LandofLogic

My Gotham Yankee Stadium is actually my go-to for electric football (although maybe that's because my only other option is a 2005-06 Tudor Super Bowl game). It's really cool looking, especially the tin litho stands. It's quieter than my Tudor field because it is made of some type of wood, not metal. That is a blessing and a curse, as it makes it very flimsy and easily warped. It has dead areas around the center of the board, and some bubbling in the end zone. So drives normally slow in intensity about the center of the field. But I absolutely love it, and it fits my older (1920s to 1950s) teams a lot better than the new Tudor board I have, which is better suited for my modern teams. When a game starts it really does feel like your players are playing in that era. Despite it's issues, including how flimsy the board can be, it's worth buying one. They are rare but they are cheap (I paid $15 for mine).

Where do you get the figures to paint these teams? These seem to be the earlier version of the current figures before they added extra padding to the players. Do they sell these unpainted somewhere?

Thanks! Might I ask what figures you are using and where you found the files for the head sculpts? They look really good!

Hello, I would like to make some 1960s teams using the Tudor All Era Face mask set, but I have a problem with them. The masks look good, but for 1960s teams, most players only wore the double bar mask. The problem with the set is there are only three of that type. If I were to make an eleven man team, I would need to buy the face mask set four times to fill out a team, and then I would only be using three from each. That just doesn't seem reasonable. What do you guys do for the face masks on 60s teams? Do you buy them four times, or find an alternative? Does Tudor plan on making sets for specific eras? I'd happily buy them if they did.

Just finished the 1926 New York Giants and Philadelphia Quakers. The Quakers were from the short lived 1926 American Football League. They won the championship with an 8-2 record, beating out Red Grange and the New York Yankees football team who were the sole reason the league existed in the first place, even though the Yankees played five more games than the Quakers. Being the league champions meant they should be remembered fondly, but the talent of the team, and the league itself, was called into question when they were decimated by the New York Giants in a 31-0 loss in a post-season exhibition match. The AFL had already folded, and this brutal loss against the Giants signaled the end of the Quakers as well. It was clear they wouldn't hold up as an NFL team. They never played again. Overall had fun painting these figures. I think the Giants are my best team yet, they just look really cool. I really like the colors of the Quakers. Not sure why the yellow stick on numbers get darker after I applied them, maybe it has something to do with my enamel paint... Also, since there is no historic Quakers roster online with the players numbers, I resorted to using the official NFL numbering system.

Yup, I was thinking about that yesterday. I'm just not sure how to determine what number you have to roll to determine if the defender smacks it away. Maybe only roll a defensive die the defender is in the vicinity of the receiver, or if there is a defender that is free that is near the QB. But it does get convoluted at some point, so you sort of have to determine what you want to keep in and leave out.

I've experimented with this myself. I base the die roll on yardage between passer and receiver. If a guy is 30 yards down field, you'll have to roll a higher number than if he was 5 yards away. I think just beating out a d6 roll fails to take in to account distance. And what if a player is wide open with no defense players nearby? It sort of defeats the purpose of setting up good coverage if the defense has a chance to force an incompletion regardless of where their men are on the board. What I do is I start the play, and when somebody is open, I count the yards between the QB and the receiver. I have a rolling chart of what you need to roll for different yards, (i.e. you need a 3 or higher to complete a 5 yard pass, 1s and 2s are automatic incompletions), and then I roll. If it reaches that number it is complete, if not, it is incomplete. Then the defense is allowed to turn two players towards the defender (not move them, just turn them) and the play resumes. It has its flaws, but it's a work in progress.

Hi everyone, I recently picked up a Gotham G-1500 "Yankee Stadium" off the internet. As I was looking at it, I realized it was kind of an interesting field. It seems like this version of the model was made after Gotham lost the rights to the NFL. It comes in a Pro League Electric Football box. I've seen other fields in the same box online that didn't come with the stands or score boards, they were simply the fields and the goal posts. I've also seen variations that had unique end zone grand stands. I'm not sure if the version I have was only sold at a certain store, as was common. Here is the field all setup. The 1926 Packers are squaring off against the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Maybe someday I'll paint the AFL Yankees and they'll have a nice representation of their home field. Here's where things get interesting. Gotham clearly lost the NFL license at this time, but they didn't bother to actually remove the NFL shield, they simply covered up the NFL lettering. I doubt you could get away with this today, but as you will see, this won't be the last case of ignorance to copyright. The scoreboards have the NFL logos removed properly. They now say Pro League Football, and the slot for team names are now gone. Here's what's really interesting, they still sold it with the flags from when they had the NFL License. Initially I thought these may have been edited in some way, but upon looking at photos of the early G-1500 that had the license, they are the exact same flags. These are the NFL Team logos for 1961. I guess that goes to show you how different times were back then. The NFL was in uncharted territory in terms of merchandising, and probably didn't have it all figured out yet. IMG_1376.MOV Here it is running! All in all, I'm really happy with this field. It's very quiet too, as it is made of some sort of faux wood, as opposed to the metal of the Tudor fields. If anybody has any information on this field don't hesitate to talk to about. I've seen one or two others for sale before.

Yes, the best, and really only place to get info on uniforms. I even had a conversation with one of the guys from GUD on Frankford's helmets, which led him to updating the uniform on the site a little. I plan to do some 30s and 40s teams down the line, and maybe some 60s teams. My only problem with more recent teams is that there is not a whole lot of difference between the uniforms of today and the 1960s when it comes to painting since Tudor figures don't have insane amounts of detail (which I am fine with). So the 1966 Bears aren't going to be too discernable from the 1988 Bears. I think using the face masks they sell here will help, but I do wish they had more than 3 single bar masks per sprue.

Hey all, Just finished four 1926 NFL teams. These are my first attempts at painting, and I'm pretty happy with the results. These figures are painted with Testors Enamel paints. I made the Hartford Blues, the Packers, the Pottsville Maroons, and the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The players are also numbered off the rosters from that season. I made the decals for Frankford myself. It was a challenge to make lines on Frankford's helmets, so next time I have to do stripes I may try a a paint pen. In the coming weeks I will make the '26 Giants, Providence Steam Roller, Dayton Triangles, and the AFL Philadelphia Quakers. I'll remember to take horizontal photos next time...