Spring Loaded: A Message from the Editor
"Scores!" Says He: January 2026
Pez Almost-Quote of the Month
Pez Poetry
Happy Valentine's Day from Pezhead Monthly

Spring Loaded: A Message from the Editor | top

Hello and Happy February from Pezhead Monthly! While I enjoyed celebrating my birthday in January, I could have done without the extreme cold and snow that took over my neck of the woods for the last week or so of the month. Fortunately, I had my love of Pez to keep me warm.

In the Pez world in January, we were treated to the first Pez online exclusive of the year, the Valentine Alien. This is a variation of the new Alien in the Space Mission set, which debuted last year in Europe and should be arriving any day now in the US. There was also a surprise new Disney Parks exclusive 2-pack that showed up in the US Disney World and Disney Land parks. In honor of 100 years of Winnie The Pooh, there was a new full-sized Winnie the Pooh and a mini Piglet. The awesome Pez Palz blog has some more details. I look forward to picking up these new Disney Parks dispensers sometime soon!

As for this issue of Pezhead Monthly, although it kicks off Volume 21 for this publication, it’s significantly slimmer than usual, especially compared to the previous issue, which featured an extensive recap of my 2025 year in Pez. I expect that next month’s issue will be more robust.

This issue kicks off with a cover image that Pezzifies a movie poster for the romantic comedy “The Wedding Singer,” in honor of the Valentine’s Day holiday this month. There’s also a rundown of my January scores, a new Pez Almost-Quote, and some Pez Poetry. (Fun fact: one of this month’s Pez poems is about wuv, twue wuv.)

Also, be sure to check out the Pezhead Monthly Valentine’s Day page, which features Valentine’s Pez images, poems, and more from the archives. And some stuff from this very issue!

Lastly, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the legendary actress and comedian Catherine O'Hara in late January. She’s been a part of so many amazing and funny movies and TV shows and I can’t believe she’s no longer with us. In honor of Catherine, I’d like to share an animated GIF I made a while back, which Pezzifies the “Day-O” scene in “Beetlejuice.”

Thanks as always for reading Pezhead Monthly. Take care and see you soon!

Joe Durrant
Editor, Pezhead Monthly
joe@pezheadmonthly.com

P.S. Did you miss last month's issue? You can still read it here. To search the full Pezhead Monthly archives, hop on over to the archive page, where you can browse by feature, Pez Poetry Slam, or issue. There's also a Google search bar to help you search the content across the site. And hey, maybe you would like to submit some words, photos, artwork, or videos to Pezhead Monthly to be featured in an upcoming issue? That would be great! Check out the submission details here.

"Scores!" Says He: January 2026 | top

I kicked off the year with only a few scores in January, but I am happy with all of them.

From Facebook, I picked up a few fun pieces. First off, there was a die-cast M2 van with “Sweeter Than Pez” on it. I almost have luck finding M2 cars in stores, so I hoped on this when I saw it for sale in one of the Facebook groups. Next up was another Batman card for my collection. It’s pretty rare for me to find a Batman card I don’t already have, and this makes the 65th card variation in my collection.

Also from Facebook and my Pez Pal Jim, I picked up the Glockenspiel Disney Parks dispenser that came out in December. I was very excited to add this to my collection. The Disney Parks series continues to grow and impress!

From Pez Collector’s News (PCN), the latest issue of PCN (Feb/March 2026) arrived in my mailbox just before the end of the month. The issue is packed as always with some thoughts from PCN editor Richie Belyski, letters to the editor, classified, and more. This month’s PCN issue also has a feature issue about the resale value of some of the rarer POP+Pez dispensers that came out a few years back. While I don’t think much about release value, I found this article interesting because it’s still my goal to eventually add the 3 very limited edition Batman POP+Pez (Golden, Zebra, and Rainbow) to my collection. They are all a bit out of my price range for now, but maybe by the end of this year I’ll find a way to add one of these to my collection.

Also, I highly encourage you to subscribe to Pez Collector’s News. You can subscribe here.

A birthday-adjacent road trip out to Ohio in January included not only lunch at my favorite chicken wing place in the universe, Roosters, but also a visit to Jungle Jim’s Eastgate. I had not been to the Eastgate location in quite a while, usually opting for the original Fairfield location. But the Pez selection at Eastgate is quite impressive, and while I did not pick up any new dispensers this time around, I did find a factory error: a sideways Sakura from the Naruto series. Nice!

And lastly, from Pez.com, I picked up the first new online exclusive dispenser of the year (but by no means the last): an Alien with a pink stem that reads “You’re Out Of This World.” This is based on the original new Alien dispenser that’s already out in Europe but not in the US yet. It’s a pretty cool dispenser and the card is fun too. (I’m sure I’ll free it from the card, but I bought an extra to keep on card too.) This dispenser is already retired, so if you did not get it already, look for it on sale on the Facebook Pez groups or eBay. I also picked up another 2-pack from Pez.com: the Valentine Bear set that was originally planned to come out last year.

Here is a picture of my January scores. You can click on it for a larger view.

Pez Almost-Quote of the Month | top

"If loving Pez is wrong, I don't want to be right"

Check out more Pez Almost-Quotes here.

Pez Poetry | top

Pez Haiku #198

My heart may be full
But my Pez dispenser's not.
The struggle is real.

Westley

There once was a Pezhead named Westley;
His favorite Pez, Elvis Presley.
As his sword swiftly swished,
He would say “As you wish”
To Buttercup and all of his Pezzies.

Happy Valentine's Day from Pezhead Monthly | top

And lastly, be sure to check out the Pezhead Monthly Valentine's Day page, which includes all of the Pez poems, quotes, photos, and more from the Pezhead Monthly archives about Valentine's Day and love.

I overhauled the content layout for the Valentine's Day page, and updated it to include some stuff from this month's issue, as well as links to the Pezhead Monthly videos "Pez is Love" (2023) (one of my favorite Pez videos that I've made) and "I Love Pez" (2024), which somehow never made it to that page until now.

Enjoy!