Gotham Enters the Electric Football Game Market

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Gotham Model G-880 electric football game from a collection of  the Minnesoto History Soceity 

For 5 years Tudor Tru-Action Electric Football was the only game in town, but in 1954 Gotham Pressed Steel introduced their “All-Star Electric Football” game to the toy market. 

Recently “The National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum” was able to add some Gotham items to its collection

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Big Board Construction

 

There have been many inquiries lately about building or buying “scale” game boards. The true scale of most miniature electric football figures is 1:72 scale or 1″ = 72″, this makes the true scale of the playing field 1/2″ = 1 yd or 60″ x 26 2/3 ” from endline to endline and sideline to sideline. To allow for sidelines the actual finished size would be larger. Continue reading “Big Board Construction”