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The First Official NFL Electric Football Game – Gotham’s G-1500
Electric football and the NFL first came together on the Gotham G-1500 model in 1961. It was a groundbreaking game on many levels. It really was, in modern terminology, a game-changer, and set the stage for all that came … Continue reading
The Toy Factory — 176 Johnson Street in 2013
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 History – Video of the Miggle NFL Team Room
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
Lee Payne – Tudor and Electric Football’s “All-Pro” Designer
Electric football’s evolution through the years will be chronicled thoroughly in The Unforgettable Buzz. And the person who contributed more to the game’s evolution than anybody else will feature prominently in our book. That person was Calvin “Lee” Payne. … Continue reading
Miggle Warehouse Tour Part II — Base Injection Molds
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
1973 Tudor Rule Book
This was one of the most popular Facebook posts we ever did. It’s the 1973 Tudor Rule Book, featuring a color page with all of the NFL teams, and also Tudor’s new NFL No. 655 Championship model. It was the … Continue reading
The Unforgettable Buzz’s Tour of The Miggle Toys Warehouse
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 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
A Dedication – To The Spouses, Friends, and Family Who Put Up With Electric Football
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 1967 Large Matchup – Giants (W) vs Browns (D) & Jim Brown
Although Jim Brown retired in 1966 you could still have No. 32 carrying the the ball for your large Tudor Browns in 1967. A true classic of difficult to find large teams. A reverse lineup of the Tudor NFL No. 620 … 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 1967 “Large” Matchup – Steelers (D) vs. Saints (W)
Electric football has many classic pieces, but none are more classic then the large teams Tudor made in 1967. We’ve run some of these matchups over on our Facebook page and they’ve been quite popular. So we decided it couldn’t … 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
The New York Toy Fair With Tudor Games
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
Tudor’s Magic Boxes
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
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
Time To Play Reviews Tudor Electric Football
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
Charles Angell’s C_A_Panther Electric Football Tudor Team Web Site
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
The Unforgettable Buzz Is Now Part Of The Tudor Games Electric Football Forum
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