Coleco Electric Football Game
Was there ever a stupider toy?Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
I had one of these. Never did figure out where the "fun" was supposed to come in. The men were mounted on rubber pads that had small "teeth" on the bottom. You hit the switch and the field started vibrating. W O W !
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/30 at 10:16 AM
They have their own Super Bowl. I went one year in South Bend...
http://www.miggle.com/
http://www.miggle.com/
Posted by stephen525 on 06/30 at 10:29 AM
Yup! I had one too! Looked to me like a bunch of drunken bums randomly running around the field...
Super Fun!
Yet - we would set it up over and over... Then we would start putting things like Lego people on it to see what would happen.
Super Fun!
Yet - we would set it up over and over... Then we would start putting things like Lego people on it to see what would happen.
Posted by Wayne in Wildwood on 06/30 at 10:45 AM
To answer the rhetorical question posed: NO!
I have no idea why my parents bought one for us, but it never did catch on at our house. I think our dog ate all the little felt footballs and the game was really useless after that.
I mean, who wants to find the footballs after the dog was done with them?
I have no idea why my parents bought one for us, but it never did catch on at our house. I think our dog ate all the little felt footballs and the game was really useless after that.
I mean, who wants to find the footballs after the dog was done with them?
Posted by KDP in Madill, OK on 06/30 at 12:43 PM
We had one of these when I was growing up. There were four of us boys, and we would sit around and play for hours! Sometimes we would throw 'obstacles' in there too. One time we even tried to play it with Transformers!
Ah, simple times....
Ah, simple times....
Posted by MohawkWarrior on 06/30 at 01:01 PM
either expat had one as an adult, or some of you guys are older then i thought. football, imho, is always stupid.
Posted by patty on 06/30 at 02:16 PM
Expat - I think she is calling you old...
I will admit - 'mine' actually belonged to my older brother...
Wayne - 'the kid'
I will admit - 'mine' actually belonged to my older brother...
Wayne - 'the kid'
Posted by Wayne in Wildwood on 06/30 at 02:28 PM
I wanted a hocky game, but got this instead. What a waste of money.
Posted by David on 06/30 at 02:56 PM
i wasn't calling expat old, just older than some of us. love ya expat! 
Posted by patty on 06/30 at 03:25 PM
I had one... the only fun part I remember was turning it on that one time I caught our super-skittish cat sleeping on it
Posted by meltemi on 06/30 at 04:07 PM
now that's really funny!
Posted by patty on 06/30 at 05:58 PM
I know some of you young whipper-snappers haven't gotten around to learning cipherin' yet but if you can work out where the "47" in my handle comes in you might get close. Then, there are pictures on my web site!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/30 at 06:37 PM
I Googled for Expat's website but didn't really have a clue as to what it might consist of so I was having trouble finding anything. But then I added his age and I was given the links to the articles about the 47 million year old fossil they found recently. Seemed appropriate, somehow. 
Posted by Nethie on 06/30 at 08:21 PM
I read that, Nethie.....
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/01 at 01:50 AM
lmfao! 
Posted by patty on 07/01 at 04:29 AM
Re: rhetorical question...yes. It was called "Adam".
Posted by Ted S. in Little Falls,NY on 07/01 at 05:34 AM
We had one of these games when I was a sprout. Made a loud NYAAAARRRRRRK sound, The little plastic teams did nothing... I think there was some way to "adjust" the figures with little weights or something, but that didn't help.
Posted by Mook on 07/01 at 07:26 AM
My brother used to have one of those in the late 70s, when he was 9 or 10 (I was like 3). I seem to remember him playing with it relatively often.
Posted by lekkermeisje on 07/01 at 09:21 AM
Never had one of these and I don't think I'd know what to do with one if I had one. I'm not much of a sports person either.
Posted by mdb777 on 07/01 at 11:06 AM
Expat - 47 is my alma mater's (Pomona College in California) "magic number", so I just thought you were super cool. But if you're not, well, I can't help you there.
Posted by Leshka on 07/01 at 06:16 PM
Category: Sports, Toys, 1970's