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I have one in the collection of the museum. Yeah, I guess you have to be really old school to remember it. LOL

It was a great weekend. Thanks for the pics Terry 43. I have several and there are hundreds more that can be found on Facebook. There is video of the Championship game on Facebook. and hopefully I will be able to download it for my files. The tournament was won by Paul "Raiderman" Bartels over Adrian Baxter in one of the more exciting Championship Games I have seen in a while. Fanks Jacobs and Jim "Hulk" Davis were the other conference Championship participants. Overall, there were 40 coaches participating in the tournament. A good mix of Veteran Coaches and first-time tournament coaches. The rules were very easy to play. and everyone seemed to enjoy playing by these rules. Myself and several others meet with Bryan Nutt and his wife Anne last night to discuss the successes of this tournament and ways we can improve for next year. YES!! we plan to make this an annual event. It was great seeing and reconnecting with people that I had not seen in a while and also meeting and talking with a lot of the new people that have come into the game and hobby. The round robin games were played on the new mini ultimate size game boards. I would highly recommend that if you are looking for a new game board to get one of these. It will take me a while to get rested from and caught up with everything. but I will post more as I have time. All I can really say for now is start planning to attend next year. It promises to be bigger and even better than this year's event.

Thanks, I truly appreciate it very much.

That's OK. Thanks for trying. We are classified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit and as an educational museum.

The market for this is very small and yes finding a game board that is free of dents or completely free of defects is very hard.

Field covers have already been msde with a lot of the old designs. Many of the mini ultimate boards being used today in the Tudor Con Tournament have these vintage field cover designs on them. Tthere are plenty of the old 620 game boards in circulation that can be restored with new vinyl adhesive graphics. I have done several already. Miggle Toys did replicate the old 620's with their new 620's in 2004. I currently have 3 of those. I do have the opportunity to buy a vintage College Edition this weekend to add to the Museum's collection. To completely manufacture new 620's would be very expensive and the market demand for them just isn't there to justify the cost. Todays market is more for custom built 2' x 4' game boards with multiple magnetic field covers and Tudor has that covered with the ultimate game boards and the ability to produce any field cover any body could want.

Here is a brochure that was recently added to the NEFGM Library on Base Tweaking by Buzzball owner George Diamond. At one time Buzzball bases were the preferred bases over ITZ. The New Speed Diamond Base Brochure.pdf The New Speed Diamond Base Brochure Easy Read Form.pdf

Well, I had really hoped to see more of you guys come. but I understand, life has other plans, things happen.

Very interesting read.

No I don't know the true originator of the passing sticks. Rules 2000 is the first rule set I know of that describes a method of passing using sticks. Rules 2000.pdf

Sounds much like a variation of the Buzzball ATTAC passing method which is basically placing at target at the end if the sticks and using a TTQB to hit the target first then proceeding to have the receiver and defenders run towards the ball. This was used in the National High-Voltage Football League in the mid 2000's. 2005 NHFL Rules.pdf2005 NHFL Rules.pdf

I don't know what the true total value of my collection is, I know that if I were asked to put a value on it, it would probably be much more than $20,000. However, I have seen pics of other people's collections that have way more stuff than I do. The greatest value of anybody's collection is in the teams and figures. I have often bought game sets for nothing more than the teams and bases. I personally have always been more interested in the game boards, so my collection of original factory teams is very limited. Today's market though is much larger than it was when I started collecting over 25 years ago. The market demand for original vintage electric football games is getting much smaller. Today the market demand is more for custom painted teams, custom built game boards and field covers.

Josh Jacobs

Patriots did play the 49ers in week 7 of the 1971 season, in San Francisco. It may also simply be that Tudor had an inventory overstock of those teams.

1971 and 1972 Model 635. Patriots and 49ers was the default team pairings. Specific team pairings or regional team parings could be requested by retailers. Check out the 1972 Toy Fair Catalog in the NEFGM Library. https://nefgm.org/tudor-games-toy-fair-products-catalogs/

Beautiful Team. I love the throwback Buccaneers.

eBay is the best place to find all the other electric sports games and other games made by Tudor. Don't know how I missed this, but thanks!!! Its Awesome. Great photo montage.

An update!! Just received an email from the editor that this article will appear in the next issue.

NO!! Never Ever!! Just makes me cringe every time I hear that.

I'd buy it, if nothing else for the Teams and Bases. The problem with a lot of these boards were the motors not being mounted properly (loosely riveted to the board) or the speed adjusting screw not the right size (coarse thread instead of fine thread) It is the generic model. One of the few I don't have in my collection.

I would apply the cover first then cut out the hole. Be sure to download the vinyl field cover install instructions and watch the install video on Tudor's website. This will work with any vinyl field cover whether you get from Tudor or not. If it is a magnetic cover, same thing, lay down the field cover first then find the hole and cut it out. Basically, field covers are designed to use on custom game boards and newer model Tudor Games produced after 2012.

It would have to be cut.

Very impressed!! I would have never thought of doing that. Looks great.

Keeping and archiving the history and records of solitaire leagues is one of the goals of the National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum. I would be interested in getting this list and any other information that you would like to have saved in our files. It is possible that I could create some fantasy teams using these names. Let me know if you are interested.

Tudor Con 2024 Flyer.pdf