Electric Football groundwork was laid 74 years ago this month, when Tudor Metal Products moved from Manhattan to a brand new factory in Brooklyn. This six-story building at 176 Johnson Street would gain iconic stature in the 1960’s and 1970’s, … Continue reading
Coming in at No. 2 on our Electric Football Top 20 Countdown, it’s the 1969 Tudor No. 633 Jets-Colts Super Bowl. As the first Sears-exclusive Super Bowl model, this game was the unquestioned pinnacle of Electric Football in 1969. Nothing … Continue reading
We are proud and pleased to announce that our Electric Football Wishbook is for sale on Amazon! The book is the first-ever compilation of Electric Football and sports game Christmas catalog pages. Packed with more than 70 full page and full … Continue reading
The opening of a new NFL Season is always exciting. Nobody is really sure how things will play out over the next four months. What teams will surprise and what teams will disappoint? What new stars will be born and … Continue reading
Our Electric Football Top 20 Countdown recap continues with Games No. 11 thru No. 15. There are some REALLY nice games populating this part of the Countdown. Our previous post left off at Game No. 16 — 1971 Coleco Command … Continue reading
Longtime supporter and friend of The Unforgettable Buzz Tom Poetter has published a memoir of Christmas recollections called 50 Christmases: Stories of Love, Hope, and Reconciliation in Christmastide. A professor at Miami University (OH), Tom is an accomplished and talented writer … Continue reading
Electric Football needs to be in the National Toy Hall of Fame. It’s a simple fact, and we at The Unforgettable Buzz are grateful to Tudor Games for getting out in front with this issue for the month of July. Here’s a pretty … Continue reading
Over the weekend I went “old school” in search of vintage Electric Football items, visiting the Renningers Collectibles Extravaganza in Kutztown, PA. There was a time when actual legwork — that is, walking around a toy show, antique show or … Continue reading
Electric Football has many threads holding it together. The main threads are “sports” and “toys,” which tie directly into “play” and “competition.” But as we’ve started to put together our new book, Full Color Electric Football™, the most obvious thread … Continue reading
WOW…Do The Knee Jerks know and love Electric Football!! We had an Epic conversation with Greg Eno and Al Beaton that lasted almost 45 minutes – by far the most in depth Electric Football interview we’ve ever done. The amount … Continue reading
Electric football and Memorial Day wouldn’t seem to have much of a connection. But there is an electric football story that does connect electric football to the holiday. It’s a story that was told to me in the mid-1990’s, and … Continue reading
Electric football…this is where it all started. On the Tudor Tru-Action No. 500, which was first displayed at the New York City Toy Fair in March of 1949. By the fall, the No. 500 was being sold throughout the eastern … Continue reading
There’s a lengthy and thoughtful article about electric football up at on the FoxSports Wisconsin web site. Definitely check it out. A great read, and great information! There is also a link to the article if you click on the … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
I’m heading to the American International Toy Fair in New York City this morning. Hopefully I’ll have some interesting things to report back on later this week. This isn’t my first trip to Toy Fair, as I was lucky enough … Continue reading