Electric Football Timeline 1969 – Tudor Makes a Super Bowl

Twenty years after creating Electric Football, Tudor secured the game’s status as an all-time “Featured Toy.” They did it with their new Sears-exclusive Super Bowl model, a game that recreated in miniature the most important game in professional football history. … Continue reading

Electric Football Top 20 Countdown — No. 8

Our Electric Football Game Top 20 Countdown moves further into the single digits with No. 8 — the 1968 Tudor AFL No. 520. The No. 520 holds the distinction of being the ONLY official AFL Electric Football game ever made. … Continue reading

Electric Football Game Top 20 Countdown – No. 9

The Electric Football Game Top 20 Countdown moves forward with No. 9 — the 1969 Gotham Joe Namath G-812 Electric Football Game. In 1969 the New York Jets shocked the football world by defeating the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in … Continue reading

Electric Football Game Top 20 Countdown – No. 14

At No. 14 on our Electric Football Top Countdown is the 1967-69 Tudor NFL No. 510 model with the Colts and Packers. How significant was the NFL No. 510 in Electric Football history? Tudor put the game on the cover … Continue reading

Electric Football Game Top 20 Countdown — No. 2

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

Excerpt No. 3 of The Unforgettable Buzz on Sports Collectors Daily

  Electric Football had one of its most exciting years in 1969. After the Jets defeated the Colts in Super Bowl III in early January, Electric Football makers Tudor and Gotham both ended up creating, arguably, the most memorable games … Continue reading

The Unforgettable Buzz – More Than Just Electric Football

More Than Just Electric Football…. It was 43 years ago today the Colts and Cowboys played in Super Bowl  V, a game that is now enshrined in football lore as the “Blunder Bowl.” While it may have been “Blunder-ful,” it … Continue reading

Electric Football And Munro Games

Electric football has many great stories, and one of the stories we’re most proud of in The Unforgettable Buzz is that of Canadian toy maker Munro Games. In a fortuitous turn we were able to make the acquaintance of Don … Continue reading

Electric Football NFL Team Dreams – The Dundalk “Find”

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 On Baltimore Television – Part II

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

Electric Football On Baltimore Television – Super Bowl Sunday 1999

Electric Football On The Rodricks For Breakfast Show Electric football appeared on Baltimore television station Channel 2 way back in 1999. It was the Super Bowl Sunday version of the Rodricks for Breafast Show, hosted by Baltimore Sun columnist Dan … Continue reading

Tudor’s 1969 Sears’ Super Bowl No. 633 – A Game For The Ages

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

NFL Vintage Electric Football Wild Card Matchup – the Colts vs. Baltimore (Ravens)

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 Vintage NFL Week 6 Preview – Eagles vs. Lions; (Vikings vs. Redskins; Jets vs. Colts)

Back in early September I picked the Eagles and the Lions as the matchup for Week 6. This was done partially from a “home” perspective, but also because I still have my originals of these teams, even down to the … Continue reading

Missed Electric Football Vintage NFL Week 5 Matchup: Colts vs. Packers

Many thanks to Ray Fananra for pointing out a vintage electric football matchup that we missed this week. It was also special for Ray because in 1969 he got a NFL No. 620 with the Colts-Packers, not the Browns-Giants (he … Continue reading

Electric Football Vintage NFL Week 5 Preview – Giants vs. Browns; Kansas City vs. Baltimore

This week’s vintage electric football picks were easy. The Browns are visiting the Giants, and Baltimore is visiting Kansas City. It’s a pretty amazing week, at least for genuine Tudor electric football game match-ups. This will be the 50th time … Continue reading

Electric Football NFL Preview – Baltimore Ravens vs. 1967 “BIG” Philadelphia Eagles

Some of you already know that I’m an Eagles fan. The first live NFL game I saw was the Eagles vs. the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1967. My dad and I sat way up in the upper deck of … Continue reading