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Ramada
Mall of America
Formerly
Thunderbird Hotel

Bloomington,
Minnesota

Next to the
Mall of America!

Minneapolis/St. Paul
International Airport
(MSP)

Directly across Highway 494
from the hotel.
Free Shuttle Service

If you have any
questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate
to contact us!

 

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Our humble beginning...

Karen Cooper had the idea for the convention, and ran it past Josh Kohen, who was the manager of the PEZ kiosk ("Simen SEZ") at the Mall of America. They sold a few old dispensers, all the American currents, and a lot of t-shirts and similar merch. The kiosk was owned by Heartland Apparel, who had a license for the shirts, mugs, hats, and other stuff. Josh was excited and wanted to help put the con on, so they talked it over a lot. Josh came up with the idea of bringing in this eager young collector he knew named Andrew Thomas.

And, the rest is history!

 
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 1
October 11 - 12, 1996

Hosts:
Karen Cooper
Andrew Thomas

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 1996, Stuart Cartwright
Used with permission.

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 2
October 3 - 4, 1997

Hosts:
Karen Cooper
Andrew Thomas

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 1997, Stuart Cartwright
Used with permission.

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 3
October 2 - 3, 1998

Hosts:
Karen Cooper
Andrew Thomas

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 1998, Stuart Cartwright
Used with permission.

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 4
October 1 - 2, 1999

Host:
Susan Roberts

Hotel:
Thunderbird Convention Center

Logo:
© 1999, Stuart Cartwright
Used with permission.

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 5
October 5 - 7, 2000

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 2000, Kraft Design, Inc.

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 6
October 18 - 20, 2000

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 2001, Kraft Design, Inc.

Membership Packet Contents

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 7
August 15 - 17, 2002

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 2002, Kraft Design, Inc.

Membership Packet Contents

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 8
August 7 - 9, 2003

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 2003, Kraft Design, Inc.

Membership Packet Contents

   
 
 
 

MN PEZCon 9
August 12 - 14, 2004

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center

Logo:
© 2004, Kraft Design, Inc.

Membership Packet Contents

   
 
 
 
10th Anniversary!
MN PEZCon 10
August 11 - 13, 2005

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Ramada Inn Thunderbird

Logo:
© 2005
, Kraft Design, Inc.

Membership Packet Contents

   
 
 
  MN PEZCon 11
August 10 - 12, 2006

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Ramada Inn Thunderbird

Logo:
© 2006, Kraft Design, Inc.

   
 
 
  MN PEZCon 12
August 9 - 11, 2007

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Ramada Mall of America

Logo:
© 2007, Kraft Design, Inc.

  MN PEZCon 12  
 
 
  MN PEZCon 13
August 7 - 9, 2008

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Ramada Mall of America

Logo:
© 2008, Kraft Design, Inc.

  MN PEZCon 13  
         
  MN PEZCon 14
August 6 - 8, 2009

Hosts:
Dana & Juli Kraft

Hotel:
Ramada Mall of America

Logo:
© 2009, Kraft Design, Inc.

  Will be updated
when available.
 
         
         
 

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