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This was posted on Facebook. Retro sixties-seventies home gaming accessories. The electric football game action will still suck as usual, but having a young Shelley Fabares as your opponent will certainly make things a helluva lot better 🏈📺

Well, I did have the oppotunity to meet Bill in person. In addition to electric football, Bill was very active in the Historical War Gaming Society. A couple of years ago, he was in Nashville at one of their conventions. So I got to meet and talk with him for a while. Yes a very interesting and awesome individual. He put together a video presentation for the Museum's "Art of the Buzz" on a CD which played throughout the duration of the exhibit, which is now in the permanent collection of the Museum. I did go through his Facebook page and archive all the files and photos from it, which I have saved to CD's.

Yes, those were the only fantasy teams produced. I do recall Miggle coming up with some team names for their faux NFL teams, however I cannot find a list of them or any information for them. In case you are not familiar with Ravenna Al's Fantasy Solitaire League here is a list of his teams. "Al Dunham’s WMLMF (Western Michigan League of Miniature Football), perhaps the most unique league in all of miniature football, with Flaming Fairies, Zombies, Cadavers, Werewolves, Sasquatch, Mennonites, Union Jacks, the Third Reich, Super Somos, Battlin’ Bozos, Sharks, Rams, Cows, Killer Bees, Arctic Tundra, Toxic Waste and RA (the Egyptian Sun God)." Al participated in the SCPC (Solitaire Coaches Points Challenge) which was a national competition for solitaire coaches. I covered this league with my "Solitaire Illustrated" and "SCPC Gameday" publications. You can download them here: Solitaire Illustrated and SCPC Gameday – The National Electric Football Game Museum (nefgm.org)

Yeah the "Irish Babes" were clearly the best sellers because of their resemblance to Notre Dame, but even they did not sell out until just a few years ago. I am all for a Fantasy League. But for it to be profitable for Tudor Games it would require a great deal of advertising and marketing that would require a great deal of investment. None of which they were willing to do in the past.

The London Union Jacks and the Munich Moon Sharks were introduced in 2007. 16 years later, they are still available and at a reduced price ($9 for the Union Jacks and $6 for the Moon Sharks - not sure why the difference). I have teams of each in the regular size and the 67 Big Men for the obvious reason that they are of historical significance and "artifacts" of the museum. Don't know what the initial inventories of them were, but obviously not big sellers. They were also introduced in the period right after Miggle lost the NFL License. As a collector, I am always interested in anything new Tudor Games has to offer, and of course I would buy a line of Fantasy Teams. As far as appealing to younger kids, I really kind of doubt it. The NFL and, more so now, College teams is where, I believe, the main focus needs to be in keeping electric football relevant and competitive in the Sports Board Games Market.

Love it!!

Awesome!! Looking forward to more.

Since Lee Payne was employed by Tudor when this game was designed in 1971, I am almost positive it was his decision what school names were chosen, the font and size of the type, and the placement of the names on the siderails. Here is his profile from the Industrial Designers Society of America website. US industrial designer who studied in 1953 at the University of Georgia and played on the freshman football team under Wallace Butts. He originally wanted to be an artist, but a lecture by Charles Eames convinced him industrial design was it, and so he went to the University of Cincinnati and received his degree there in 1958. In the early 1960s, he worked for Walter Dorwin Teague's office in New York, where he worked on the AMF monorail exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair, projects for Federal Express, Tupperware, General Electric, and Tudor Games, for which he developed high-tech electric football and hockey games introduced in 1962. From 1964 to 1968 he was employed by Tudor as director of product development and worked with the NFL to refine the electric football game players with realistic poses, trademarks, helmets, team colors and the actual numbers of real players. In 1968 he established his own design firm, Lee Payne Associates (LPA), in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, and consulted with many clients. From 1976 to 1988, he chaired the industrial design department at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. While serving as chair he earned a master's degree in art history from Emory University. In 1981, he designed the original Smartmodem and chronograph for Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. that was featured in a book published by ID magazine, "Product Design-Award Winning Designs for the Home and Office." In 1983, he won an award in a Formica Corporation contest to show off its new ColorCore material with his Neopolitan ice cream coffee table, now in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Other clients included Chiffon, Bosch Power Tools, IBM, Dow Chemical, Georgia Pacific, KitchenArt, Olan Mills and many others. He also served on the design team for both the Atlanta (1996) and Salt Lake City (2002) Olympic games. He moved to Jasper, GA in 1996 but continued to teach at Georgia Institute of Technology until his death in 2003.

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Not long ago I found a seller on eBay (canuck_parrothead) offering some hand painted college teams for sale. They were being displayed on a Tudor College Edition gameboard. Asked him if he could send me some pics of it. The only other one I had seen an actual pictures of was in the The Greg Carter Collection – The National Electric Football Game Museum (nefgm.org) Here's a link to an article by "The Unforgettable Buzz" about this game. Tudor's 1971 College Electric Football No. 600 Game (theunforgettablebuzz.com) Here is a picture of it from the 1972 Tudor Sales Catalog If one ever came up for sell on ebay, it would be very interesting to see what it would sell for.

Interesting question. Will have to do some research on that.

