Coleco Command Control

Coleco continues to push the competition in Electric Football by bringing “Command Control” to Toy Fair. Command Control consists of two metal rods under the game offering magnetic control of one player on each team. Kids playing these games would be able to make the Command Control players go exactly where they wanted them. At least that was Coleco’s pitch in 1971.

1971 Coleco sales catalog

And beyond Command Control, 1971 was notable because a fourth toy company joined the Electric Football fray. That company was Munro Games, a table hockey competitor of Coleco. Tudor’s success in Electric Football – they were still the NFL’s top seller – had others wanting a piece of what, at the moment, was a lucrative football pie.

1971 Munro sales catalog

Munro Games jumped hastily into Electric Football in 1971. In fact, they were so unprepared that they had to use Tudor players on their games at Toy Fair. And also in their sales catalog! Those are actually Giants and Brown on the 90541 game above.

Munro was games in both American and Canadian field configurations in 1971

1971 was shaping up as the most intriguing ever in Electric Football.

Earl & Roddy

To learn more about Electric Football, please check out The Unforgettable Buzz, Electric Football Wishbook, and Full Color Electric Football!