ANDERS REHNSTRÖM - PEZ COLLECTORS

É com orgulho que PEZILLA coloca aqui algumas respostas, de um pequeno inquérito a um dos grandes coleccionadores PEZ sueco - Anders Rehnström

It is with pride that the PEZILLA put some answers here, from a small inquiry of one of the greatest sweden PEZ collectors - Anders Rehnström

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What's your name, where are you from?
My name is Anders Rehnström and I'm from Stockholm, Sweden.

How it was born this passion? When and why did you start collecting? You remember your first PEZ dispenser?
A friend of mine had bought a Batman PEZ (I think it was in 1993 or so) and I through it was cool so I bought a Droopy Dog dispenser and after that I just keept buying PEZ whenever I found one. In the begining of 2000 I discovered eBay and after that everything exploded.

How many PEZ dispensers you have?
Somewhere around 1800.

Which is your favorite PEZ dispenser?
Droopy Dog.

How did your family and friends react to your hobby and your collection?
It's different from person to person, my wife accept it, my children like it, my friends find it strange and amusing.

Do you have some rules for collecting? You collects only PEZ dispensers or any PEZ products?
I only collect head variations but if I found any other PEZ related stuff cheap I buy that too.

Where do you buy them? You sell too?
I buy them in stores and by sellers I know and trust. I'm a lousy salesman so If I have something extra I prefer to trade it for other PEZ, not to sell it.

Generally, you have a maximum value of money to give for a PEZ dispenser? (optional)
Since I collect for fun, my rule is that I never pay more than I can afford to lose. At the end of the day it's plastic toys, they can break or the value can decrease. The money part is a necessary evil, I collect because it's fun I don't look at it as an investment.

What is the maximum amount you offered for a PEZ object? (optional)
The most I payed for one dispensers is somewhere around 200 €.

How can you manage the various dispensers that come out only in some countries?
By trading or by buying from sellers I know.

Of the PEZ dispensers that already exist and you do not have, which would you like to have?
The next one I buy.

Which characters would you like to be made as a PEZ dispenser?
A "Nightmare Before Christmas" would be nice.

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Do you think PEZ factory could be more innovative in some dispensers? Why?

If they could stop doing series like the Baseboll Caps it would be great. Otherwise no.

How do you store them? The dust, is a problem to you?

Sorry to say I don't live in a castel and my wife don't like the idea of living in a PEZ museum so I have most of the dispensers in boxes. Some of my favorite I have in glass cabinets so dust is not a problem, the lack of space is.

Do you have any project related to the hobbie?

I'm one of the host of SPG (Swedish PEZ Gathering).

There is currently a lot of desire in social networks, that PEZ Candy in the USA, could be more participatory in the Conventions/Gatherings, as happens in Europe, Middle East or now in Asia. How do you see this situation?
I really don't have an opinion about that.

What advice would give to a new PEZ collector?
Have fun, start small, do it your way.

In addition to PEZ, collect anything else? What?
A lot: buttons, lego minifigures, books, films, CD's, comic books.

Can you spend a day without thinking in PEZ?
Absolutely but I always start thinking about it again after a while.

Thanks Anders! :-)