The Unforgettable Buzz Book Trailer No. 1
A little fun for kick-off The Buzz on July 1, 2013!!!
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The Unforgettable Buzz is Published!!!
The Unforgettable Buzz is available now on Amazon. Just click on the cover or the Amazon widget on the right side of the page to get to our Amazon page (if you don’t see the widget, check your ad-blocking plug-ins). … Continue reading
Electric Football Games to Wish For – Super Bowl II
Electric football has a rich heritage that is tied directly to the NFL. It’s this bond that keeps us coming back to the games, the players, the Rule Books, and the order forms. The Rule Books and the order forms … Continue reading
Memorial Day Thoughts
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
We Can’t Stop Thinking “Big”
“I can’t stop thinking big, I can’t stop thinking big” – Lyrics from “Caravan” by Rush “Big” things are definitely not far away right now for The Unforgettable Buzz. Luckily, we never stopped thinking big, otherwise we wouldn’t have made it this … 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…Where It All Started – the 1949 Tudor No. 500
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
Book Update And Sample Page
Electric football is one step closer to having its history published. The Unforgettable Buzz is at the printer, getting its ankles taped and shoulder pads on. It’s also getting a little spinal adjustment, making sure that the book stays in … Continue reading
Cover of The Unforgettable Buzz
Electric football’s story will soon be told. It won’t be long before “The Buzz” arrives…..
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
Sample Page From The Unforgettable Buzz – Joe Namath
Electric football fans will soon have a book to call their own. The design of The Unforgettable Buzz is complete and we’re preparing the book for the printer. The final stats of the book are this: 652 pages long, more than 300 photos, … Continue reading
Getting Closer…Back Cover and More
“This is such a great book. Historical, colorful, and warm. It immediately took me back to those incredibly special days of my childhood.” — Rick Burton, David B. Falk Professor of Sports Management, Syracuse University As you can see, we … 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
Favorite Reads — The Real Toy Story by Eric Clark
Electric football is the main focus of The Unforgettable Buzz, but the toy industry and its inner workings play a major role in the story of Norman Sas, Lee Payne, and Tudor Games. One of our favorite reads on the … 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
The Seventeen Year “Touchdown” — The Unforgettable Buzz
We are in the home stretch of finishing up The Unforgettable Buzz right now. Our best images are all locked in place, the text is “final,” and advance copies will soon be in the hands of some very special commentators. … Continue reading
Video Of The 1996 Miggle Electric Football Convention
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
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