shit that looks like me when i was 13.
i tried to get into pogs when they were popular. i think i purchased some on two different occasions. i couldn't get into collecting them like baseball cards because i didn't care about the random cartoony bullshit on the faces. the game then seemed pointless and was really boring. not sure if i ever actually played the game.
BUT...
i recently found a special edition SLAMMER that i vaguely remember buying at wal-mart when i was a kid. it's a bronze-ish, saw blade-shaped, metal slammer commemorating O.J. simpson's high speed chase with the cops. the heads side has a cartoon engraving of O.J. behind bars, with the words "O.J. IN THE SLAMMER" across the bottom, and "GUILTY ? INNOCENT" near the top. there's also a tiny football which appears to have been punted, as the word "BOOOM" attaches to it with motion lines. for some reason O.J. is smiling. the tails side shows the bronco being chased by the cops and a helicopter, and interstate 405 and 91 signs, and says "O.J. the CHASE." on the bottom of this side it says "6/17/94 collector's edition."
i found it at a box of my old shit a year ago when i was at my mom's house. i've been carrying it in my pocket most days.