What does POG stand for?

Passionfruit, Orange, and Guava - the juice drink that inspired the original bottle cap game.

Stack the caps face down, hit them with a slammer, and keep any that land face up!

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1990s · toys

POGs

Cardboard milk caps flipped by plastic slammers. The playground currency of the 1990s.

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POG! Flip 'em, stack 'em, slam 'em! Collect the coolest cardboard caps and challenge your friends to recess duels.

The satisfying sound of a heavy plastic slammer hitting a stack of cardboard discs.
Trading rare holographic caps during recess.
Playing 'for keeps' and losing your favorite slammer.

POG originated in Hawaii as milk caps from the Haleakala Dairy's POG juice (Passionfruit, Orange, Guava).
Schools banned POGs because playground arguments made it look like elementary school gambling.
Slammers were made of plastic, metal, or rubber and had custom designs like poison signs.

“pogs”, “pogs toy”, “retro pogs”

What does POG stand for?: Passionfruit, Orange, and Guava - the juice drink that inspired the original bottle cap game.
How do you win POGs?: Stack the caps face down, hit them with a slammer, and keep any that land face up!