00:00 Pogs were a popular 90s fad that functioned as trading cards and a game, and were highly sought after by kids.

05:10 Pogs were not only a popular 90s fad, but they were also based on an older game called milk caps, which was introduced to school children in Hawaii by a teacher named Blossom Galbiso in 1991.

10:11 Pogs, which were originally called POG caps, were named after the Passion Fruit Orange Guava juice that they were based on, and even though they were made from milk caps, they became known as POGs regardless of their origin.

15:10 Pogs, which originated from a Japanese card game called MENKO, were brought to Hawaii by Japanese immigrants in the late 19th century and eventually evolved into a milk cap game using stackable milk caps, which became popular among kids in Hawaii.

20:27 Alan Rapinski, a marketing genius, discovered pogs and formed the World Pog Federation, ultimately making a lot of money from the trend before it died out.

25:10 Pogs became a popular advertising tool, with major chain restaurants and even movies creating their own pogs, but the market quickly became saturated with knockoffs, leading to a decline in the trend.

30:02 Pogs started to decline in popularity due to fights breaking out over them in schools and the rules of the game.

35:11 Pogs became problematic due to fights breaking out over them in schools, leading to bans in several countries, and the game was seen as gambling for children.

39:50 Pogs had regional variations in the rules and gameplay, including variations on how to keep the flipped over pogs, and the use of poison pogs to win all the pogs in a stack.

44:38 Pogs were banned in schools in the 90s, which may have actually increased sales and prolonged interest, but ultimately the fad died out like many others, with Boys Life magazine declaring it uncool by 1998. The dairy company that originated pogs, Haleakala Dairy, missed an opportunity to capitalize on the trend and didn't become legendary, but there is now a retro nod to pogs. The US military also issued pogs in 2001 as a lighter and cheaper alternative to metal coins.

49:27 Pogs were used as currency by American service people in Afghanistan from 2001 until recently because they were easier to ship and handle than metal coins.