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PEZ: Warman's Companion (Warman's Companion: Pez)

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The Good - there are lots of nice pictures of pez. The bad - good luck finding specific pez, or a real list of pez, because the organization is bad and the index is a joke. Sometimes pez are listed in groups (i.e. to find Olive Oil, look under "Popeye"), sometimes individually (Peter Pan and Captain Hook are in different places), sometimes (frustratingly) it is BOTH, with no cross references. For example, the Disney are not grouped - Donald Duck is seperate from Micky Mouse, BUT the "Disney Extreme" series pez are in their own group (confusingly named "Micky Mouse Extreme" and filed under M) and those pez are NOT found on the Micky, Donald, Goofy pages (and looking up Donald Duck in the index will NOT lead you to the "extreme" Donald on that page).

The groups (or non-groups) appear to be chosen at random, and then later more groups and non-groups were added to this addition of the book somewhere close to the spot they could go (without checking the old edition or updating it). This can be seen by the fact that the book is only somewhat in alphabetical order - somehow "Mimic the Monkey" ended up between "Micky Mouse" and "Micky Mouse Extreme". The upshoot of all this is if you want to just look at lots of pictures of pez, the book is good. If you want to see a particular pez, you might be able to find it - or you might not (even if it is hidden somewhere within). If you want to see all the versions of a particular pez, forget it - they may be strung throughout the book in multiple locations (if they are in there at all).

Thiis very descriptive and information Pez book serves as a great visual guide to what is out there in the world of Pez. The photographs are very true to color and clear--an important aspect. I have made reference to it already on several occasions.

Pez books are getting better and better. Still leave out a lot of info not covered. But a good help book to new collectors. Cover no Japanese pez at all, and little foreign pez.Would like to see more of encyclopedia try book on pez.

My sons collect Pez dispensers. They are 3 & 5! They love this book (which we purchased on Amazon after checking it outof the library-we loved it so much, we had to own it!) I frequently will find even my 3 year old just sitting & looking at this book. He likes to show which Pez "expensers" he has, and point out which he would ike to have! Great book, well illustrated, fun for kids & parents, too!