Tazos are disks that were distributed as promotional items with products of Frito-Lay and its subsidiaries around the world. The idea behind Tazos started out similar to Pogs, whereby each Tazo contained a score value, and a game was played to 'win' Tazos from other players. Tazos have been released in several different formats, ranging from the original circular disks, to octagonal disks, and in later years, to resemble more of a collectible card. In addition to the Japanese Pog Battle game, some Tazo series feature small incisions around the outside, allowing players to fit them together and build objects. The ''

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'' series also included additional pieces which allowed players to construct spaceships. Tazos are commonly made from a plastic base, but some series have been produced from cardboard or aluminium (such as the Australian ''

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'' Metallix series).

Tazos series

Tazos started out with a set of 100 disks featuring the images of ''

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'' characters and 124 '' Tiny Toons'' tazos in 1994. The disks were added to the products of Mexican snacks company Sabritas and were named after the expression '' taconazo'' (''to kick with the heel'') which was a reference to another popular school game in Mexico where children open bottles with their shoes trying to launch the caps the furthest. Other sets from around the world include: * '' Chiquito de la Calzada'' (1994, set of 10 in

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, "chiqui tazos") * Disney (1994, set of 91) * ''Pocahontas'' (1994, set of 50) * ''Los Caballeros del Zodiaco'' en, Saint Seiya (1994, set of 40) * ''

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'' (1995, set of 100) * Looney Tunes (1995, set of 100) *

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(1996, set of 30 plus a subsequent set of 10) * ''

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'' (1996, set of 100) * ''The Mask'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999, set of 51) * ''Dinosaurio'' (2000, set of 51) * ''Pokémon 2'' (2000, set of 100) * ''Digimon'' (2000) * ''Pokémon 3'' (2001) * Cubi-Tazos featuring Scooby-Doo (TV, 2001, set of 24) Medabots (2002, set of 70 classic and 70 metalix) * ''Dragonball GT'' (2003, set of 60 metalix) * ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (2004, set of 101) * ''Mucha Lucha'' (2005, set of 150) * ''Mucha Lucha 2: La Revancha'' (2005, set of 180) * ''Dragon Ball Z'' (2005) * ''Megaman NT Warrior'' (2005 set of 29) * ''Los Simpsons'' en,

(TV, 2006–2007, set of 144) * ''Bob Esponja'' en,

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(TV, 2007, set of 163 plus 5 in Cheetos) * Pokémon 4 Generación Avanzada (2008, set of 235) * '' El Tigre: Las Aventuras De Manny Rivera'' (2008, set of 200) * WWE (TV, 2009, set of 176) * ''

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'' (2009) *

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(TV, June–August 2009 in packages of Cheetos in India, set of 26)

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(TV, 2010, set of 195) * ''

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: Para Siempre'' en, Shrek Forever (film, 2010 in packages of Cheetos in Peru) * Bakugan Battle Brawlers (TV, 2010 in Cheetos Sorpresa in Peru with the slogan "''Descubre el Poder de los Tazos''" en, Discover the Power of Tazos, numbered set of 120) * ''

'' (original trilogy) *

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(2011, including codes to unlock special branded levels) * ''

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'' (2018) * Bad Bunny (2019) * ''

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'' (2020)

Countries

Tazos have been released around the world, in bags of potato chips (crisps) and other snacks including Bollycao, Cheese Tris,

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, Cheetos Sorpresa, Chizitos,

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, Fandangos, Lay's Potato Chips, Meridian Real Thai Chicken Sabritas, Piqueo Snax, Simba Chips, Smith's Potato Crisps, Thins,

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, and Walkers. Countries that have had Tazo releases include: * Albania * Argentina * Australia * Bahamas, The * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Belarus * Belgium * Belize * Botswana * Brazil * Bulgaria * Chile * Colombia * Cyprus * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * Egypt * El Salvador * Estonia * France * Gibraltar * Greece * Guatemala * Honduras * Hungary * India * Indonesia * Israel * Italy * Japan * Jordan * Kenya * Mexico * Netherlands * New Zealand * Latvia * Lithuania * Oman * Pakistan * Panama * Peru * Poland * Portugal * Puerto Rico * Qatar * Romania * Russian Federation * Saudi Arabia * South Africa * South Korea * Spain * Thailand * Trinidad and Tobago * Turkey * United Kingdom * United States of America * Uruguay * Venezuela

Australian sets

Below is a list of official basic Australian Tazos and the year they were released. *The ''

'' Metalix set did contain a couple bonus Tazos offered with a kids magazine '' K-Zone'' and at Shell

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