whatever happen to pogs?

Ready

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Weren't they were the next big thing until elementry and jr high student traded them in for Pokemon cards?
 

purbeast0

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hah I found mine like 2 weeks ago when cleaning my closet out. i still have a bunch of them, and a huge slammer collection.

i think pogs were my first gambling experience.
 

mcvickj

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Hehe. Funny you should mention this. I was just going through some old boxes over the weekend and I found my pog collection.
 

FFactory0x

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Did anyone actually know how to play right and give up pogs if they lost or did you guys just show how cool your slammers were.
 

purbeast0

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Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Did anyone actually know how to play right and give up pogs if they lost or did you guys just show how cool your slammers were.

Oh we played for keeps ... thats why I said it was probably my first "gamblling" experience :)
 

Gunslinger08

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Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Did anyone actually know how to play right and give up pogs if they lost or did you guys just show how cool your slammers were.

I can honestly say that I have never played the game.
 

Vortex22

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I still have them sitting around somewhere. I had a nice big collection of slammers too... my favorite was the 'A-bomb' complete with a hole drilled through the middle for aiming, lol.
 

DaShen

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Too old for those... I remember the kids I counseled at church playing with them though.
 

Lord Zado

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God I remember pogs. Slammers kept getting bigger and heavier. I remember one kid at this 1.5 inch slammer that just landed with a thud and didn't do much of anything. Good times.
 

meltdown75

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Nov 17, 2004
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holy crap. there's dating yourself, and then there's starting a thread on 'pogs'.

and by that i mean, you must be all of 14 if you're reminiscing about this junk.
 

Syrch

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I actually found all mine not too long ago...gave them to my cousin who plays them..hes younger.
 

SagaLore

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My younger brother started getting into that back when it was popular... I thought it was the stupidest thing ever. :p