Electric football was resurrected by Miggle Toys of Chicago in the early 1990’s. We were lucky enough to have gotten a tour of the Miggle warehouse in 1996. Our tour guide was warehouse manager Kathy Holford, who was one of our favorite … Continue reading
Electric football collecting in the pre-eBay era was very much a “prospector’s” type of existence. Instead of a single click bringing up an online collectibles’ cornucopia, there were lots of long drives to toy shows that didn’t offer up a … Continue reading
Electric football has had some big events, but few match the 1996 Miggle Electric Football Convention in Chicago. It’s now called the “second” convention, but at the time it was being labeled the “first.” (The previous year had been the … Continue reading
It’s a photo I treasure – me standing in front of 176 Johnson Street in Brooklyn. It only took 40 years to get there, and the Tudor factory I had dreamed about for so many years, was long gone. Two … Continue reading
Electric football’s appearance on The Rodricks For Breakfast Show continues… My son never sat this still in his life. We found out later that day that he had a massive ear infection (one of many…). Good thing he minded himself … Continue reading
When Tudor Games President Doug Strohm asked if it might be possible to meet at the American International Toy Fair this year, it was an offer I couldn’t refuse. Toy Fair is such a unique event, and such a large … Continue reading
Electric football has many special pieces: Large NFL teams, Super Bowl games, rare NFL uniforms (“yoked” Steelers), Big Bowls, AFL games, Joe Namath and Roman Gabriel quarterback figures. And the beauty of electric football is that we can all spread … Continue reading
Our friend Chris LeMay has put out his third edition of Solitaire Illustrated, a bimonthly e-zine that covers electric football. Each issue is crammed full of information, including tips on playing electric football, especially in the “solitaire” or single player … Continue reading
Electric football really hit the “Big Time” in 1969, when Tudor and Sears teamed up to recreate in miniature the Jets-Colts Super Bowl III game. The actual Super Bowl game, which the underdog Jets won 16-7, was perhaps the most … Continue reading
Time To Play, a very influential toy web site (it was once a magazine), recently reviewed Tudor’s Power Play Electric Football game. It was a very nice review, with Time To Play seeming to grasp what electric football is about. … Continue reading
Electric football has a wide-ranging community. In the past we’ve talked about Tudor Games, who is still making electric football games, and also about the Miniature Football Coaches Association, who have stalwartly moved the hobby forward over the last 6 … Continue reading
Electric football and Tudor have a six decade legacy that few toys can match. So we are pleased to announce that The Unforgettable Buzz is now part of the Tudor Games Electric Football Forum. We were asked if we would … Continue reading
Electric football history was made on this day in 1999 when the Miggle Electric Football Convention got underway in Philadelphia. It was a vibrant event from the start. The crowds were overwhelming even early on Saturday morning. By Saturday … Continue reading
Electric football has had many momentous events. One of them occurred in 1996 when the Miggle Electric Football Convention opened at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago. Although it’s now referred to as the “second” Miggle Convention, at the time … Continue reading
Electric football has many great “pieces” to find when collecting old games. We talked in an earlier post about one of our favorite finds, Tudor’s original rub-on number sheets. But one of our ultimate finds is a “felt” of footballs … Continue reading
Electric football inventor Norman Sas was honored by LIFE in their end-of-the-year publication Farewell Remembering The Friends We Lost in 2012. There, among notable individuals like Neil Armstrong, Andy Griffith, Dick Clark, Mike Wallace, Etta James, Alex Karras, and Ernest … Continue reading
Electric football probably never produced a more realistic game than the Sears’ 1970 Super Bowl No. 633 model. The field is nearly an exact replica of the Super Bowl field that was laid out in Tulane Stadium on this date … Continue reading
Electric football, as we know it, was pretty much defined by Tudor’s relationship with the NFL. In contrast, electric football’s relationship with college football, at least up until Miggle went to college licensing in its last few years, has been … Continue reading
Electric football, fortunately, isn’t real life. As we’ve postulated in a previous blog, electric football is the original “fantasy football.” And the fantasy part of electric football trumps the current statistical fixation that defines modern fantasy football. Electric football puts … Continue reading
Electric football 2012…when we look back at the whirlwind of the last 6 months, it’s been a period that did not exist in our imaginations. It started with a truly sad event, the passing of electric football inventor Norman Sas. … Continue reading