Summer seems to be flying by quickly. Pez Conventions are happening each month and new pez are due out this month and next in preparation for the holidays and gift giving! We love the upcoming releases and look forward to adding the new European and US dispensers to our inventory in the Pez Collectors Store. We are constantly adding to our inventory, sometimes with new releases and sometimes replenishing inventory that has been unlisted or out of stock for some time. These may not be new listings as we simply reactivate a product that was deactivated when we ran out, so the item won’t show as a newly added item. Use the search function with as simple a search as possible to check if we have readded something you need to complete your set or add to your collection!
Christmas in July came around again this year and Pez celebrated with yet another exclusive limited edition release. The Reindeer pez sporting sunglasses is on a red stem with the same Hawaiian print as the Christmas in July Santa Pez stem had last year. The card features the Reindeer in a Santa Cap and Sunglasses with a red Hawaiian shirt on a surfboard and it says Limited Edition Christmas In July. This pez was available only through the pez website and is now retired.
The Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Pez assortment and Pez Twin pack arrived in the Pez Collectors Store in July. Jack, Sally and Zero are great looking pez dispensers! This set of three are available now, loose or in bag. The Twin packs with Jack and Sally are also available now in the Pez Collectors Store!
Halloween Party Bags with Mini Pez were due out in July but we received the old assortment instead of the new assortment. We expect the new assortment to arrive soon.
The new Halloween pez assortment will include the Dia de los Muertos Pumpkin. We are waiting before placing our order to be sure that we receive the new assortment that includes the new dispenser. Also included in the assortment will be the Teenage Vampire, Full Body Blue-Grey and Orange Bat, Green Face Witch Girl, Happy Ghost and Happy Pumpkin, so the Day of the Dead Pumpkins may be rather scarce in the assortments! Each of the previously released Halloween pez are already available in the Pez Collectors Store!
Our order for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pez twin packs was cut once again as these were delayed in production. We do have the full set of TMNT Mutant Mayhem pez available now.
We expect to receive our order for the Twin packs with Donatello and Raphael, and with Leonardo and Michelangelo just as soon as they are available.
We expect the Squishmallow pez to arrive any time! Cam the Cat, Patty the Cow and Junie the Banana will be the first Squishmallow pez to be released. Cam the Cat pez will be included in a twin pack with Patty the Cow pez and a twin pack with Junie the Banana pez as well. The twin pack boxes will feature Squishmallows graphics and will come with 6 packs of pez candies!
Kinopio or Toad will soon be added to the Super Mario Pez assortment in the USA. This new version of Toad does not have a red printed mouth and has a thinner, longer face than the previous European version. We will add this Super Mario Pez to the Pez Collectors Store just as soon as they are available!
The Pudgy Penguins $Pengu Pez is coming along nicely! It looks great. These are expected to launch in August. We look forward to the release of this exclusive dispenser!
The Hello Kitty and Friends Pez Gift Tin is scheduled for release in late August, or early September. This Gift tin includes exclusive designs for Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll and Kuromi pez. Hello Kitty has a red bow on her head and white bows printed on the red stem, Cinnamoroll is an all new dispenser with clouds printed on the stem, My Melody is a new mold with a yellow bow and yellow bows printed on the stem and Kuromi is wearing a black hood with a pink skull and has black skulls printed on the stem. This great new set comes in a Hello Kitty and Friends Rainbow and Clouds Gift tin!
September 1 a new Sparkling Eyes SpongeBob Pez is being added to the SpongeBob Pez Assortment! This Sparkling Eyes SpongeBob will also be available in a twin pack with Patrick and the twin pack box will feature great underwater graphics of SpongeBob’s world.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Pez Gift Tin is due to be released September 1. This tin will include Jack, Sally, and Zero, each with printed stems that resemble the clothing typically seen. Jack’s pinstriped suit is reflected in the white stripes on the black stem, Sally’s patchwork dress is seen in the patchworked stem, and Zero has Jack-o-lanterns pad printed on the stem. The Gift Tin also includes an exclusive Oogie Boogie dispenser with a pad printed stem. Oogie Boogie is not available other than in the gift tin.
The Giant Pez this year is a Giant Stitch. This pez will be available beginning September 1. The Pez Collectors Store generally does not carry a large number the Giant Pez as we simply don’t have the space to store inventory for all the different Giants. We will have only a few of these in stock when they are released.
Kitty Fairy is a new addition to the Gabby’s Dollhouse Pez Assortment in Europe and she is also supposed to be released in the USA beginning in September. She will be joining Gabby, Cakey Cat, Mercat, and Pandy Paws in the assortment. We will have her in stock as soon as possible.
We are still waiting for the 2025 Barbie Pez Assortment and the 2025 Emoji Assortment from Europe to be released. We were told that they would be delaying the release as they had an abundance of left over inventory of the previous Barbie pez and Emoji pez that they would be selling before making new versions. We still anticipate these being released in the future, we just don’t know when that will happen.
Also on the radar for European Pez releases for 2025 is Rex, a differently-abled Bernese Mountain Dog pup in the Paw Patrol Pez Assortment. Rex is a dinosaur expert, so he shares information and facts about dinosaurs to the Paw Patrol gang. We will add Rex to the Pez Collectors Store when it is available from Europe.
