PEZ dispenser modification

October 17, 2007 6:35 PM

PEZ Dispenser Modification From the strange to the sweet, and everything in between.
posted by gummi (27 comments total)

WHYYYYYY??
posted by louche mustachio at 7:00 PM on October 17, 2007

pretend that link went here.
posted by louche mustachio at 7:01 PM on October 17, 2007

That'll totally screw up the collector value.
posted by Balisong at 7:03 PM on October 17, 2007

Very well done by the artist. I just can't put a finger on it, but something about these Pez bothers me. Odd.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:07 PM on October 17, 2007

I stashed smokes in a pez dispenser as a teenager. Not many, obviously. I seem to recall cloves would not fit.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:22 PM on October 17, 2007

waka-waka!

These are great!
posted by yhbc at 7:29 PM on October 17, 2007

You can make a really great Residents one with the snowman. Just sayin' is all.
posted by unknowncommand at 7:35 PM on October 17, 2007

Watch out for Suicide Bomber Mickey.
posted by brain_drain at 8:02 PM on October 17, 2007

Arty in a very good and cool way. I love it -- so high-brow anarchy...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 8:26 PM on October 17, 2007

This one would make a great holiday card.

Side Note: I'm not even close to a frequent poster (though I am a serious lurker), so feel free to disregard this curmudgeonly complaint.

I just happen to think that--in the same way posting recent Onion headlines is sort of taboo here on Metafilter--posting things that were just on BoingBoing.net earlier today should be also.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW THIS IS A JERKY COMPLAINT.

I am a very reluctant jerk, whose credibility is marred because he doesn't post very often at all.
posted by ProfLinusPauling at 9:11 PM on October 17, 2007

I like the Fozzie the Bear one.
posted by Brittanie at 9:15 PM on October 17, 2007

I just saw a commercial on television for a new crayola modeling clay product. In it, a child makes several different fantastic creatures, one of which looks strikingly like Pazuzu.

I now want a Pazuzu Pez dispenser.

Pezuzu.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:18 PM on October 17, 2007

Some of these are so wrong, but I love them!

It inspires me to possibly open the packaging on my Hello Kitty Pez dispenser and mutilate it in some horrid way. Perhaps that would get the point across to my friends that I don't want to own every single plastic thing on the planet featuring Hello Kitty. All I really want are the small appliances.

And now for a tired refrain: Not everyone reads Boing Boing, and it's entirely possible to find the same links without ever reading Boing Boing. Had it not been linked here, I might not have seen it. Then I would have been sad.
posted by Orb at 9:26 PM on October 17, 2007

I like this one, but we just missed the action.
posted by wsg at 9:41 PM on October 17, 2007

That last link should go here.
posted by wsg at 9:44 PM on October 17, 2007

If you ever make it to San Carlos, CA (1/2 way between San Fran and Silicon Valley), make sure to stop by the Pez museum. It is just a small room, but there's this tall guy wearing colorful clothes who's a complete Pez fanatic and he tells you all these stories about the many Pez(es) and old toys and games in the room--including the original factory Pez sign, which he bought off E-Bay, ironically enough.

You learn interesting things like how E-Bay started with Pez. Some guy's girlfriend was a Pez collector. He created a web site so she could trade Pez(es) with people, and the next thing you know it turned into E-Bay. Also interesting was the Pez gun that would shoot them into your mouth (didn't last long for obvious reasons).


Just what is the plural for Pez anyway?
posted by eye of newt at 10:24 PM on October 17, 2007

correction--Burlingame California--I should really double check these things before I post.
posted by eye of newt at 10:25 PM on October 17, 2007

Just what is the plural for Pez anyway?

I think the plural of Pez is Pez. Like deer or fish.

Cool post, gummi!
posted by amyms at 12:55 AM on October 18, 2007

All I really want are the small appliances.

Orb, I have an extension cord for you. (not even kidding!)
posted by whatzit at 4:04 AM on October 18, 2007

Yep, Pez Museum is in Burlingame, about 18m south of SF. I live about ten blocks away from it. Their collection is pretty huge.

I really liked this. I love the subtle changes, some of them were very clever and creative, yet simple. For example, I liked how they simply made the tasmanian devil shorter. Because he's clearly just an angry little man.
posted by miss lynnster at 4:53 AM on October 18, 2007

And I'm with Orb. I don't read boingboing very often.
posted by miss lynnster at 4:54 AM on October 18, 2007

The Fozzie is obviously an homage to the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Neat!
posted by Reggie Digest at 5:48 AM on October 18, 2007

Whatzit: Are you telling me there is such a thing as a Hello Kitty extension cord in existence on this planet?!
posted by Orb at 7:11 AM on October 18, 2007

eye of newt: from Wikipedia:

The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book[3] and confirmed by eBay.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:55 AM on October 18, 2007

Excellent art. Thanks.
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:13 AM on October 18, 2007

Any mods to get the F’ing candy in easier?
posted by Smedleyman at 10:21 AM on October 18, 2007

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW THIS IS A JERKY COMPLAINT.

Not at all, I understand where you're coming from. But, like a few others, I'm one of those people who once checked BB daily, and now I'm lucky I check it once a week. I honestly had no idea this was there earlier.

Still, fun stuff. The S&M Mickey has got to be my favorite. I'm glad everyone liked these. They're really hilarious.
posted by gummi at 1:46 PM on October 18, 2007