Pogs… or Milk Caps if you’re a boomer…. were like a flash in the pan in the mid 90’s. Collectable pieces of cardboard that ended up fading out just as quicky as they were introduced. Just like marbles before them, Pogs got banned from schools.

Pogs caused schoolyard scuffles and because kids were playing for keeps, they were essentially gambling… Playgrounds were becoming Las Vegas… Kids couldn’t get enough of that sweet, sweet circular cardboard.

This week, Ray teaches Rob all about how Pogs is an acronym for Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava, how Pogs got their origin from the ancient Japanese game Menko, what some of the weirder Pog collections are, and what made these kids go MILK CAP KRAZY!

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

WikiHow - Pogs Rules (w/ Pictures)

Milk Cap Mania

Gambiter

BOOKS

Coverama: The Collector's Guide to Antique Hawaiian Milk Covers 

ARTICLES

Mental Floss

First We Feast

Grunge

BuzzFeed

Ranker - Most Valuable Pogs

The Virginian Pilot - 1995

AUDIO/VISUAL

Milkcap Krazy - 1994 VHS

POG Commercial

Pogs - The Game Commercial

POG Milk Cap Maker Commercial

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