THE UNOFFICIAL WORLD POG FEDERATION

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Milkcaps Invade America
The newest craze is POGS. What are they? The game of flipping ,Milkcaps has been played in Hawaii since the early 1932's. Milkcaps have ben played since the Predepression era. POG is an acronym for a 25 year old Hawaiian Tropical Juice, (Passion, Orange, Guava) produced by the famed Haeakala Dariy in Maui, Hawaii. The Haleakala Dairy produced a new brand name for milkcaps by plcaing the old tropical Juice name for POG on Authentic STANPAC milkcaps. POG Brand milkcaps soon became the number one choice for playing and collecting throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Milkcaps are the leading Industry in America.

BLOSSOM GALBISO "THE MOTHER OF POGS" On April 6, 1991 Blossom obtained 4 tubes of milkcovers from Haleakala Dairy. She experimented with the milkcaps using themin various lessons and activites with her students, The students enjoyed creating strategies for different games. But they were more interested in hearing stories told by Blossom about her childhood antics of trying to be the first one to open the milk bottle to lick the cream off the bottom of the cap. They would keep the cap to play in the Milkcover Game. Blossom stated " My students then played my old time Milkcover game, then ZAPP! something magical happened, the students were hooked. The Milkcap Revival Begun in Hawaii.

In September 1991, The students were so excited about the milkcap game, they were playing on sidewalks during recess, at the suggestion of another tacher Blossom contacted KITV, the local ABC Network Television station to extend an invitation to Rob Fukuzaki and Robert Kekaula to play the milkcover game on their program, "Games People Play, after reviewing the video by student council, Rob and Robert accepted the challenge, They palyed the milkcover game at The First Annual Milkcover Tournament held at the school March 17,1992, From these beginnings Milkcaps evolved. MILKCAP Q&A

WHO INVENTED POGS AND WHEN WAS IT FIRST TRADEMARKED? ON September 17, 1889, H.P. & S.I. Barnhart was issued a US patent Number 8. The milkcap Creation patent was purely for sellin gthe mouth of the milk bottles, currently reffred as POGS. They called them the Milk Lids. What is the right size for POGS and Slammers? Well there not an inch but rather 43mm or 1-21/32" or 1-5/8". Where was POGMANIA Born? Easy it started in Hawaii, POG is a acrynon for Passion, Orange, Guava, a Hawaiian Sun Juice that put its name on an Authentic Milkcover.


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