Pat Misterovich is a stay at home dad with a one-person company, he had a dream – make a MP3 player that looked like a PEZ dispenser. We’ve been covering Pat’s PEZ MP3 player throughout the year, reading his progress and milestones, anxiously awaiting the arrival of this dream turned PEZ MP3 player, and now it’s here! Here are the photos!While most MP3 player news is usually about iPod-this-or-that Pat Misterovich has worked for the last year on bring the PEZMP3 player to the world.
Here is Pat’s story from his site.
My name is Pat Misterovich. I am a stay-at-home dad with a one-person company. Last summer I had this thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an MP3 player that looked like a PEZ dispenser?” You see, I had been reading this article about a guy who had turned an Altoids tin into iPod speakers. Out of curiousity I thought I would ask PEZ if they might be willing to license their brand for such a thing. To my astonishment they didn’t think I was crazy.
Fast forward a year, a bank loan, a family loan, some nagging doubts, a lot of late, late nights, and a lot of diapers. Now it is here. The PEZ MP3 player.
If you are looking for an MP3 player that is a little different…. If you love PEZ… If you like the idea of a stay-at-home dad, working out of his basement, taking on the giants of Cupertino, Tokyo, and Seoul… If you love independent music, podcasts, blogs, maverick ideas, and doing it yourself… This is the MP3 player for you.
I haven’t had time to do much more than take these photos, play a few tunes and see what types of projects could be done with the PEZ MP3, so take a look. If you have any questions while I use the PEZ MP3 player more, post’em up in the comments. I’ve have some travel ahead and will taking him for a spin, er flip.
Packaging.
Specs:
- PEZ Pal Boy character.
- 512 mb (holds around 120 songs)
- USB 2.0
- Plays MP3, WMA, WMA w/DRM
- Compatible with Mac OS X
- Compatible with Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
- Compatible with subscription services like Rhapsody To Go
- Uses 1 AAA battery
- Plug and Play
- Drag and Drop
- Can be used as a USB drive to store data files
- Repeat play or Random Play
- Store music in nested directories
- Comes pre-loaded with great indie music
- Lanyard hook
- Comes with earbud headphones and USB cable
- Limited run 1st edition
Cost was $99. The first editions are for sale here – PEZ MP3.
Package contents.
Close up of the side with mini usb for song/data transfer, PEZ branding, music and volume control.
Close up of PEZ head. Here’s the background about the character.
Pop the head back, flip the switch to turn it on or off, as opposed to getting sweet candy.
4 way joypad, center plays/stops.
Mini USB and LED.
Headphone port. I listened to the music, navigated around, it’s loud, sounds good.
Hey, who let those guys in.
Shuffle vs. PEZ.
Battery door, takes 1 AAA.
While the PEZ MP3 comes with one head and current PEZ heads do not fit, it appears to me a simply little mod could get them working together. Just a little dremel action.
The cool thing is, maybe the guy who did the “fallen rapper” PEZ sculptures can make his heads, and you could put them on your PEZ MP3 player!
Photo from Pez Project installed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Part of the Hip Hop exhibition here.
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