Everyone remembers POGS right?? I had a huge collection of them with awesome slammers with 8-balls.. haha brings back memories.. thought it was a dying fad? Think again.
The Army Air Force Exchange services (AAFES) AAFES has been using pogs – 1.5-inch polystyrene discs, for those who don't recall the 90's fad – as currency on military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. Putting Marvel super heroes on the pogs in June 2008 simply made the program a little bit cooler.
"We can't print money," said Dr. Jim Skibo, VP of Marketing and Advertising for the AAFES. "[And] we will not ship coinage into the warzone. It costs a small fortune to ship stuff like that, so we use [the pogs] as gift certificates."
After AAFES sent Marvel a list of suggested characters that included Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Silver Surfer—Captain America, Iron Man and She-Hulk made the final cut to appear on the pogs, being given values of 25, 10 and five cents respectively.
Unfortunately for Marvelites, AAFES won't issue any pogs to non-military personnel. If you want 'em, your best bet is to check eBay (using AAFES + pogs in the search engine).
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.
Pretty awesome.. pogs = money... now i have to go dig out my old collection..
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