Bubbleman

Limited edition white Bubbleman from the Japan PEZ Gathering in 2014.

Bubbleman lineup

Bubbleman is a premium dispenser only available through a mail-in-offer.

Dispenser Information

Background

Bubbleman, featuring a pink head with large round cheeks and a puckered mouth, was originally designed for a never-released line of PEZ bubble gum. Gray-market PEZ dealer Steve Glew (a.k.a., the PEZ Outlaw) and his son brought home a pair of prototypes from a visit to a PEZ factory in Slovenia in 1994, which they sold for $800 a piece. In 1996, PEZ USA began offering the lime green Bubbleman as a mail-order exclusive, before expanding the range in 1997 to include four additional stem colors (pink, fuchsia, yellow, and blue). The neon lineup was introduced in 1998, followed by the crystal set in 1999. In 2001, a glow-in-the-dark version was sold for a limited time. Around 2002, the only regular version of Bubbleman offered on the mail-order form had a darker green hat and stem. In 2014, a white Bubbleman with a black hat was produced for the Japan PEZ Gathering. The latter two are the rarest of the Bubbleman dispensers.

Variations

• Original
• Neon
• Crystal
• Glow-in-the-dark
• Japan PEZ Gathering

Years Released

• Original: 1996
• Neon: 1998
• Crystal: 1999
• Glow-in-the-dark: 2001
• Japan PEZ Gathering: 2014

Feet

With feet

Patents & Countries

Hungary, Slovenia; 4.9, 7.5

Stems

• Regular: Lime green, Pink, Fuchsia, Yellow, Blue, Daker green
• Neon: Green, Orange, Red, Pink, Yellow
• Crystal: Green, Orange, Red, Pink, Yellow
• Glow-in-the-dark: Pink
• Japan PEZ Gathering: white

Interesting Information

Bubbleman was the first dispenser to be sold via mail-in premium offer.

Licenced Products

• Bubble wand
• Giant PEZ
• Party Favors