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A Star Wars Pez is a Pez candy dispenser themed after the ''Star Wars'' movies, and is one of the company's most prominent merchandising deals. Twenty types have been released on the market from 1997 to 2005,〔Nina Chertoff and Susan Kahn, ("''Star Wars''" ), ''Celebrating Pez'' (Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006), 87.〕 among the many collectibles spawned by the franchise.〔Ryder Windham, ("Toys and Games" ), ''The Ultimate Visual Guide to Star Wars'' (DK Children, 2007), 136.〕 The extreme interest of popular culture in all things ''Star Wars'' has spawned a scholarly interest in the "materializing fantasy media" such as these PEZ dispensers. It has also led to several museums to feature such Stars Wars memorabilia in their exhibits and/or gift shops, as well as media attention on this fairly odd phenomena. ==In museum exhibits and gift shops== In recent years, several museums around the United States have featured Star Wars Pez in their exhibits and/or gift shops. These products are displayed and exhibited because they are classic Americana.〔 Despite the dispensers' "popularity and cult status," the manufacturer's original factory in Austria does not give tours or sell fancifully-shaped memorabilia. Only in January 2012, this group of dispensers became prominently displayed at the company's new North American headquarters in Orange, Connecticut: one travelogue wrote, "The company has been making the cartoonish plastic heads for 60 years now, representing everything from Star Wars to U.S. presidents to the Geico chameleon." The Clayton Historical Museum, in Clayton, California opened a new exhibit on the history of candy manufacture in January 2012 that featured these confectionary dispensers. Pez with ''Star Wars'' characters have been featured prominently in the Star Wars Museum in Maryland.〔Matt Lake, Mark Moran, and Mark Sceurman, Weird Maryland, p. 137, 138 (2006 Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.), ISBN 978-1-4027-3906-4, found at (Maryland at Google Books ). Accessed February 2, 2012.〕 The ''Star Wars'' Pez dispensers are pictured on a fan website, which describes them as "some Candy Heads from 1980".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Star Wars Museum, images from April 2009 )〕 The Pacific Science Center sold Pez at a popular exhibit about "Star Wars". These branded dispensers are among the "top sellers" at the gift shop at the Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia, outside San Francisco. This museum also displays "a whole lot of ''Star Wars'' Pez," in Plexiglas displays.〔 This "unofficial shrine" to the collectibles is unaffiliated with Pez Candy, Inc., and the manufacturer sued the Burlingam museum in 2009 for copyright infringement.〔 Original source available at (Archives of ''Inside Bay Area'' ).〕 There was a notorious, giant Pez sculpture of C-3PO and Chewbacca locked in a slash fiction kiss.〔 As of early 2012, this museum remains open. The sales manager at a major San Francisco hotel recommends that tourists visit the museum, noting "you have to check out the Star Wars section." Another Pez museum in Easton, Pennsylvania also has featured prominently their obligatory ''Star Wars'' memorabilia,〔"PEZ: Candy dispensers fill new Pennsylvania museum, ''Free Lance-Star'', October 25, 2003, p. E-1. Found at (Google newspapers ). Accessed February 2, 2012.〕〔"Roadside Attractions in America," found at (Infoplease, n.d. Accessed February 2, 2012. )〕 ("Of course, we had to include the Star Wars Pez Dispensers"), including an oversize Darth Vader figurine. As of early 2012, this museum appears to have closed to the public.〔Easton Attractions, found at (Planetware website ). Accessed February 2, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Wars Pez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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