Bon Voyage Pez Outlaw, Sweden. #pezoutlaw

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It's My Story.

Sweden.

The trip to Sweden was one of the neatest trips I went on buying pez. Gary Doss informed me that the Pez Pal Mariner had been released & was available only in Sweden. Gary sent me a photo image of the back of the Pez Playworld card. From that information I planned the trip.

Mariner with body parts approx $10.00

I arrived in Sweden, Booked my car & Found a hotel. My stay was in Stockholm, a very interesting & nice place. Next morning I went to Toysrus. Here's something you may not know, most of the bigger cities in Western Europe, Australia & Sweden have Toysrus. Even Linz/Traun had one. Toysrus is a good place to find Pez dispensers & ask about who the distributor is. In worst case scenarios it is printed on the back of the cards & you can hire a taxi, point at the address & follow him.


After gaining/confirming the distributor address, also realizing the Pez Pal Mariner was not available at Toysrus. I set off for the distributor, he informed me this Pez dispensers was only available on the Ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki. As this trip was only about the Pez Pal Mariner I didn't buy anything from the distributor. Besides they really didn't have much, it was a pretty small operation.

Photos of the Ferry Boat I booked passage on with Silja Ferry Lines in Sweden.

I arrived at Silja Ferry lines & was allowed to board the ferry & go to the gift shop on board the ship. There I met this really wonderful lady who ran things named Tuula. She said we have about 60 or so Pez Pal Mariner available but you have to be on board as a passenger & at sea before I can sell you any. I told her I really needed a lot of them so she checked & said she had 2 pallets of pez pal mariner at the other port. Off I went to buy a ticket. I booked a round trip, in a Tax deductible high end room. It was a room with an exterior window, so a view of the whole trip. This room even had a shower & a TV. Until this trip the idea of being on a large boat out in the middle of a big body of water left me a little uneasy. After this trip I realized it was more like being in a small city that happened to be a boat.


We left port & the first group of Pez dispensers was delivered to the room, where I began tearing them down to just pez dispensers & pez body parts. So they could be bagged for my luggage. I planned to carry half the pez in my luggage & airfreight the rest. Once we arrived in Helsinki, I met with Tuula & used my credit card to pay for the pallets of Pez Pal Mariners that were being loaded. She & I had to call the US credit card company to clear the purchase as it was about $10,000.00. Once all the paperwork was done she had ships personnel, dolly cart it all up to my room. I got a lot of puzzled looks because even though this was one of the good rooms/cabins, the 2 pallets of pez pretty much filled the room. I spent the entire night in the cabin tearing down half of the Pez dispensers into my luggage & down packing the other pez cases. If you down pack pez playworlds correctly 3 cases become 2 cases easy. After down packing, pez cases had to be taped together into 8 cases per for airfreight. When completed I had 3 duffel bags full of loose Pez dispensers & 6 or 8 large packs of pez for airfreight. In the morning we arrived back at Stockholm & I had not even left the boat. Aside from meals, a shower, looking out the window & packing Pez dispensers. I had no time left, including no time for sleep. I left a really good tip for the destroyed cabin & left with the small army of guys with dollies.


Once we arrived at my car, I gave the guys there tip & off they went. I found a cab driver & we discussed the airport & what I needed to accomplish. He decided Cathe (I think it was) was the freight airline I needed. He also decided we needed a total of 2 cabs plus my car to carry all the pez to the airport. Once the 3 cars were loaded he led the way to the airport, where he helped arrange everything with the freight company. He had been very helpful & got a really good tip. After they left & the freight was completed I was left with my pez luggage & one night remaining before my flight.


I booked a room in a hotel near the airport & got a well deserved nights sleep. The trip home was easy peasy. The freight arrived no problem, thanks to my broker in Grand Rapids. The trip was a big success. Then a year later the Pez Pal Mariners showed up in Hungary for liquidation into Russia. Oh well it had been a pretty cool adventure. Bragging rights, great scenery & a boat ride.

What more could a country boy who never dreamed of European travel ask for.

Pez Outlaw. Bubble Man, Origins #pezoutlaw

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It's My Story.

There never woulda been a Bubble Man if Pez Outlaw hadn't found & brought him to the USA. 

Jon Hicks now owns that very 1st Bubble Man That I found in Ormoz Slovenia. The Pez that launched Millions of Bubble Men.

