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'''PEZ''' is an immensely popular brand of [[Austria|Austrian]] candy, known for its manual dispensers which frequently feature licensed designs based on all sorts of pop culture franchises | [[File:PEZ-Logo.png|right|thumb|250px|"If I could have only one food to eat for the rest of my life? That's easy."]] | ||
'''PEZ''' is an immensely popular brand of [[Austria|Austrian]] candy, known for its manual dispensers which frequently feature licensed designs based on all sorts of pop culture franchises. | |||
A handful of PEZ dispensers based on ''Transformers'' characters have been made over the years, starting with a wave based on | A handful of PEZ dispensers based on ''Transformers'' characters have been made over the years, starting with a wave based on Generation 1 characters in [[2015]]. These would be followed up with a wave based on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' characters in [[2016]] (two of which would be re-released in [[2017]] as ''Connectibles'' with additional chest and arm attachments), and eventually, with another wave based on Generation 1 characters in [[2024]]. | ||
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==Merchandise== | ==Merchandise== | ||
=== | ===Candy dispensers=== | ||
==== | ====Generation 1==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2015'''</u> | |||
'''Pez Dispensers''' | '''Pez Dispensers''' | ||
* Optimus Prime | * Optimus Prime | ||
* Megatron | * Megatron | ||
* Bumblebee | * Bumblebee | ||
| | |||
== | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2024'''</u> | ||
'''Pez Dispensers''' | '''Pez Dispensers''' | ||
* Optimus Prime | * Optimus Prime | ||
* Megatron | * Megatron | ||
* Bumblebee | * Bumblebee | ||
| | |||
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G1Pez-2024.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bumblebee, Megatron, and Optimus dispensers.]] | |||
|} | |||
===Robots in Disguise=== | ====Robots in Disguise==== | ||
====2016 | {| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | ||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2016'''</u> | |||
'''Pez Dispensers''' | '''Pez Dispensers''' | ||
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Optimus Prime]] | * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Optimus Prime]] | ||
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Bumblebee]] | * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Bumblebee]] | ||
* Grimlock | * Grimlock | ||
| | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2017'''</u> | |||
'''Connectibles''' | '''Connectibles''' | ||
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Optimus Prime]] | * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Optimus Prime]] | ||
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Bumblebee]] | * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PEZ|Bumblebee]] | ||
| | |||
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:RID15-merch BumblebeePez.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''Robots in Disguise'' Bumblebee dispenser, without and with his Connectible attachment.]] | |||
|} | |||
===Others=== | |||
Beyond their candy dispensers, PEZ also produces Glucose candy — sold in Europe under the "PEZ Dextrose" branding — which usually feature packaging art themed around a given period's tie-in brands. | |||
''Transformers''-themed packaging for the Dextrose candies was made for 2016's ''Robots in Disguise'' and 2024's ''Generation 1'' offerings. | |||
[[Category: Licensed food]] | [[Category: Licensed food]] | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Israeli brand Klik also features a line of <s>blatant rip-offs</s> very distinctively PEZ-inspired candy dispensers. They would make tie-in merchandise for 2009's ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' with dispensers based on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#KLIK|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#KLIK|Bumblebee]]. | |||
Latest revision as of 08:36, 3 August 2025
PEZ is an immensely popular brand of Austrian candy, known for its manual dispensers which frequently feature licensed designs based on all sorts of pop culture franchises.
A handful of PEZ dispensers based on Transformers characters have been made over the years, starting with a wave based on Generation 1 characters in 2015. These would be followed up with a wave based on Transformers: Robots in Disguise characters in 2016 (two of which would be re-released in 2017 as Connectibles with additional chest and arm attachments), and eventually, with another wave based on Generation 1 characters in 2024.
Merchandise
[edit]Candy dispensers
[edit]Generation 1
[edit]| 2015
Pez Dispensers
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2024
Pez Dispensers
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Robots in Disguise
[edit]| 2016
Pez Dispensers
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2017
Connectibles |
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Others
[edit]Beyond their candy dispensers, PEZ also produces Glucose candy — sold in Europe under the "PEZ Dextrose" branding — which usually feature packaging art themed around a given period's tie-in brands.
Transformers-themed packaging for the Dextrose candies was made for 2016's Robots in Disguise and 2024's Generation 1 offerings.
Trivia
[edit]- Israeli brand Klik also features a line of
blatant rip-offsvery distinctively PEZ-inspired candy dispensers. They would make tie-in merchandise for 2009's Revenge of the Fallen with dispensers based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
