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They look great. I was 4 in ‘72, and the dolphins are my first NFL memory. I asked for a Dolphins varsity-style jacket for Christmas, but my grandmother didn’t like the colors so she bought me a Redskins one instead lol. This was in Giants country.

It’s just a name and jersey number as far as your teams are concerned. They are physically different plastic figures on their own bases, right? This isn’t a problem at all, in my eyes at least. So your Dallas defense and your Niners D both have Deion Sanders #21?

I got the 67 big man generic brown with orange figures a while ago. Got some Testors to add details to make them more like the actual Browns. Today I used extra Packers white numbers to finish them. I'm not a Browns fan in any sense, but I do have Bernie Kosar as qb and of course Jim Brown.

Super Bowl two-packs are a great idea. Should also come with a little Lombardi trophy like what GBN sells.

I hate the Cowboys but that is cool.

You're right they aren't shown. Maybe shoot them an email? It's a great motor, one would be sufficient, and it just clicks to the underside of the board with magnets. I did make my own remote switch for it using a momentary push-button switch and two regular extension cords.

Bet you measure their weight with ounces, not grams!

I put a GBN electromagnetic motor on my Ultimate (4x2') field and it works great.

I just cut some all-thread rods (3/16” I think?) about 5/8” longer than the distance of the crimp flanges across the field. Thread a nut on from each side followed by a steel washer then a plastic or rubber washer. To be clear, the washers will be able to fall right off so mind them. If your field was assembled with punch crimps (kinda like a plug weld), you’ll have holes in the flange already. If you have a later board, you’ll need to drill pairs of holes opposite each other. Slip one end of the all thread with nuts n washers into a hole far enough so you can do the same with the other end. Then center the rod and turn the nuts outward until there’s some pressure. You want enough outward pressure to remove the crown, but not so much you deaden the vibrations from the motor. Also, when you’re tightening the rods that gravity will help the field drop some—no need to crank on the nuts to get the field flat and tight, especially upside down.

I got yellow numeral decals from beenutt that look great on my ‘30s Packers’ navy jersey bodies.

Original Pats would be good. Actually, why not just sell a set of the old AFL teams?

When I painted my Bills team (modern uni), I did a wide red stripe on the sleeve/shoulder. Then painted a narrower white (but still wide) white stripe, and finally put a blue (jersey color) in the middle. Though the red doesn't frame both top and bottom of the white stripes like the actual uniforms do, the touch at the top and the bottom looks much better than just two white stripes. Excuse the crappy leg stripe!

Get steel, not aluminum. The latter is not magnetic.

Vick. More iconic, more dynamic. Everyone and his brother has heard of him. Not always for good reasons, but. One of my RBs on my Bills team is OJ. Just had to.

You wouldn't like it. Send it to me so it won't bother you 😏

Nice displays. Seeing other figures (especially Gotham's) makes it that much clearer how excellently-done the Fab Five from Tudor are.

Rough week. Packers and Bills games on side-by-side TVs. The ugliness was real.

I just noticed that now the helmets are one film, not the two-piece design I got.

I too prefer painted figures. And I also agree with your assessment of the UniForms. They have great detail and all, but at the end of they day they still look like stickers on a figure. I tried putting the numbers on last for the first couple guys I did, and then decided to put them on the jersey before removing it from the sheet. It seems better that way, but still not satisfactory. I wish the numerals were die cut instead of on big blocks.

Looking good. I bought a set of the 67 big man team with orange and brown left over from when Tudor didn't have the NFL license for a bit. Just added some striping to turn them into the Browns. My Testors colors didn't match exactly, but it's close enough. Just need to apply the number decals.

The company that makes the GBN electromagnetic motor makes little lombardis that fit on a base.

Yes that does. Now I see the trigger engages the spring itself rather than the bucket arm. Going to see if I can rig something up, but I’ll probably end up just getting a working qb on fleabay.

I just got an old (50s) Tru Action game. It's replacing the set that got me back into EF in the mid-90s that I either found in the house we had just bought or a garage sale, and a toddler stepped on. Anywho, my original game didn't have a QB, and I just used a regular TTQB. The "new" set did come with the metal QB, but he appears to be missing at least the spring. Any way to make it work? I can post pics when I get home, and I'd love to see a good close-up of a working QB for comparison.

Are you asking about a defensive concern (outside contain) or offensive (can't get TE open)? I put a fast TTC base on the TE. This allows me to (try to) get him open over the middle or toward the sideline or use him as a blocker on a run play. Also, I'll often have the TE drop off the line (we use 5 yards in our league) and put the WR at the end of the line. That cushion gives the TE some room to maneuver.

That's the set that got me back into electric football, in the mid 1990s. I either found in the house we bought or got it at a garage sale.