Bubbleman
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.[1]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).[2] The neon lineup was introduced in 1998,[3] followed by the crystal set in 1999.[4] In 2001, a glow-in-the-dark version was sold for a limited time.[5] 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. A number of test pieces, including an all-gold Bubbleman, are also known to exist.
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
- Party Favors
- Keychains
References
- ↑ “BUBBLEMAN ORIGINS.” PEZ Outlaw Diary, April 30, 2020. https://pezoutlaw.blogspot.com/2023/05/bubbleman-origins-netflix.html (accessed February 9, 2026).
- ↑ “Bubbleman.” PEZ.com. https://us.pez.com/products/bubbleman (accessed February 9, 2026).
- ↑ “Bubbleman – Neon Variation.” PEZ.com. https://us.pez.com/products/bubbleman-1 (accessed February 9, 2026).
- ↑ “Bubbleman Crystals.” PEZ.com. https://us.pez.com/products/bubbleman-crystals (accessed February 9, 2026).
- ↑ “Bubbleman – Glow in the Dark.” PEZ.com. https://us.pez.com/products/bubbleman-2 (accessed February 9, 2026).