Alien is also planned to be added to the European Mars Mission Pez Assortment in 2025. We are really excited about the addition of this pez as it has been a popular fantasy pez for years and is long overdue! Again, just as soon as it is available, we will have these in stock in the Pez Collectors Store!
The 2025 Ugly Sweater will be available in Tubes for Christmas and shipping is supposed to begin September 1, but as always, old inventory leaves the warehouse before newer inventory is released. The 2025 Ugly Sweater is similar to the 2024 Ugly Sweater, but the image of Santa and the PEZ lettering are reversed with Santa on top and PEZ below this year. Also, the sleeves are all red this year. These will be available in the Pez Collectors Store well before Christmas!
While that may seem like all the pez that are expected for the rest of 2025, fear not – Pez will likely be releasing several unannounced exclusive limited edition pez. There will probably be an exclusive for Halloween, almost certainly another for Christmas and for New Years, and who knows what else might pop up along the way. Wawa may have a new truck, perhaps other stores may have special holiday dispensers. There are so many possibilities and PEZ will always keep us on our toes, waiting, anticipating and excited for more!
July brought us the wonderful wizardly world of Pezamania 34 and it was truly a magical time! Landon and Morgan outdid themselves again! Briefly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to three outstanding young boys. For the past several years, long time collector Dwight Lutsko has brought his grandsons, Josiah (age 15), Asher (age 12), Elias (age 10) to the convention and they have helped me, bright and early on Saturday morning, to load and push carts full of pez from my hotel room to the ballroom, unload the pez and go back for more. And, they have unloaded the car and trailer full of empty boxes to be used for tiering on the tables and for repacking once the convention is over. These boys are up at the wee hours so they can be at my door by 6 am and they work tirelessly. I don’t hear a single grumble or complaint, they work together in lock-step when tasked to do so, don’t fight or squabble between themselves, but look out for one another, and they listen carefully and follow instructions. They are incredibly polite and will scarcely accept anything in payment for all their hard work! Now, before anyone goes and gets any ideas (and I know some of you already have because everyone who met the boys loved interacting with them), please rest assured, I already have dibs on rent-a-kid rights for next year, too! But these boys deserve a hearty round of applause! Thanks, Josiah, Asher, and Elias!!!! These youngsters and so many others like them will be the future of this great hobby and with their enthusiasm, kindness and integrity, I know the hobby will be in good hands!
In keeping with our recent time-honored tradition, the 2025 PezHead of The Year announcement was made during Friday night games. The recipient of the 2025 PHOTY award, Larry Mason, was unable to attend the convention so a phone call was made to him. Sadly, during the introductory speech, technology failed and Pezamania attendees were unable to hear his response. He certainly expressed his humble gratitude, offered profuse thanks and absolute shock when the PHOTY’s got together to notify him of the award earlier that day. Larry is the individual who is the driving force behind the Steve Glew Outlaw pez that have served as a fundraiser for Steve and for so many different charities, including the Gliding Stars. His 3-D printed creations are awe inspiring and his machine must run nonstop. When Larry hears of someone struggling with a health issue such as cancer, or a celebration of something special like years of sobriety, Larry may create a special dispenser for them as a gift. His thoughtfulness and kindness has reached new collectors and veteran collectors alike and his generosity has added thousands and thousands to the tills of the charities we support through the pez conventions. It is truly a pleasure to welcome Larry as the 28th PezHead of The Year.
Speaking of awards, I was mildly (ok, sometimes aggressively) ribbed, chided, scolded and reprimanded for failing to mention the 2025 recipient of the Mike Chadwick Master Collector Award last month. The failure to mention this was not intended as a slight to the award in any way! This award began at the Michigan Pez convention in honor of Mike Chadwick in 2023 and is given in recognition of those who enrich the PEZ community by sharing their expertise regarding the hobby, while holding a high standard of integrity. The first recipient was Cool Pezman John Devlin in 2023, the second was Tom Zellmer in 2024 and this year’s 2025 recipient was Chris Jordan. Yep, me! I was absolutely speechless when the announcement was made in Michigan. It is such an honor and a privilege to be named a Mike Chadwick Master Collector. I still find it rather overwhelming!
There are a couple of international Pez Conventions and a couple of conventions in the USA still going on this summer/fall. Be sure to try to get to one if at all possible! You will never regret the opportunity to connect with other collectors in person to share your love of Pez!
- August 22 – 24 3rd Pez Gathering Germany. Visit www.pez-kult.de for all the details
- September 11 - 13 Pez On The River - Details and registration are available at https://pezontheriver.com and the theme for the costume contest is “Out of this World”. You need to dress a Pez dispenser(s) in a costume to match your concept of the theme. This can take any form you wish, from a single pez in a costume to a full diorama with a Lunar landing including an entire solar system and the hive mind that runs the whole show or whatever your imagination concocts! Just one of the many fun events Hosts Sandy and Cheryl have planned for us! The Pez Collectors Store will be in the ballroom throughout the convention and we look forward to seeing you there!
- September 13 6th Australian Pez Gathering – visit the 6th Australian Pez Gathering facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1729907813889692
- October 11 Pezylvania Gathering with Hosts Peggy Brooks and Laura Adams. This is bound to be a great time for all who attend! Informationi and registration is available on the website at https://www.pezylvania.com and through their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Pezylvaniagathering
That’s all the news for this month! Happy Pezzing!
All the best,
Chris Jordan
www.pezcollectors.com