is a reality T.V. program in which custom motorcycles are designed and built. The show has recently made it's way in rerun on local channels.

You can go here to see a slide show of the PEZ theme bike which is on display at the PEZ U.S. factory. http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/occ/offairtheme.html - click on the "PEZ chopper".
The Orange County Choppers Gift Set was "limited" to 250,000 or 300,000 and features the stars of the show: Paul Sr., Paul Jr., and Mikey. This set is part of the Cornwall Collection as shown toward the end of the video "How It All Began".

With PEZ dropping the "no real persons" rule, OCC opened the doors for any number of "real life" dispensers--rock stars (ELVIS), actors, politicians, etc... Many feel OCC will always be one of the oddest sets ever issued by PEZ. But hey, that's one way to get a $100,000 motorcycle in your front lobby.

FAIRIES 08

For Mom's birthday and to celebrate the little girl in her, the new FAIRIES set is donated to the museum. These USA release characters are Silvermist, Tinkerbelle and Iridessa.
If you see fairies with pale blue skirts, those are the European release, with Iridessa replaced by the fair skin, auburn haired Fawn (see post of April 4).

RAH! RAH! COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Issued for the 2008 college football season are two new PEZ - VIRGINIA TECH and NORTH CAROLINA. (Now there are a couple of big college football teams aren't they?) Being the great college football fan that he is... nothing gets in the way of Grandpa getting to the weekly BYU game... it seemed fitting to have Grandpa receive these for his birthday and per family tradition immediately donate them back to the collection.
There are two appropriate reasons for Grandpa to receive the VT & NC PEZ today: 1) Virgina Tech and North Carolina play each other tomorrow/Saturday; and 2) There is a BYU connection... now follow this path... Virgina Tech and North Carolina are both in the ACC and play U of Virginia. U of Virginia played USC for the first game of the season. USC plays UCLA the last game of the season. UCLA got wolloped by BYU last Saturday. So you see... the BYU fan Grandpa deserves thePEZ today, the day between the day of his actual birthday and the day that VT & NC actually play.

And Mom thought it was silly to give Grandpa PEZ for one of his birthday gifts.

These join the current collection to give us a full dozen in the series.
p.s. Borrowed photo

PEZ WATCH 10/08

This is new for 2008 - WASHINGTON football PEZ. The latest in the college football series. Word is that it is ONLY available in Washington State. Now let's see, who do we have that is handy to that northwestern most continental state?
p.s. The background photo is of the blocked PAT at the end of the 9/06/08 game. May be the closest BYU comes to loosing a game all year!?!

PEZ WATCH 9/08

Madagascar- Escape 2 Africa

Hopefully we won't have to do as much running around to find MELMAN and SKIPPER as we did to find the original MADAGASCAR gang. (Remember they were only in movie theater refreshment stands... in Long Beach!). I expect these will be out around the release of the movie set for Nov. 7.

p.s. The new FAIRIES series (see PEZ WATCH post of April 4 & June 25, 2008) is issued with 2 tutu colors - WHITE & PURPLE. The Cornwall Collection needs both don't you think?

Arrrr you ready for Pez??

I came across these at Rite Aid while we were getting some "Meds" for Marybeth. I was surprised to call dad corn to find out that he hadn't found them yet. So I did not hesitate to pick these up. They are really cool.