Electric football games have lots of parts, with one of the most important parts being the bases the players run on. During our Miggle warehouse tour Kathy was kind enough to have one of the old Tudor base injection molds opened up so we could peek inside.

This mold had come all the way from Brooklyn, and what a surprise was found inside. It was possible to date the mold to 1972. How could we date it? Half of the bases in mold were clearly standard “deluxe,” or rookie bases. In the other half of the mold, the bases only had two sets of “legs,” and they were on the rear of base. In the front of the base, on the top, there was a round knob. This would have been punched out to create a hole. The hole was there for the mounting of the original 1972 TTC “red legs.”

An amazing find. There appeared to be “diverter” in the mold, allowing he plastic to be delivered to one half of the bases, or the other. So this mold probably was in use beyond 1972 – at least the standard/rookie half.

Earl & Roddy