Why We Buzz….it’s simple!

Electric Football is mysterious for some people. They sort of politely nod when you talk about…if you’re lucky. Some get that far off look in their eyes, mixed with a touch a fear, like you’re a disheveled homeless person mumbling about your latest trip to the sun with your buddy Huitzilopochtli (who better to travel with than an Incan Sun God?).

And that’s OK, it really is. Part of what makes Electric Football special is that not everybody “gets it.” Not everybody sees it the same way. A big part of Electric Football was what you “brought” to the game. What did you want to get out of it.

If you weren’t patient enough to set up your team after each play, or try to make your bases work better than they did out of the box, then Electric Football was a drag. And that wasn’t an unrealistic way for a 9-year-old to feel.

But for some of us, when we lined our players up on the field, not only did we see the Colts and Packers, we also “saw” the photo on the left. We wanted that play — fans and all — to happen before our eyes. And that wasn’t an unrealistic way for a 9-year-old to feel either. We created own ways and methods to make that play “happen.”

When you mix creativity and imagination, then sprinkle in the tactile sensation of handling the players and putting them in just the right place, and finally collect the reward of watching a miniature 3-D NFL world come to life — it was an incredibly powerful experience. And it’s why Electric Football still hits us on a gut level. It’s such an intrinsic part of us…all these years later.

Earl & Roddy