That 1st Bubble Man came straight out of the Pez Collection in Ormoz & Eventually into the collection of Jon Hicks.

 

Bubble Man for me was an afterthought to Black Santa, then I realized the impact of him.

The story that I'm about to tell you takes place in 1994 on my first trip to Europe hunting for Pez Dispensers out of the 100 that would follow over the next 10 years.
This was a magic time in my life when everything was possible, a lifetime ago.

On our first trip to Europe buying Pez Dispensers Josh n I ended up at the Ormoz plastic plant in Slovenia. Marcos / Elvis the Madd Genius at that facility in charge of all things concerning design n innovation gave us each a Bubble Man Pez Dispensers. We'd never seen or heard of him, nobody outside the company had, well excluding of course Johann n Dave. We were ecstatic. To tell the truth we loved Bubble Man as much as the Black Santa's Marcos gave us.

Funny thing about those 2 pez dispensers, Black Santa n Bubble Man. Both played a very significant role in me becoming a Pez Outlaw. Both utterly infuriated the then President of Pez USA n put me on the radar with him. In one trip I went from obscurity to #1 on Pez USA's most hated.

Those first few trips to Europe with Joshua buying Pez Dispensers were groundbreaking when I think Back all those years ago n what we found. Here we were just a couple of Idjets that didn't know any better, yet we found An awful lot of stuff nobody had ever seen before. Black Santa, Bubble Man, Pink Orange n Yellow cab C class trucks, Psycho Lucy, Pink n Lavender Bunnies, also that weird colored Dino from the Flintstones set. I know that I'm leaving something out?

That all happened in 1994, whew I'm getting tired just thinking about it.
It wasn't until 1998 that I had another year with as much impact as 1994.
In 1998 I created the 13 Misfits, The 8 Crystal Pez, The 8 Glow in the Dark Pez, 3 diff Hair Color Shell Pals, 2 diff hair color Aral gas pals n finally the Rainbow Crystal Zoo.  N again I know that I'm forgetting something, OH Right I created the concept for the Glow in the dark trucks then backed out on production n Joe n Dave picked up the idea.

Pez Outlaw T-shirt M L XL 2XL or 3XL signed Pez Outlaw just tell me which size  $10.00 + shipping

Drift Much, back on topic, Bubble Man.

I've heard a rumor that Bubble Man was created for a line of bubble gum pellet pez. For who I don't know, it fell through. He was also offered to Pez Austria n USA. 

Rejected his destiny was at its end until josh n I got ours.

Johan n Dave had him by way I'm thinking of Gunther Leitner. he sent them things n they sent him money. Both Johan n Dave had a policy back then of just holding on to newer things till they matured or there fate was more certain.

When Josh n I got home we were talking about him to a drunk/obnoxious/ rich pez collector. He said sure he's not for sale, what if I offered you a thousand dollars. Josh was a collage boy then paying his own way. He told me dad I'm not stupid n he took the offer. Which after became $800. Still a lot of money in 1994 to a 19 yr old broke kid.

Sue Sternfeld called me wanting mine, not stupid either, I took her $800.

After that David n Johan heard about all the Hooo Haaa n started selling there's at I think $800 to $1200 ea. My guess they had a dozen ish ea. that's roughly how many are sent as samples for proposed pez. 

Black Santa was the same n Johan n Dave got the early office samples of those also. hence the 3 variations 

When this all became a Bubble Man Gold Rush, The then president of Pez USA aka Scott got wind of it n it really made him mad. Scott promptly ordered a butt load of them to intentionally destroy the value of the 20ish sold at $800 tro $1,200 each. 

25 years later I have no emotion about all of this, it just came up when a friend asked for information about Bubble Man. Bubble Man just happens to have a terrific story, that we happen to share due to a fluke of history. 

After I introduced clear clear, colored clear n glow in the dark pez, Scott immediately ordered bubble man in clear, clear color n gitd.  

By the way I also named Bubble Man.
I know, I know, seems like this guy Pez Outlaw says he named n created all sorts of Pez dispensers.
It was a different time n Pez Outlaw was in the right place at the right time.

I guess I can put it this way.
After being given 2 Bubble Men, as you might guess I had to refer to him in some way.

