THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 5

 OH NO

MOM IS MAD AT ALL THESE TERRIBLE POGS WITH SKULLS AND VIPERS AND DEMONS AND AWFUL FOX SHOW CHARACTERS ON THEM. UTTERLY UNWHOLESOME TRASH. HOW DO WE TRICK HER INTO THINKING THESE THINGS ARE EDUCATIONAL SO SHE DOESN'T THROW THEM ALL DOWN THE GARBAGE CHUTE

1994 TROV USA WORLD CAPS(?) VANUATU FLAG

 

OMG AN ACTUAL POG MANUFACTURER WHAT I CAN FIND SOME INFO ON. SO FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER TROV (WITH A LONG O WITH A LINE OVER IT THAT I AM NOT GOING TO BOTHER LOOKING UP THE ASCII CODE FOR) SOLD PACKS OF FIVE CAPS WITH A 'TROUNCER' BECAUSE I GUESS SLAMMER WAS TRADEMARKED. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A JUMBLE OF DIFFERENT DESIGN SUBSETS INCLUDING THIS ONE OF ODDBALL FLAGS. THE TROV CAPS WERE NUMBERED WHILE THE TROV USA ONES JUST GAVE UP ALL PRETENSE AT COLLECTIBILITY AND THREW EVERYTHING OUT THERE UNNUMBERED. CHECK OUT THIS ONE WITH THE BITCHIN 90S WOODPECKER DESIGN. I AM ASSUMING ALL OF THIS BUT YOU CAN GO ON EBAY AND BUY A PACK FOR YOURSELF TO CONFIRM FOR LIKE 14 BUCKS BUT FOR A BUCK MORE YOU CAN GET THAT UNICORN TRAPPER KEEPER INSTEAD WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER VALUE IMHO 

 

 

 OH WAIT, THAT'S A BOARD GAME. 

EH, STILL A BETTER VALUE

VANUATU IS AN ARCHIPELAGO OF ISLANDS IN OCEANIA WITH CORAL REEFS AND COOL CAVE PAINTINGS AND EUROPEANS FUCKED IT ALL UP LIKE THEY DO WITH EVERYTHING AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT HERE. IT WAS VERY INGENIOUS OF TROV TO MIX IN THESE FLAG CAPS WITH ALL THE OTHER NONSENSE AS IT MIGHT MAKE MOM PAUSE BEFORE BURNING THE THINGS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SOME LOWER-STATUS POGS IN THE PACK THAT COULD GET SLAMMED OR LOST IN A WAGER TO PROTECT THE PRIZED EIGHTBALL OR YIN-YANG SYMBOL CAPS IN THE COLLECTION. YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN'T DENY THAT THESE ARE EDUCATIONAL NOW, I HAD NO IDEA VANUATU EVEN EXISTED BEFORE THIS POG CAME INTO MY LIFE AND I BET THE SAME GOES FOR YOU TOO

I CAN'T HIT POST WITHOUT COMMENTING ON THAT GREAT BACK. LOGOS IN EVERY SIZE GOING IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. EVERY BACK DIFFERENT YET EXACTLY THE SAME.A TIP OF THE HAT TO THE DESIGNER WHO SCRAMBLED UP THOSE LOGOS SO NICELY

PRETTY SURE FOX NEWS WOULDN'T APPROVE OF SOME FOREIGNER'S FLAG ON THEIR PRECIOUS XMAS TREE SO WE'LL PUT THIS ONE ON A REGULAR NON- FLAMING TREE

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 4

 OK THE BIG TIME BRANDED MERCH POST IS OUT OF THE WAY. HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS IT'S TIME FOR THE WEIRD

 SLAM DEMONS. MAYBE THE MOST METAL POG ON THE COUNTDOWN WITH A SILHOUETTE OF A TOOTHY HELLHOUND BEASTIE WEARING A SPIKED COLLAR STAMPED IN BLOOD RED FOIL. THIS CRITTER WOULD LOOK QUITE NATURAL SCRIBBLED ON A 4TH PERIOD GEOLOGY NOTEBOOK OR IN THE MARGINS OF A ZINE AND I APPRECIATE SEEING THIS STYLE OF ART PLASTERED ON A MASS PRODUCED TCHOTCHKE FOR LITTLE KIDS

 

ANOTHER BLANK BACK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A PERSON OR CORPORATION WOULD NOT WANT TO CLAIM THIS TINY ARTWORK AS THEIR OWN BUT PERHAPS IT'S A STATEMENT ON THE ANONYMITY OF ILLUSTRATIVE WORK IN A CAPITALIST LANDSCAPE.THERE'S NOT EVEN A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL, THIS DEMON IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

HELLHOUNDS FOR THE PEOPLE!

