It seems like Funko pops shouldn't have stood a chance in a space so thoroughly saturated with collectible plastic characters from any franchise imaginable. And there was candy involved.
I'm still here.
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If only the candy wasn't bad
I recently had some pez for the first time in like 20 years. The candy was better when I was a kid. I can still remember the grape and strawberry flavors, and the modern ones are shit.
I think the novelty of each piece of candy coming out of a character's neck made it taste better 🤣 the only flavor I actually remember is a cola flavored one. I remember trying the regular ones a while back and hating it
I just tried some pez the other day that someone gave me for Christmas, the "grape" flavor tastes like sunscreen.
I liked how pez tasted back in the day at least
I was just thinking there should be Pez compatible mints.
I actually don't hate the candy. Technically easier without the dispenser though,lol.
And the dispensers didn't constantly jam
If you've got a knife you can cut Necco wafers down to size to improve the taste.
I just had my first necco wafers which reminded me of how much I hate pez lol. They were recommended when a coworker caught me snacking on satellite wafers. The clove flavor was an acquired taste but the citrus ones are a hard no.
My suggestion to use Necco wafers was, unfortunately, in jest. They certainly have their appeal but they're absolutely an acquired taste.
Pez will outlive us all
Im watching that show now!
What show is that?
Silo, one of the very best Apple TV shows.
Watch it, read the books. It’s worth it
Silo
What we need is a rerun of these guys. Had one. Somehow made the candy taste better. Probably because you’d lose them behind the couch before they reached your mouth.
Are you supposed to stick this gun in your mouth and pull the trigger?
Sending some pretty interesting messages to kids…
No, in your friends mouths. You both spend the whole afternoon shooting into each other's mouths. 😇
Congrats! I didn’t even think that this message could get more NSFW.
Truly, a dreadful day to be literate.
I haven't seen it here in the comments, so I'll be a total curmudgeon and say it: fuck Pez. I hope it dies out. Shitty tasting candy dispensed from a shitty dispenser. Even as a kid I was disappointed. Plus, it's just more needless plastic garbage that ends up in landfills for almost no reason at all
Pez was historically unwilling to make disoensers featuring real people. I believe the Elvis Pressley dispenser released 10-15 years ago was the first. many others featuring IRL are fakes as you used to be able to find KISS ones on Ebay that Pez never made.
Funko was more willing to recreate people.
Watch this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pez_Outlaw I came into it blind and absolutely loved it. It tells a cool story about the origin of pez among else.
I feel like there's some article here I'm not seeing here.
Pez never went anywhere. The thing is though, I just looked at my pez the other week. The ones still on sale (as of a few months ago when I bought these) contain red dye #3.
That shit'll give ya cancer.
So those pez will just never be opened.
Everything gives you cancer
Wait what? Is this only an American thing or do they have that dye in EU too?
Only in America
They gots them at the bulk barn here. And a tub of the candies.
I bought a fistfull to use as D&D monster tokens last week
Pez are only like 20% character. FunkoPops can be more expressive because they don’t need to dispense candy.
more expressive
Every Funko Pop ever:
O O
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FunkoPops have zero practicality outside of collecting dust on your shelf and are just modern day beanie babies. Pez at least provides nutrition and a way to store loose candy in your pocket for today's person on the go.
Every Funko should be a gumball machine, to justify those giant heads.
Can you make your Funko pop look like it's talking?
Check and mate.
looks like shit
Saw them at Christmas in Denmark. I haven't seen them in almost 30 years, so I was tempted to buy them, but I still remember the candy being bad so I passed.
Did they ever improve the spring mechanism on the dispensers? The last time I got one was probably in the 90s, and those things were constantly jamming up. I'm surprised that they didn't go out of business already, honestly.