It was 20 years ago today that the first national Electric Football convention took place in Chicago. The event was hosted by Miggle Toys, who had bought the Tudor Games Electric Football line in a bankruptcy sale in late 1991. … Continue reading
As a writer, it’s always disconcerting to find your words in a place where they’re not supposed to be. That happened a number of years ago when I typed “176 Johnson Street” into an Internet search engine. Shockingly, up … Continue reading
Electric football has many special items and places. This certainly ranks as one of them. It was Miggle’s NFL team room — the room where all the bags of NFL teams were stored, and where all the NFL team orders … Continue reading
In this segement Kathy shows us an old Tudor injection mold that came from Brooklyn. It’s a mold for bases. They are incredibly heavy, as you can see, it takes a fork lift to move the mold from one area … Continue reading
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 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
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
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