re: Kevin Mawae and Drake Nevis, Electric Football Figures

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BTW, maybe you can answer this, but how the hell do you actually "play" electric football? The players just seemed to shake all over the place on our board as kids.

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Oh, I understand. I played it when I was a kid too, when a Tudor Electric Football game was one of the most popular toys in the country to find under the Christmas tree.

Now, just like the detail of these players, the game has become much more detailed and precise. Huge custom boards with logos are made and as you notice, there are no bases on the players. These can be equipped with "strength" bases or "speed" bases or a combination.

"Tweaking" bases takes hours of work, but we can pretty much make the players go where we want them to go. A "coach" has much more control over his team and there are local leagues and regional and national tournaments.

Admittedly, the hobby is a niche hobby--electric football's national popularity was killed by the computer game revolution. Most of us are older guys who remember the game from when we were kids.