 GOTTA PUT OUR DOGGY FRIEND RIGHT UP CLOSE TO THE FLAME

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 3

 WHAT'S MORE 1994 THAN POGS. AND THE SIMPSONS. PROBABLY A LOT OF THINGS. BUT NONE MORE 1994 THAN SIMPSONS POGS. BEHOLD

 1994 SKYCAPS FROM SKYBOX BONGO COMICS THE SIMPSONS POGS TM & COPYRIGHT TCFFC TROY MCCLURE

 

 HI! I'M TROY MCCLURE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN A HOT NEW COLLECTIBLE THAT'S DESIGNED TO SMASHED REPEATEDLY WITH A HEAVY OBJECT. SHAMELESS MEDIA SHILL ON A SHAMELESS FAD CASH IN. HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET. OF ALL THE POG SETS YOU'D THINK THERE'D BE MORE INFO OUT THERE ON A SET BASED ON ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT TV SERIES OF ALL TIME PRINTED BY A MAINSTREAM TRADING CARD COMPANY BUT NOPE. LOTS OF 'EM ON EBAY THOUGH. THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARKET TO BECOME THE DEFINITIVE POG HISTORIAN FOR ANY OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE COME AN INTERNET LEGEND FOR AN EXTREMELY LIMITED AUDIENCE

 THIS NEXT POG ISN'T MINE BUT I FOUND IT SEARCHING THE SKULL POG AND IT SUMS UP THIS WHOLE SERIES PRETTY WELL SO I'M SWIPING IT

 

 THIS WOULD BE A COOL SET TO COLLECT DUE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE FACT THAT A BILLION OF THEM WERE PRINTED SO THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO FIND

 

FINALLY SOMETHING ON THE BACK. THIS IS THE STANDARD FORMAT FOR POG BACKS. RANDOM BRAND LOGOS PRINTED IN ONE COLOR IN A PATTERN SO THAT HOPEFULLY AT LEAST ONE OF THE LOGOS ISN'T CUT OFF AT THE EDGE. THEY SHOULD DO BASEBALL CARDS LIKE THIS EVERYONE USES THE INTERNET FOR STATS NOW ANYWAY. GET ON IT FANATICS

THE TREE'S GETTING FILLED UP SUPER QUICK THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 2

 DAY TWO. I PLAN TO MAKE THESE POSTS QUICK AND BREEZY SO EXPECT A 40,000 WORK DIATRIBE ON A POG MANUFACTURER IN A WEEK OR SO. LUCKILY TODAY IT'S GONNA BE EASY!

 1994 WHO THE HELL KNOWS WHAT MANUFACTURER DEATH ROCK SKULL DIE CUT #17

 

 PART OF THE REASON I NEVER POST IS BECAUSE WHEN I START ACTUALLY TYPING WORDS I FEEL COMPELLED TO START DOING RESEARCH ON WHATEVER I AM POSTING ABOUT BECAUSE DESPITE COLLECTING CARDS AND OTHER BULLSHIT FOR OVER 40 YEARS I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MY HOBBY KNOWLEDGE. SO I END UP FALLING DOWN A GOOGLE RABBIT HOLE ON TOPPS NON-SPORTS CARDS, MENKO, JACK DAVIS, LENTICULAR CARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ETC. AND NEVER DO ANY TYPING AND STUFF ROTS IN MY DRAFT FOLDER. POGS ARE GREAT, THERE'S FUCK ALL INFORMATION ON THE INTERWEBS ABOUT THEM AND THEN HALF OF IT IS KIDS YELLING POGGERS AT EACH OTHER. THEN YOU GET ITEMS LIKE THIS ONE: NO COMPANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER AND IF YOU GOOGLE SKULL DEATH ROCK YOU CAN DIVE A THOUSAND PAGES DEEP INTO THE SEARCH RESULTS AND NEVER FIND A SINGLE CIRCULAR CARDBOARD COLLECTIBLE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I KNOW THESE THINGS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY:

