Anyone else here ever play electric football, with the metal vibrating board?

[The Straight Story]

I was posting on another thread and it brought back memories of that game.

I used to paint the little guys, line em up, adjust their bases....and then watch them go all the fuck over the place with little or no logic despite my best laid plans.

I think I will get that game again, my daughter would love it :)

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. LOL...used to love that!! n/t

[OllieLotte]

2. That was great. I didn't realize it at the time.

It was preparing me for life....nothing turned out like it was supposed to.

[The Straight Story]

3. They still have it - and more!

http://www.backtobasicstoys.com/item/productid/813

[madinmaryland]

4. OMG!!1!! I had one of those in the early 70's.

I painted mine to be the Dallas Cowboys, and my friend had the Minnesota vikings. Many a winter afternoon spent with that game!

Did you ever try to throw a pass, punt, or kick a field goal?

We had to buy a pack of those felt footballs every year!

:rofl:

[The Straight Story]

5. I remember too the paper football game

Fold up the paper, push it across the table, and it hung over the edge ya got a touchdown - then ya had to kick it through finger goal posts :)

I might have to play that again as well soon!

[GenDem]

6. What a blast from the past

The hum of the vibrating field and the little players vying for position, sometimes falling over and spinning in a circle.




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[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Oh hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!

It was great fun as a 9 year old, in 1959, because I'd get to play against my Dad! It was wonderful! :)

[The Straight Story]

8. I used to play monopoly against my stuffed animals

I cheated like hell and never lost, but my little blue bunny would usually come in second :)

[Bluerthanblue]

9. i gave my youngest son one a year ago for christmas-

found it at a thrift shop, and he loved it-

My brother used to have one of them. I thought it was kind of ..lame... but watching my son play made it make sense. He does a play, turns off the switch, sets up the lines again and does another down.- it's actually kind of fun.

[seemunkee]

10. There was always that one guy who just spun in circles

[lost-in-nj]

11. I remember this

I can remember it was loud....

especially on the kitchen table


lost

[SPKrazy]

18. we never were allowed to use it on the kitchen table

probably because it was so LOUD

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Yes! With the little felt football!

It was cute, even if you didn't know what the hell you were doing!

[madinmaryland]

13. I lost so many of those!!1!!

I think my mom was still finding them when I moved out of the room after high school!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Are you from MD originally?

My brother and I used to play with our neighbor's game...

Grew up in Hyattsville.

[madinmaryland]

20. No. Moved to MD four years ago.

I actually grew up in Northwest Ohio. My town's claim to fame is they made all of the NFL Footballs. Yes the Wilson Football factory! It's actually pretty cool to see them assemble the footballs.

[supernova]

15. Played with my cousin

when we went to PIttsburgh to visit. He was a real Steelers fan, of course. And we were roughly the same age. So I played with him.

[texas1928]

16. Anybody remeber the cars that had the long plastic pull thing...

You pull through the car and then pulled it out as fast as you could, and let the car go. The faster you pulled it the faster and farther the car would go. What were those called?

[SPKrazy]

17. yes i remember when my sister fell on the middle of it

and it had a crease in it from then on. :grr:

I always loved to turn it up really high so everyone fell down :rofl:

[SoxFan]

19. I remember tabletop football!

I bunch of players running around in every direction, crashing into each other, in utter chaos.

Growing up a Patriots fan in the '70s and '80s, this was actually a realistic game...

[MrSlayer]

21. Yes, it was impossible to play.

The plays never worked, everyone would go off at random.

[triguy46]

22. Oh yeah, and the metal l"kicker/passer"

Did you ever put other things on the vibrating field? Like BBs? Wow!!