The paper coins were "one of those unique little details from deployment ," said Kristen Rouse, a logistics officer who served in Afghanistan in , and She got most of them as change from the Green Beans coffee shop at Bagram Airfield.
One of the pogs is now part of her collection of challenge coins -- metal tokens of appreciation from military leaders for a job well done, she said. Pogs were "a weird staple of deployed life" that left a lasting impression on former public affairs soldier Francis Horton, who deployed to Afghanistan in But with the paper coins being phased out in Afghanistan, "you find yourself a little astonished when one of the last things connecting you to that era is gone," he said.
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Or even explain them at all. At least Pokemon had a video game world to explore, and at least Beanie Babies were actual stuffed animals. Pogs, though? Why were they called "milkcaps" when they are mere cardboard disks? What do you do with them? And what happened to kill the fad so fast? We're gonna dive in and explain the whole rise and fall of this addictive, yet shockingly simple, game. Pogs began as a playground game in Hawaii in the s, using caps from a popular juice there produced by Haleakala Dairy.
The game is actually named after the juice, which is in turn named after the ingredients: passionfruit, orange, and guava. The game bears passing resemblance to other playground games, like tiddlywinks and marbles, but is closest to an ancient Japanese game called Menko.
The '90s version of the game can be traced to a Hawaiian schoolteacher named Blossom Galbiso, who wanted to introduce her students to the game she played as a child. It quickly spread to mainland America, where they began being printed with different images, enhancing their collectability.
And the whole thing quickly grew out of control from there. Unless you were actually from Hawaii, or certain parts of the West Coast that Haleakala Dairy distributed to, it's unlikely you even knew Pogs were associated with a juice brand.
Over time just about everyone suffered a major loss. The game was so competitive and the stakes were so high that many burnt out even before suffering a defeat. The few who continued to play were rarely driven by enjoyment of the game so much as a burning desire to win at any cost. Once the playerbase was whittled down to just these players, not even they had fun anymore. Add in some spats about which slammers were fair game some were made of metal or were extremely thick and concerns about whether any given move was legal, and the game effectively killed itself.
Distributors of pogs slowly died off as well, driven out by all three issues. People were publicly protesting the game, competition was too fierce, and the players themselves were disillusioned with the game. Once Haleakala Dairy sued a handful of the remaining producers the rest pretty much bolted.
And so ended the reign of pogs. While it may have seemed like the little toy chips were going to someday rule the world, in truth the fad only lasted for about three years. Their global dominance is largely forgotten and the pogs themselves are mostly lost, having long ago been trashed or destroyed.
Today they serve mostly as a cautionary tale; a story of how rapidly fads come and go. I eat pogs like potato chips to absorb their secret energy.
View all posts by rathgarscollectibles. Like Like. So by being around for a good while I would assume the original game was using coins? Stack said coins, if they land face up you keep… so on and so forth? So it could potentially still be played to this day hut not under the direct name of POGS. Yes, add me to your mailing list. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
June 9, No Comments. Jump to Five Fast Facts. By alone, million Pogs were sold in the US nationwide. Many schools around the world began banning Pogs when kids would bring them to school and get distracted from their schoolwork. Alan Rypinski is also known for patenting, rebottling, and renaming Armor All , which had previously been called Trid-On.
Pog slammers were often made from metal, rubber, or plastic. Bigger slammers, particularly the ones made of metal, were often considered cheating, and besides, those big metal ones would often damage the cardboard Pogs — the horror!
Original Pogs often had a staple in them as they did when they were first introduced with the POG drink. Share on facebook.
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