DIE CUT CARDS ARE COOL

SKULLS ARE FUCKIN RAD

 'ARE WE THE BADDIES' MEMES NOTWITHSTANDING, SKULLS ARE HELLA COOL AND WE NEED MORE SKULLS IN OUR LIVES. ESPECIALLY ROCKER SKULLS LISTENING TO METAL GUITARS GOING WHEEDLY WEEDLEY WEOOOOOWWWWW LOUD ENOUGH TO CRACK OPEN THEIR NOGGIN EXPOSING THE PINK GOOEY BRAINS WITHIN. THERE IS SO MUCH TO ENJOY ABOUT THIS PIECE OF ART. THE SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE LINE WORK ON THE SKULL AND BONES. THAT CLASSIC 90S GRADIENT. THE BEAUTIFUL HAND LETTERING. CLIP ART HEADPHONES PASTED WHERE THE HOLES FOR EARS LONG GONE WOULD BE. POG NUMBER FRONT AND CENTER SO THAT KID IN 1994 KNOWS THERE ARE AT LEAST 16 MORE OF THESE THINGS TO COLLECT. NO BRANDING TO BE SEEN, SOMEONE COULD HAVE MADE THIS IN THEIR BASEMENT, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

BRAND THIS ON MY EYEBALL SO I CAN SEE IT FOREVER

 

 THE BACK IS ONCE AGAIN SADLY BLANK. I CHOSE THE SUBJECTS ON THE BASIS OF THE FRONT DESIGN SO WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF THIS. THE ONES WITH STUFF ON THE BACK WILL BE AN EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT, I PROMISE

 

YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW QUICKLY I GAVE UP ON PUTTING ANY TIME INTO CUTTING AND PASTING THESE ORNAMENTS IN

 

THE TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS - DAY 1

 WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS????

ON TWITTER MOSTLY. BUT DON'T GO THERE, IT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE FULL OF IDIOTS. LIKE ME. OTHER THAN THAT I'VE MOSTLY BEEN WORKING OR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES

I BEAT STARDEW VALLEY AND REACHED THE PERFECTION AND GOT THE SUMMIT CREDITS CUTSCENE BUT THE GAME GLITCHED (AGAIN) AND I NEVER GOT MY ACHIEVEMENT FOR CATCHING ALL THE FISH OR GETTING ALL THE STARDROPS SO I GUESS I GOTTA DO IT ALL AGAIN BUT BEFORE THAT I AM TRYING A FEW OF THE OTHER GAMES I'VE BEEN HOARDING. LUCK BE A LANDLORD IS A COOL WEIRD GAMBLING GAME. SIRALIM IS POKEMON FOR D&D NERDS. I'M TRYING BREATH OF THE WILD FINALLY AND I'LL GIVE IT A FAIR CHANCE BUT SO FAR I HATE IT. I LIKE TO RUN AROUND IN 2D AND MASH B TO MURDER THINGS. I DO NOT LIKE TO RUN AROUND IN 3D AND MASH B TO MURDER THINGS RIGHT BEFORE GETTING KILLED BY A STUPID FUCKING GOBLIN COMPLETELY OFF SCREEN WITH A BOW AND ARROW. BUT! I WILL GIVE IT A CHANCE

A MAIN REASON I HAVE ABANDONED REALITY FOR THE VIDEO GAME REALM IS THAT SOMEHOW 2021 IS EVEN MORE FUCKED UP THAN 2020. IN 2020 WE JUST HAD A PLAGUE COMING TO KILL US ALL AND THE WORST ELECTION EVER TO DEAL WITH. 2021 GAVE US BOTH OF THOSE THINGS STILL GOING STRONGER THAN EVER ALONG WITH THE HORRIBLE REALIZATION THAT ANYONE IN A POSITION OF POWER THAT CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND NEXT YEAR WE HAVE MIDTERMS! CAN'T DO ANYTHING NOW, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH MIDTERMS!!! SQUID GAME THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM. FOR THIS YEAR'S SYMBOLIC CHRISTMAS TREE I CONTINUE LAST YEAR'S THEME OF A BURNING CHRISTMAS TREE FROM A FOX BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