Here's the funny bit.
I can't remember after 25yrs whether I referred to him as Bubble Man or Bubble Boy.
I think that I referred to him as Bubble Boy n that Scott changed it to Bubble Man when he flooded the market with him for the next decade. 

Same thing happened with all my color variations. 
I called them The Holiday Colors when I introduced them to the hobby, when Scott copied all of them to introduce the first Pez USA Corp[orate website, he renamed them The Misfits.
Scott loved to copy my pez, then rebrand them, such is life.
At least my names for the Crystal Pez n Glow in the dark pez that I created n introduced stuck.

Funny side note.
I honestly can't remember if I named the brown skin Santa that I introduced Mex-Tex or Tex-Mex, kinda dyslexic on that one.
Tina Christison Gunsauls says that it was Mex-Tex, I trust her memory over mine.

Pez Outlaw, The Care n Feeding of Your Dreams #pezoutlaw

The Raba Hotel in Gyor Hungary

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Kathy found this postcard of the Raba Hotel in Gyor Hungary while she was going through boxes of pictures. I must have stayed at the Raba 70 times in my travels to Europe buying Pez. If time spent at the Raba were added up I approx. 1yr at the Raba Hotel in the 1990s.

The people who ran Pez International would have killed for the information that I stayed at the Raba. I picked the Raba because it was a very low key location and for the discretion of it's staff. the staff at the Raba was not just discrete about it's guests, they down right protected my anonymity while I was there. Nobody came near me without a discrete call asking approval.

People over the years have asked me if I miss all the worldwide travel. My answer is always no. What I do miss though is staying at the Raba Hotel in Gyor Hungary, the memories are very pleasant. I miss my evening walks down to the Pizza Hut in centrum, where the staff knew my order from memory.

It didn't hurt that The Yellow House was 1 mile due south and the pez plastics plant was 1 mile due west. If I ever traveled to Europe again it would be to spend a quiet week at the Raba Hotel in Gyor Hungary.

Bang Bang shoot em up

Try this Try that

To great surprise a few things stick

An imperfect messenger tries his best

Staring at the trees  for answers 

You'd think by now I'd know

The hand of fate still controls me

This all started 25yrs ago

The day he broke the rules

How does something that small dictate the rest of your life

One move, one decision and you walk the road forever

Tell me a story daddy

A story of adventure about an anti-hero

Threats
We're gonna foreclose your home in 2 weeks
gotta be 3rd time I heard that one

Promises
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED

Reality
Gonna reroof the house n I mean me
Well n Billy Dog if she can get up there
there will be pictures

Spectators are welcome when I'm roofing the house, garage n barn
Larry, you are welcome to watch or tell me I'm doing it wrong, but I need to do this myself
I've waited 3yrs to be able to do this, I need the personal win

Menards gave me a credit card, that was a mistake
just enough to buy almost all the roofing supplies 

Dreams
Oh my, where to start

Time gone by, unsung heros

Pez Outlaw

Last nights dream was about Pez Outlaw taking off on the web.
I remember seeing the white boxes with bold print talking about Pez Outlaw.
One of the happiest dreams that I've had in a very long time.

The people from California were actually talking to me about promoting the content.
It was like heaven had opened up.

I'm not sure which part of my dream shocked me the most.
The fact that the people in California were actually talking to me or tha Pez Outlaw had taken off.

The people from California were suggesting new content.
I told them to just go ahead n handle it, so I could just sit back n enjoy it.

I've waited over a decade n a half for this day, even if it was a dream.
For the record, last night was the first n only time that I've had this dream.

Unfortunately I had to wake up, half expecting or hoping that the dream had been a premonition of coming events.
Like I said I woke up n the 3 years of waiting continues.

At least for a brief moment last night in my dreams it was real.
That's it just a dream.

Each n every day we are bombarded with all forms of unimportant things.
For one night the promises were real. 

I realize at best if all my dreams came true it would only last about 3yrs.
The reason it's so important to me is so that I can finally close this chapter of my life.

********************************************

Einstein n me

Look who else wore fuzzy slippers.

Pez Outlaw friends.

What do I want? What's my goal?

My first goal is that Pez Outlaw and his story becomes a Hollywood Movie.

My second and no less important goal is that The Pez Outlaw Book is published by a major publishing house.

