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POGs

AprecheApreche
edited March 2011 in Board Games
I'm sure a lot of people here remember Pogs. I think we've talked about them on GeekNights before.

Anyway, some people are planning to let loose the Pogs at PAX West. Genius I say. Does anyone still have any Pogs? I'm especially looking for official Pog brand ones, as opposed to knock-offs.
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  • AndrewAndrew
    I probably have a couple tubes at my parents house. I had some bitching slammers too...
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    I used to have a bunch of Pogs when I was young, but most of them were knockoffs. I'm pretty sure I even had some Pokemon ones later on. I knew there was a game somehow related to it but I never played it. I probably still have them somewhere but I don't want to go digging around in my garage any time soon.
  • JasonJason
    POGs originated in Hawaii and were named after a juice that had pineapple, orange, and grape.

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  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    POGs originated in Hawaii and were named after a juice that had pineapple, orange, and grape.

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  • RuffasRuffas
    I probably have a couple tubes at my parents house. I had some bitching slammers too...
  • MattMatt
    edited March 2011
    I'm sure a lot of people here remember Pogs. I think we've talked about them on GeekNights before.

    Anyway, some people are planning to let loose the Pogs at PAX West. Genius I say. Does anyone still have any Pogs? I'm especially looking for official Pog brand ones, as opposed to knock-offs.
    I have this at home: image and the box itself is filled with tube upon tube of bock official and knockoff POGs. My favorite slammers are the insane ones I would see at the flea markets. They were seriously just solid metal and looked like a big double-stuffed oreo. Also, the "OJ Simpson in the Slammer" was hilarious.

    Unfortunately I won't be making it to PAX Prime again this year. If you don't have your own anymore, you can just have a tube of mine if you want. I've been in major "get shit out of my house" mode as I try to make more room for a kid.

    EDIT: Because this Simpsons episode needs to be referenced

    Milhouse: I'm really sorry... I kind of traded your soul to the guy at the comic book store. But look! I got some cool pogs:
    [shows them]
    Milhouse: Alf pogs! Remember Alf? He's back... in pog form!
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  • RochelleRochelle
    POGs originated in Hawaii and were named after a juice that had pineapple, orange, and grape.

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    Yeah, and it took me a while to get the answer.

    Jeremy may have some. I'll ask him.
  • NukerjsrNukerjsr
    I remember collecting some Star Wars: Episode 1 POGs at Pizza Huts. They had about 20-25 collectable ones. I got one of R2-D2.
  • RymRym
    I saw pogs for what they were and had no part in them.
  • CremlianCremlian
    I saw pogs for what they were and had no part in them.
    Yea I only have a few because they kept giving me them for free and I was like screw this shit. I want stats on my super hero cards or at least stories in the comics :-p
  • MattMatt
    I saw pogs for what they were and had no part in them.
    I spent my childhood furiously wasting both time and money and am now trying to catch up by enjoying only good things.
  • AprecheApreche
    Don't get me wrong. POGs are fucking stupid as shit. But POGs at PAX Prime will provide awesome lulz.
  • AprecheApreche
    Omegathon Final: POGS.
  • MattMatt
    Omegathon Final: POGS.
    This would definitely rock. If you are awesomely skilled, it's impressive to watch (speaking of witch, does anyone actually have skill at POGs? We seemed to just randomly smash the pile). On the flipside, if you fail miserably at POGs, it's also hilarious for the crowd to watch. WIN WIN.
  • SailSail
    I still have all my Pogs, and I'm pretty sure I know where they are. I will post pics once I get home.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    I only had a few POGs and I never had any goddamn clue how to play the game. I feel like I am better for it.
  • gomidoggomidog
    Whenever I smell oregano, I think of POGS, because I kept all my pogs in an old oregano container.
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    You mean in your stash box?
  • AndrewAndrew
    Whenever I smell oregano, I think of POGS, because I kept all my pogs in an old oregano container.
    You mean in your stash box?
    And the rabbit hole gets deeper...
  • Alex LeavittAlex Leavitt
    Might have thrown mine out 2 years ago. :(

    Had an awesome buzzsaw-shaped pog too.
  • La Petit MortLa Petit Mort

    POG?
  • SailSail
    Awh, I can't find my red Jaws slammer :(

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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Man, pogs. That was an epic 3 weeks in my life.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I never understood the appeal of pogs.
  • MattMatt
    I never understood the appeal of pogs.
    Collectible things tap into very addictive tendencies with some people. Coupled with the human urge to smash things, it was a force to be reckoned with.
  • gomidoggomidog
    My mom would only let me get free ones. She knew it was a fad and that I would tire of it quickly, but I still managed to accumulate a bunch of 'em through luck, and the fact that they gave them to kids at every fun thing, like birthday parties.
  • VigaViga
    I was all about these in 4th grade for about two months or so. We would play it all the time in school and I had a ton. Even an official Pog slammer that was my specialty in games.
  • Alex LeavittAlex Leavitt
    My mom would only let me get free ones.
    Best Chuck 'E Cheese/Discovery Zone/other arcade prizes.
  • Originalme8Originalme8
    edited April 2011
    Wow...I had forgotten about POGS. They were huge the summer of my 4th or 5th grade year. I didn't have very many but I liked to play. My rents probably threw them all out.
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  • RymRym
    edited April 2011
    I just remember being so amazed at how suddenly and voraciously the people in my school fell upon the sword that was pogs. They got out of hand in the cafeteria, yet somehow noone actually really understood the rules when they played. It was almost as though they were all going through the motions to be pog players simply for the fact that it was the currently "popular" thing.

    They ended up being banned as "gambling." Magic was banned in the same manner. Funnily, I was able to openly play hearts for money with my own friends. I have a suspicion that pogs were actually banned because they tended to be played by the disruptive kids, and Magic because it was "occult."
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