PEZ products and I are not strangers to the aisles of Wal-Mart, so you can imagine how excited I was to cruise through a Super Center and find a limited edition dispenser in the shape of a Wal-Mart 18-wheeler. The rig is passably authentic, and according to the back of the package, my 94-cent truck is one of only 300,000.
I chose a package with lemon, strawberry, and raspberry candy, but there were several rigs that came with other flavor combinations. I haven’t decided if I’ll open the plastic and roll the rig around my dining room table, or if I’ll keep it untouched for my collection of random candy paraphernalia, but I’m definitely going back to Wal-Mart to buy another one. Four cab styles are listed by the Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia, and now that I know what to look for, I’ll be on the hunt.
Wal-Mart’s not the only company with a PEZ rig. Walgreen’s also slapped its logo on a couple of PEZ trucks – I wonder if your store has to start with “Wal” to have a PEZ truck? I don’t know if any of the drugstore rigs are still available at Walgreen’s, but it’s worth a drive up the street just in case (Editor’s note: I saw some at my local Walgreen’s last week).