My third goal is that because of the movie and the book, Pez Corporation chooses to make reparations for the Half Million Dollar Fraud perpetrated by there company in 1998 that destroyed my company. By doing so writing there own ending to the Pez Outlaw story.

OTHER Smaller Goals.

Pez Outlaw Diary is purchased by a smaller publishing house and after some serious editing it too is released in paperback as a companion piece to the Bigger House Publication of The Pez Outlaw. I think that The Diary itself would make a nice contribution as support material to the movie and the bigger book.

I'd also like the notoriety of a big Pez Outlaw movie and book to make it possible for my children's book Princess Puddy n The Golden Bowl  to be published.

If all the stars align.

Somebody offers to publish
The Cereal Box Price Guide & The Barrel Book

That is my Dream.
Where we are at, at this very moment.
I'm contractually not allowed to say.
Yes I have signed 2 contracts with 2 different "people" both of them said SHUT UP! 

So why do I keep writing?
I'll tell you why.
Contracts are only interest and intentions.
I can't help feeling that my writing which is after all why the interest was shown in the first place will be a possible deciding factor at some point.
Also, as the only promoter of the Pez Outlaw story for 15 years now I feel it's very important to keep the story alive on the internet to the best of my ability.

Just for giggles. Do any of you remember this ebay listing from a few years ago.

I'll let you in on a little secret. If a movie and a book are made I'll be lucky if I clear $75,000.00 combined/total. Reasons; agents 10%, Joshua 10%, Taxes up to 30%.

That is not me complaining, it's just a reality check for people who think you get rich if a book n movie are made about you. Add to that my mission statement concerning Pez Outlaw Diary and Notes From The Asylum. One word TRANSPARENCY or 3, spill your guts.

The reality of what I'd actually make off the movie and the book after 15 years work and the fact that what it's all about is that I actually lost 1/2 million dollars is why......

That's why I still hope that Pez Corporation decides it's in there best interest to make restitution. see
Chapter 13. Pez Outlaw Goes to Hollywood #pezoutla...

Realistically the Movie and the book are only the means to the end, motivators if you will. Encouragement to do the right thing.
That being a decision making process by Pez Corporation that ends in them deciding a better final chapter to the Pez Outlaw story needs to be written by them showing how the Pez Corporation of today is not the same as the one headed by Scott McWhinnie in 1998.



It's Kathy's Birthday today.
For 45yrs she has been my salvation.

After Pez Outlaw, I intend to retire.

Pez Corporate Fraud, Pez Color War, Restitution.

Pez Outlaw, 13.5 Rules #pezoutlaw

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It's My Story.

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Now that we are nearing the finish line, I thought that the rules might be helpful to those that follow.

An idea is nothing but a lost opportunity without action.
 
Make all contributions of $19.95 payable to Happy Horse Asylum for the continued care of Pez Outlaw.

Rule #1. believe in your project with every fiber of your being, but you need to do the work.

Rule #2. The project needs to be the thing that excites you,  your idea of fun.

Rule #3. When you take on or start a project,  Do not let up. Push it  until it almost breaks, then push some more. You need to be relentless. Never give up, never give in. If at times you don't feel a little embarrassed by your efforts, you are holding back to much. 

Rule #4.  Open your eyes to the possibility that what you think you were doing, is actually not what you were doing. Projects evolve, you must be able to recognize the change, be open to it. Example, I'm beginning to believe this whole outlaw project was just warmup for Notes From The Asylum.
 
Rule #5. Turn your deficits into assets. Poor no money, Ah but you have time, use it. Obsessive compulsive, a unique ability to focus like a laser on a project. etc.

Rule #6. Do not allow other peoples opinions of what you are doing to hold you back. You are a unique individual, that uniqueness may be your biggest asset. Try to be like everybody else, to fit in, seek & gain the approval of others, is a one way ticket to mediocrity.

Rule #7. Do things the way you like to do them. Try mimicking others or forcing yourself into habits or patterns that you find unnatural/foreign & you will not succeed. It's your project, from the beginning do it the way you like, otherwise you might as well be working for someone else.

Rule #8. Any project requires a great deal of effort, years & years of tedious work. Day after day, year after year of having faith in yourself. People are gonna think you are nuts. You must believe in yourself before anyone else can possibly believe in you or your project.

