Talk:PEZ

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The mints weren't an "alternative to smoking" but an accessory, a counteractive to the bad breath caused by smoking.

Source? I'll have to go back to some of the reference books, but I'm pretty sure Haas was avidly anti-smoking. PxT 20:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

From David Welch's Collecting Pez (considered to be pretty much the definitive source for PEZ-related history), page 81: "Ed. Haas III has been described by several interviewwees as a health nut. His marketing strategy defined PEZ Candy as an alternative to smoking as well as a way to overcome the unpleasant after effects of smoking and of certain foods." PxT 05:15, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I wouldn't think the "razor and blades" model applies here -- they presumably make money off the dispensers than the candy, right? Ben-w 21:42, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

PEZ considers itself primarily a candy company. They sell 3 billion+ candies a year in the US alone. The dispensers are very much used to drive candy sales, references in D. Welch's book -- don't have it handy right now, I'll try to look them up later. PxT 20:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Page Cleanup 2 Dispenser Question 3 Flavors 4 Translator 5 Vandalized 6 Street names 7 Picture 8 Trivia section

[edit] Page Cleanup

This article has developed a lot of sprawl. What do you think? It should be fairly easy to combine some of the timeline information with the character list. I started the character list a long time ago and the timeline was started afterwords as a seperate list. Beakerboy 17:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I was never really sure why the timeline was there in the first place, since it's not very well maintained (and seems to me like a collection of indiscriminate information). Its removal will not, IMO, diminish the article. The few short blurbs in that chunk can be moved to the same heading under the characters list. We probably don't need to differentiate Euro-only releases or whatever; that's just excessive for an encyclopedia article. Some of the non-standard series (minis, keychains, plushies, pens, jungle mission) probably deserve some mention. We should hunt down some citations for most of this stuff. At the very least, the company history needs citations. The bits about the Pez streets should probably be moved into the Trivia section (I'll do that in just a minute). — Wwagner 18:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dispenser Question

Have they made a Family Guy set of PEZ dispensers? I have not seen them, but do they exist???

No they haven't. It will likely never happen, as essentially all dispensers have a potential for a family audience. As Family Guy is one bit edgier that The Simpsons, who have been PEZ'd, they likely never would qualify. -- user:zanimum

I've heard only 2 real people ever appeared on a PEZ dispenser. Who? Include it? Trekphiler 00:44, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Betsy Ross, Daniel Boone, Paul Revere. I have added the info. PxT 18:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

what about the nascar drivers? aren't they real people? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.221.127.116 (talk • contribs).

They are certainly real people, but those dispensers are just the helmets of the drivers, not their actual faces. I remember seeing a bunch of batting helmets from all the MLB teams on EBay a while back - that's basically the same thing. — Wwagner 14:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flavors

Is there no section for the history of all the flavors? I know strawberry, orange, lemon, grape, raspberry, cherry, sourorange, sourblue raspberry, sour pineapple, sourgreen apple, and cola are current flavors ... and peppermint was used in the past ... but has there been others? SargeAbernathy 07:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Translator

I deleted "besides its status as an acronym". It's not an acronym, & I, for one, am getting really sick of people saying something is without knowing what an acronym actually is. Trekphiler 00:39, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com/store6.html http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com/one.html

[edit] Vandalized

I'm pretty sure that mspaint picture and photo of socks don't belong here, can anyone remove them? Cuitlahuac 06:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that was one freaky edit. I took care of the reversion. — Wwagner 16:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Street names

The enthusiasm and nostalgia surrounding PEZ are suggested by the existence of two single-block streets in the U.S., presumably both named "Pez" at the suggestion of Pez enthusiasts:

Do we have any evidence for this? The street in NV is surrounded by other spanish-language street names, so I think its more likely related to the spanish word. As for connecticut... well, Orange CT is home to PEZ. Coincidence?

[edit] Picture

If someone can, attempt to find a better picture (multiple pictures would actually be helpful). Michael 22:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I have a PEZ dispenser, I'll see if I can get a good photo of it, or even better arrange three or more for a photo showing off the wide variety of PEZ dispensers. It also would be nice to have a photo of the dispensing process (the head tilted back, with the candy ready to remove). I'll work on getting this, but anybody else is welcome to beat me to it. --TexasDex 02:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm...Don't they show the dispensing process on those little yellow slips that come with PEZes? If possible, you might want to photograph that, too. Michael 06:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section

I'm pretty sure the goings-on of an internet message board are not relevant to PEZ dispensers unless they reveal some factual information regarding said dispensers. Should the last article of trivia be deleted?

I agree. I could propose that PEZ dispensers are the greatest invention of all time, but I'd never write "it has been proped that...". Done.Beakerboy 16:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

What about the part when Eliott demonstrates the PEZ candy and its dispenser to E.T. in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? Does it seem okay to you? --Angeldeb82 03:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)