The booklet was "Created and Produced by Harvey Information Press, 1860 Broadway, N.Y.C." No information on an individual artist. Yes, i am sure four-color print was expensive. I had much the same thoughts as you about this rule book. The real football illustrations brought back memories of when I first when out for football in the 7th grade (1969) especially the 3-point stance. I was trying out for the TE position. Coach was very impressed with my stance Unfortunately all we got to do was practice for 2 weeks. The 7th and 8th grade football program was cancelled that year. So didn't play again until 9th grade (1971).This was also the period of when I got my first electric football game. Yes, that statement about the defenses makes a lot of sense. I think there is a lot that can be learned from these old rulebooks and instructions. For me mostly just helps to learn about the way the game used to be played. It is amazing how very similar all the rulebooks from the different manufacturers are. Thanks for your contributions and support of the museum.

Give him time. Not sure that he is a member of this forum. His participation in the game and hobby has been primarily on Facebook for several years.

Do whatever you want to do. The frame is considered to be an extension of the player's base. Typically, if the receiver is being touched by a defender, he is considered covered and ineligible to receive a pass and the defender is ineligible to make an interception. The frames are designed to temporarily immobilize a player. i think the main thing to consider when using freeze frames is at what point in the progression of a play do you remove that player from the frame and allow him to participate in the play as he normally would.

1961 Gotham Professional Electric Football.pdf

This is the statement made by Beenutt on his Facebook page, Monday 8/7/2023

As far as I know, there are no rules that have been written governing the specific use of Freeze Frames Freeze Frames were created primarily to hold the two defensive backs designated as safeties in place (zone coverage) during the phase of a passing play when the receivers are running their routes and before the board is stopped to attempt a pass. So really up to you how you want to use them. Some possible uses; to hold a QB in shotgun formation. to hold a running back in place for a delayed handoff on a draw play ort other running play. to hold a receiver in place for a quick outlet pass. to hold defensive backs in place for zone coverage. to hold kickoff or punt returners in place until after the ball has been kicked. to hold the kicker or punter in place to act as a safety valve in kickoff or punt return coverage. Basically, using a Freeze Frame eliminates the need for having to create separate "staionary" bases for specific situations and uses.

Here are some more figures and teams from a recent purchase. Bought this lot as a whole - 95 total figures. Redskins W, hand-painted with "stamped helmet" logos and "decaled helmet" logos. 1980's Hong Kong Browns D with orange pants. 1970's Hong Kong Rams D 1960's Hong Kong Bears W original 67 Big Man. 1970's Hong Kong Seahawks W and D 1980"s Hong Kong Seahawks D Hong Kong 70's or 80's Rams D amber plastic. (1 China 2000's Rams D with broken arm).

I use both. I typically use dials on offensive lineman, QB and TE, rookie on RB's and WR's for the offense. For the defense, I typically use dials on the DT's and MLB, and rookies on the rest. On my current solitaire teams, I only use single clip rookies since they are all 11-player ironman rosters. I try to keep things simple. If I am creating a competition team, it gets a little bit more complicated.

Terry, I quess anything is possible. That would make sense if the B denotes a back. They did not look to be tweaked. Haven't tried any of them to see how they run. I did get them at a really good price. I guess I bought them more for the fact that they reminded me of one of the very first teams I had as a kid. The first game I had was an AFL Jets and Chiefs and the first team I ordered from Tudor was Vikings white jersey. More than likely. I will just make a display with these because I cam make a good back story to go with them.

Bought these off eBay last week. Some things I found interesting about this team and bases. The figures are Hong Kong Vikings WJ / BS Circa early 1970's Possibly numbered as 1974 Vikings Roster: #10 QB Fran Tarkenton, #44 FB Chuck Forman, #49 RB Ed Marinaro, #42 WR Jon Gilliam, #83 TE Stu Voight, #87 TE John Beasly, #54 LB Fred McNeil, #70 DE Jim Marshall, #77 DT Gary Larsen, #81 DE Carl Eller, #88 DE Alan Page. The bases are vintage single clip bases with numbers assigned possibly indicating that they were part of a "draft pool" of bases. The 10-yard chain is an early 70's "620" size chain marker. Another thing that I found interesting is that this is very much the same system of numbering and pose position assignment that I have always used with my team rosters. The only thing different I would have done would be to use one of the wide arm figures as my QB and both end figures as WR's. I also typically used defensive starters as my offensive lineman and offensive starters doubled as my dfensive backfield players.

Another era in the history of electric football has come to an end. It was just announced that Tudor Games is under new ownership. We here at the National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum want to extend our thanks and best wishes to Doug, Wyatt and the entire Strohm family for all that you have done to keep this great game and hobby alive for the past 12 years and for the support that you have shown to the museum.

A great opportunity to experience electric football. I had the opportunity to meet Bart and his wife Jennifer when they came to visit the "Art of the Buzz" exhibit earlier this year in Columbia, TN.

From Bart Moore: Save the date - Sept. 30th. I will be hosting the First Annual Throwback Electric Football Tournament at my house in Monticello, Jefferson County, Florida. Even if you don’t know who these people are, or what Electric Football is all about, you are eligible to join the fun and fellowship. There will be a training camp (rules clinic and scrimmage) before the modified double elimination tournament. Let me know soon if you would like to participate!🏈🏆🥇

Yes!! Any base can be tweaked to be competitive. Tweaking techniques are the same for all bases. Being successful in competition has more to do with play execution, skill in passing and kicking, and offensive and defensive strategy.