Rule #9. You need to hear what others are saying, yet not let it affect your resolve. Criticism is only to test your resolve. Be open to critique that helps the project, but do not let it stop the project. If your resolve is strong enough, you will outlast your last critique.

Rule #10. Trust yourself. If you are wrong you can change it later. Second guessing yourself will only slow progress & kill the uniqueness of your project.

Rule #11. Don't be fragile. If a few harsh words are gonna curl you up with a blankey, you are doomed. Thick skin is required. To be perfectly frank, don't give a hoot in hell what other people think of what you are doing. Only care what you think about what you are doing.

Rule #12. Do not gage the success of your project by the big picture. You need to find small wins along the way. This is going to take a long time.  10 years is nothin.

Rule #13. You are only crazy if you think you are crazy, other than that it's the rest of the world that is goofy. "Normal speak", march to your own drummer. 

Rule #13.5 Never ask someone else if they think you are crazy. BIG, BIG MISTAKE.

Three things surprised me while writing Pez Outlaw Diary.


The first being that in 1998 buying pez for what became the Color Wars I spent $471,950.00 on Pez dispensers. The second surprise was that over an 11 year period of selling Pez I earned $4,530,899.00 in Gross Sales. Then lost it all in the Pez Color Wars. The third thing that surprised me when I realized it was. For approx 3 years by default I ran Pez USA. The reason I say this is for 2 to 3 years most of what Pez USA did was in direct response to what I was doing.


effects of one pivotal moment.
When life handed me my first pivotal choice, I said yes. I saw something & moved on it with everything I could muster. That first pivotal moment for me was in 1994 when I decided to start traveling to Europe buying Pez. Over 70 trips later the hobby had been changed, all hinging on that one decision to go. Decisions accompanied by actions impact events. 

My second pivotal decision to go forward with the Holiday Colors also had a huge impact on myself n the Pez Hobby. This time, not so good.


The third big pivotal decision for me was when I decided to write Pez Outlaw Diary. Everybody told me. Don't write this, just let it go. How do you let something like this go, while you still have breath in your body? People still think I'm crazy to take on a major international corporation like Pez. What are they gonna do, destroy me? To late they already did that.


The 4th pivotal decision I've made is to start writing in Notes From The Asylum.
see below.


I'm very content with the decision I made to take on this fight. To be honest it would have been against my nature to otherwise.

At this point in this life my only redemption will be if they decide to make the Pez Outlaw movie.
If they make the movie, I was justified in the faith of almost 18 years of work.
Unfortunately, if they don't decide to make the movie, then I was nuts.

Housekeeping

You may or may not have noticed but since the inception of Notes From The Asylum I have deleted 100s of the posts.

I have a review process based strictly on views.
It used to be that 100 to 150 views n the post got deleted.
Now the bar is at over 250.
I can easily see the day that a post must achieve over 600 views in its first week to stay up.
The reason is simple, I only want well received posts for new viewers.

I would like to get to the point where a post must achieve 1,000 views in a month to stay up.

My hope is to create something worth viewing here at Notes From The Asylum.


I wanted to take a moment to explain.

Thanks for viewing.


Notes From The Asylum has achieved almost 1,400,000 views



After Pez Outlaw, I intend to retire.

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Pez Outlaw Diary

Pez Outlaw, The Past Came Calling #pezoutlaw

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It's My Story.

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When I see Pez Outlaw though I don't mind as much.

He has responsibilities n things he must do, so God Bless.

It can be quite difficult to reconcile your past with who you are today.
I've been a drug addict, an alcoholic, a soldier and an Outlaw.
By far the thing that can upset who I am today most is my past as Pez Outlaw.

Pez Outlaw was flamboyant, outspoken and rich.
Yes Pez Outlaw thought he could do no wrong, he thought he was invincible.
In the end Pez Outlaw's overconfidence was his own undoing.

Pez Outlaw had to fall so that I could find myself again.
He and I are now two very different people, which is why I can at time find wearing his skin very disconcerting.

Recently I had to be Pez Outlaw for 5 days straight, it messed me up for the next 3 weeks.

People told me that they just avoided me because.........................................?

I recovered n apologized to everybody, everything in life has a cost.

That said, I will do my job n will pay whatever price.