ALSO! I HAVE FINALLY STARTED DOING CARD THINGS AGAIN. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TO MY LOCAL CARD SHOP WHICH MAKES ME VERY SAD BUT I DID GO TO A DIFFERENT CARD SHOP YESTERDAY AND IT WAS AWFUL. ALMOST NOTHING WAS PRICED AND THE STUFF THAT HAD A PRICE TAG WAS STOOPID EXPENSIVE. I DID MANAGE TO GET A RONALD ACUñA CARD, MY FAVORITE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS CARD AND A SHOEBOX TO PUT ALL THE JUNK I HAVE PILED ON MY DESK INTO FOR FIVE BUCKS. PLUS! I SWIPED A LARGE PILE OF BASKETBALL CARDS FROM THE FREE 'FOR THE KIDS' BOX AT THE FRONT SO IT ALL WORKED OUT OK. I ALSO WENT TO A CARD SHOW AND FOUND A DUDE WITH A LOADED QUARTER BOX AND A NICKEL BOT AND WENT HAM ON THEM. I HAVE ALSO UNEXPECTEDLY ACQUIRED A SHITLOAD OF VINTAGE KELLOGG'S CARDS AT THAT SHOW AND THE FLEA MARKET AS WELL WHICH IS VERY FUN. MY INITIAL PLAN FOR THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS WAS TO SHOW OFF ALL THE KELLOGG'S CARDS I PICKED UP BUT THEN THE ACTUAL KELLOGG'S DECIDED TO TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES LIKE DOGSHIT SO FUCK KELLOGG'S AND FUCK BREAKFAST CEREAL IN GENERAL

BUT! A FESTIVUS MIRACLE! I REMEMBERED I HAD SCANNED SOME STUFF A LONG TIME AGO IN A FIT OF CLARITY BECAUSE I KNEW EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ROUGH FOR A LONG LONG TIME AND I NEEDED SOME IMAGES TO STASH AWAY IN A 'BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF SAVE CHRISTMAS' EMERGENCY SITUATION. AND THAT SITUATION IS NOW! SATURNALIA IS SAVED! LADIES AND GENTLEMANS AND ENBY FRIENDS! WELCOME TO THE 

TWELVE DAYS OF POGMAS

1994? S.G.I WINGED VIPERS #10

POGS! THEY WERE BRIEFLY COOL FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TWO YEARS AGO! BUT I HAVE A SMALL PILE OF THEM HOARDED AWAY BECAUSE I COLLECT ANY DAMN THING THAT COMES MY WAY. I KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT POGS. THE GAME STARTED OUT WITH KIDS USING MILK CAPS FROM LUNCH TO CREATE A SILLY GAME. CAPITALISM CO-OPTED THE FUN TO SELL JUNK TO KIDS. ADULTS STARTED BUYING THEM AND FUCKED UP THE WHOLE THING. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THERE IS ONE OFFICIAL POG MANUFACTURER AND A WHOLE FLOCK OF BOOTLEG COMPANIES JUMPING ON THE TREND. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A COPYRIGHT DATE* COMPANY NAME, TITLE AND POG NUMBER I CAN'T FIND A SINGLE THING ON THE INTERWEBS ABOUT THIS POG. THE COMPANY SGI MADE A FEW NEAT SETS WITH SKULLS AND MONSTERS AND ONE SET WITH ART FROM CHAD COOPER BUT I CAN'T FIND THIS ONE ANYWHERE. BUT NOW THANKS TO BLOGGER I HAVE BROUGHT THIS POG TO THE WORLD. HELLO POG ENTHUSIASTS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THIS POG AND OR POG SET! UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T KNOW SHIT! EXCEPT THAT A FLOCK OF SNAKES WITH MOTHER FUCKING WINGS IS BAD-ASS

THE BACK IS SADLY BLANK. POGS ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE T-206 CARDS IN THAT HALF THE FUN IS SEEING THE COOL DESIGNS ON THE BACK BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLANK BACKS EITHER DUE TO LAZINESS OR BOOTLEGGERY. THERE SHALL BE FUN BACKS IN THE FUTURE, I PROMISE YOU

ONE OF THE REASONS I CHOSE POGS FOR THE CHRISTMAS POSTS IS THAT THEY NATURALLY RESEMBLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY I AM A MSPAINT LUDDITE AND CUTTING OUT A CIRCLE TO CUT AND PASTE AN IMAGE IS A PAIN IN THE ASS IN PAINT. AND DUE TO USING A REAL PICTURE SHRINKING THE IMAGE DOWN TO AN ORNAMENT SIZE LOOKS LIKE CRAP. BUT HEY! EVERYTHING'S A MESS RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL WITH IT!!!!1

MORE POGS TO COME AS LONG AS BLOGGER COOPERATES!!!11111

MURRY CARSTMESS EVERBODYYYYYYY

*AT LEAST I THINK THAT SAYS 1994. THE DESIGN ATE THE LAST DIGIT