Lays - UK - Star Wars Tazos (1997)

Distributed in the UK in Walkers and Doritos brand chips, the tazo is similar to the American pog. Small round discs featuring photographs of Star Wars characters and scenes, the tazo also has several small notches that allow them to be connected together for better play value. Intended to be used to play a game similar to the pog game, each tazo has a point value. There were 50 tazos in the UK set. Each tazo is numbered, and has the Star Wars Special Edition logo on its back. Also available for the set was a special tazo binder. This binder had cardboard sheets, with pictures of scenes which were completed once the appropriate tazo was inserted inside. Binders came with force cards attached. (See the Force Cards page for a description).

Unlike the American Doritos promotion, tazos were not found inside every single chip bag, but in approximately 1 in 3 of specially marked bags. Finding the tazo was 'winning' the tazo. A special mail-in offer did allow collectors to complete their sets by purchasing a limited number of tazos directly from the chip company. This was especially helpful since tazos in the 40s numbers were available only in Doritos brand chips, which were not a very popular brand among my English friends at least. These were all images from the Special Editions.

A variation exists for #32, the Biker Scout is labeled as Scout Trooper on some disks. Number 50 was also briefly rumored to be rare, however I did not find this to be a difficult tazo to find. There are possibly other variation tazos as well.