pogs suck
I think it was a west coast thing that I was too busy being awesome to get wrapped up in.
Tube? Huh? You kept them in a tube?
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pogs suck
I think it was a west coast thing that I was too busy being awesome to get wrapped up in.
Tube? Huh? You kept them in a tube?
I'm sorry you must have me mistaken.Quote:
Originally posted by Regus
Pfft, I bet you used to rock those snap on braclets.
Well I live in Minnesota so it was not just a West Coast thing.
Spent a fortune on those litle fucks back then. Damn. So obsessed.
RULES: [WPF (World POG Federation) Tournament-style]
-Make a stack of 10 POGs into a pile, face up.
-Player uses a plastic slammer to shoot at stack. Player must use forefinger and middle finger to balance slammer and then throw.
-Player collects POGs that land face down and pile is rebuilt.
-Next player throws slammer at pile.
-Whoever collects the most POGs, face down, wins.
The first player to throw is determined by "Rock, Scissors, Paper," or "Ro, Sham, Bo."
POG stands for Passion Orange Guava, a beverage produced and sold in Hawaii that featured cardboard tabs on the cap seal. Children collected these cardboard discs and made slammers by gluing two together. That is where the game originiated.
WPF was the real deal in terms of POGs. They had two main series of POGs that featured a bunch of wacky artwork and their lead character was a nameless, hairy, caveman-esque figure.
I gotta go find my set and get some pictures. I have an official WPF POG fanny pack [fear that] and a big binder filled with them. I saved the damned POG wrappers, too. I think 5 POGs and a slammer came in one pack for something like $4. Good lord, what a scam.
Here we go:
I have a bunch of shitty, unofficial POGs [milkcaps] and a buttload of Series I, Series II and a whole mess of special, more obscure official POGs. Stuff from Burger King and all that. Kool Aid ones, too. Or something.
Here's a bunch of random POGs all over my floor. Not all of my POGs are featured here:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0464_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
Bunch of random official slammers and assorted playing POGs:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0465_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
Some Series I and II POGs that I have in a big official POG binder. Oh how lame:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0468_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
Some kind of special 'old-school'-esque official POGs made to resemble the milkcaps of old:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0469_IMG.JPG[/thumbnail]
Stacks of crappy unofficial POGs. Stuff like The Simpsons, Charlie Brown.. I even have goddamed POGs for the 50 states. All of the fake stuff is real ugly:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0471_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
The tubes. The spaceship was some kind of crazy fat food promo that tied in with Apollo 13. Of course I went ape looking for every spaceship piece of POG. The Apollo 13 POGs were made by WPF. To the right are some real ugly and pretty vile "Slugs:"
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0472_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
The 'official' way to hold a slammer. And an official POG playing mat:
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0473_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
Results after a single toss. Damn I'm good.
[thumbnail]http://udel.edu/~bliloia/POGs/104-0474_IMG.jpg[/thumbnail]
Sorry. That's a shitload of big pictures.
EDIT: I forgot to take one of the fanny pack. I'll leave that to your imagination.
Best part of those pics - The Richard Simmons lp (or whatever it is). =)
I got rid of all my pog-related shit when I moved down here to Florida five years ago, I'm glad I did. Like many others, I look back and think 'damn, what a stupid fad.' Heh, I remember two of my good friends literally getting into a fight over pogs during lunch in 6th grade...
Haha. Yea, I found that in my attic earlier. Gotta crack it open and see what the hell is on that thing.Quote:
Originally posted by ruhztee
Best part of those pics - The Richard Simmons lp (or whatever it is). =)
Wow... you are an unbelieveable dork.
Fucking Pogs? When I was in school we all pencil fought.
It became such a problem that the school store was only allowed to sell one pencil to each student.
The "best" pencils were a brand called "moonbeams" and were highly coveted.
I threw mine. Pencils I mean.
Pogs were pretty big in my school. Not with me really, I think I had a tube and one mean ass Flinstones slammer. I remember I was in 4th grade when the principal announced that "Playing pogos is not allowed." Everyone in the room said "....... IT'S POGS RETARD!"
My friends and I joke about pogs all the time.
You used Moonbeams? From what I recall, that brand of pencil catered towards little girls, for each pencil was emblazoned with unicorns, hearts, rainbows, and other assorted feminine imagery.Quote:
Originally posted by 88mph
The "best" pencils were a brand called "moonbeams" and were highly coveted.