​In the ’80s, companies used the Pac-Man license like a gas station glory hole: bangin’ out the goods and hoping something nice came out on the other side. And they used it a lot, with no regard as to who or what was on the other side. As Pac-Man’s arcade games systematically ate the nation’s quarters, these companies in both America and Japan churned out all kinds of merchandise, both good and bad, to fight for those dimes and nickels and pennies left behind.

Oh sure, today there’s plenty of incredible Pac-Man collectibles; if you can justify it and/or hide it from your wife — you can pick yourself up a $200 Pac-Man Commemorative Zippo or a set of High-End Moleskine Notebooks to use as a ledger for recording your crippling Pac-debt. But since that first power pellet was gobbled 30 years ago, buying Pac-Man junk has rarely meant ridiculously expensive brushed-metal watches, and more often meant crap. Here are 10 items sold throughout the years that Pac-fans sadly ate up, despite the fact they were terrible.

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