I understand when people want to meet him, He was the biggest thing that ever hit the hobby of collecting Pez, literally on a global scale.
It also surprises me how after almost 2 decades how easy it is to slip into his skin.
The trick though is remembering who I really am and to not be influenced by him.

New n Improved Design For The Pez Outlaw Dispenser

 No-Changies, No Take Backs.

Jim Blaine stopped by yesterday to visit, What a wonderful person.
I don't see many people from the old days anymore n it was kinda nice to tell all my stories, because nobody around here really wants to hear them.
I told Jim that he'd done with great success something I never would have tried by putting on the Michigan Pez Convention.

During Jim Blaine's visit I told him many things.
Pez Outlaw was my salvation.
Pez Outlaw n I are 2 different people.
I needed to lose everything Pez Outlaw had accomplished so that I could find myself again.

If  I wrote Pez Outlaw over from scratch like this version never existed, that I would write it very differently.
The Diary though is just that a diary, a primal scream that helped me find my way home again.

Today I hate nobody, it just is what it is.

The questions.
What's my favorite pez dispenser? Easy Black Santa.
Pick  a person from that time you hold in high esteem. Easy again David Welch.
When I was at my lowest point David Welch sent me a very long email trying to comfort me n help with advice. David Welch is a stand up guy. Of couse I love Maryanne Kennedy but she's in a whole nother category.

Final note about Jim Blaine's visit.
Remember how I said I wouldn't look at the pictures you took or read your post, because it would mess my head up.
Well I looked n I read n it did indeed mess my head up.
Looking at pictures of me n reading your generous words was like driving by a car wreck, I just couldn't look away. smiley face.

It was wonderful to meet you Jim n I wish your endeavors all the best.
Like I told Jim, Pez Outlaw n I are 2 different people.
I might be the caretaker of all of Pez Outlaws stories but he also belongs to all of you in the pez community as well, because he would never have existed without all of you.
My deepest hope is that his memory will one day be cherished by all of you.

Me.
I'm just an old guy driving his tractor n talking to his friends, the horses n dogs.
FYI. Jim met Billy Dog n The Wild Bunch. That was the Cool Part.

Signed 
The Yard Gnome

The only problem is that all of the attention threw me  off balance.
I looked at the pictures n read the posts n that was a big mistake.
I should've politely ignored both.

I know that every day I spend a great deal of time promoting Pez Outlaw, but I do it without internalizing him.
You might say I'm Pez Outlaws agent n PR team, but I maintain a separation from him.
Years ago I poured all of my adventures into the character Pez Outlaw so that he could carry all that n I could move on.
That careful separation gets blurred when I meet people that want to meet him.

Pez Outlaws life is to big for me to wear.
It's complicated. 

What followed was a year of me/pez outlaw stepping out of my groove, including things I said i'd never do like attending a convention.
I gotta admit that it had its fun moments but I'm not sure that it gained much on the Pez Outlaw agenda.
Though I did make sure to walk away with as much video as I could generate.

One thing is certain though, facebook is not Pez Outlaws best forum for achieving his goals.
Pez Outlaw is a creature more suited to twitter, facebook people take his stance with Pez Corporation to personal, not understanding that you can love pez n not pez corporation.
That being said I'm going to greatly reduce my interactions on facebook.

I want a Do-Over, lets try this again.

Did you know that the pins you get at conventions originated from the 1st California Pez Convention.
I originated it n called it the CACDC, "I Think"?
Anyway when I put that convention on I was knee deep in creating Cloisonne Pins.
In all I created between 30 n 50,000 Cloisonne Pins, cartoon characters, pez type n advertising type.

Want to hear something crazy.
I had a hell of a time finding any kind of picture of the very 1st Pez Convention pin ever made.
All I could find was this drawing.

I called the 1st California pez convention the CA. CDC  (California Candy Dispenser Convention) because I did not want to nor did I talk to Pez Corporation in any way shape or form about the Convention.
But the CA. CDC was the 1st pez convention held in California and the very 1st pez convention pin ever given away at a convention was mine at the CA. CDC in 1995..

Oh my god I just realized that that convention was almost a quarter century ago. Time hits me like a ton of bricks now. After working with tunnel vision on pez outlaw for almost 2 decades I poke my head up every so often n get smacked by the passage of time.

This Picture was generously provided by Judy Mesler 
 

After Pez Outlaw, I intend to retire.

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Pez Outlaw Diary