pogs

With a "Capture escaped bad guys with special new technology" premise, we already knew Toei's upcoming Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers anime would have at least a passing similarity to Pokémon. What we didn't know is that Bandai's collectible game associated with the series, known as "Bachicombat," would play out a lot like pogs. Yes, pogs!

Toys: Alex Schranz continues to craft delightful custom Lego displays, this time based on the '60s Batman TV show's Batcave. Movies: Sebastain Shaw Kevin Bacon has signed on to play the villain in the upcoming live action movie adaptation of Dark Horse's R...

One of my earliest attempts at utilizing anecdotal correlations to fathom a baffling (at the time) situation involved my 3rd grade self blaming the failure of comic shops on pogs. I didn't know about the speculation bust and I actually loved foil variant covers, so it was easy for me to make a wrongheaded connection between the fall of many of my area's comic book stores and the milk cap filled t

So, the Army has been using POGS on their bases in Iraq and Afghanistan -- not as toys, but as currency:Think of the AAFES pogs like chips in a casino; the pog, like a casino chip, is assigned a monetary value and can be traded in for cash when a soldier has completed his or her tour of duty...