Tazos

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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 Star Wars 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! Metallix series).

Tazos series
Tazos started out with a set of 100 disks featuring the images of Looney Tunes 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 Spain, "chiqui tazos")
Disney (1994, set of 91)
Pocahontas (1994, set of 50)
Los Caballeros del Zodiaco (1994, set of 40)
The Simpsons (1995, set of 100)
Looney Tunes (1995, set of 100)
Monster Munch (1996, set of 30 plus a subsequent set of 10)
Sailor Moon (1996, set of 100)
The Mask (1998)
Pokémon (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)
Robots (2005, set of 10)
Los Simpsons (TV, 2006–2007, set of 144)
Bob Esponja (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)
Naruto (2009)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (TV, June–August 2009 in packages of Cheetos in India, set of 26) Nickelodeon (TV, 2010, set of 195)
Shrek: Para Siempre (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" , numbered set of 120)
Star Wars (original trilogy)
Chester Cheetah
Space Jam
Australian Football League
National Rugby League
Beyblades
Angry Birds (2011, including codes to unlock special branded levels)
Jurassic World (2018)
Bad Bunny (2019)
Pac-Man (2020)

Countries

Tazos have been released around the world, in bags of potato chips (crisps) and other snacks including Bollycao, Cheese Tris, Cheetos, Cheetos Sorpresa, Chizitos, Doritos, Fandangos, Lay's Potato Chips, Meridian Real Thai Chicken Sabritas, Piqueo Snax, Simba Chips, Smith's Potato Crisps, Thins, Twistees, Uncle Chipps, 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! Metalix set did contain a couple bonus Tazos offered with a kids magazine K-Zone and at Shell petrol stations.