Several vendors offer high quality figures, which are very popular on many league and MFCA tournament teams.
Current Manufacturers
footballfigure.net: The older figures that used to be sold in bulk were made from a softer, more pliable, rubbery plastic than other figures. Now they are called "Stock Figures" on the website. Here are some pics of them.
Footballfigure.net uses 3D-printing for their Revolution line of figures.
Also, they offer services to paint and customize figures. These figures are very popular with EF coaches. Also, check out their Gamechanger Series of QBs and Kickers.
gamedayfigure.com sells a great line of figures that come on a sprue, so you need to assemble them yourself. This allows a great deal of creativity to customize the poses. GameDay figures are very popular with many of the east coast football coaches. The GameDay Franchise Spring QB with the spring-loaded arm is very impressive. GameDay also offers a bunch of accessories such as facemasks, a collection of arms, footballs, chinstraps, etc.
undefeatedfigures.com also sells a great line of figures that are very popular. The figures do not require major assembly (i.e. maybe you need to attach the head), and they offer discounts when buying multiple figures. Undefeated began offering hollow figures in early 2020, in order to cut down on the weight. Also, they offer a Hand Cannon QB, which I haven't tried yet. They also offer a wide selection of player "accessories" like towels, dreads, collars, hand warmers, etc.
808sculptsfigures.com offers a nice selection of 3D-printed figures, as well as a spring-loaded QB and a spring kicker. The figures are very affordable (about 3 bucks each, QBs are $10, kickers are $20) and there are some innovative designs. The spring-loaded kicker is a soccer-style kicker, not a toe-kicker.
nextlevelauthentics.com has extremely detailed figures, facemasks, visors, hair pieces, etc. Their QB Passer is used by some of the best coaches in the country. NLA offers several versions of their QBs.
ITZbases.com offers very detailed figures that have modern-looking helments, rather than the old-school helmets that were smooth like bowling balls.
beenutt.com offers a line of figures called PAC-12 Figures, which are similar to Tudor's bigmen. Beenutt also has painted facemasks and tweaked bases on the website.
Electricgridiron.com can be found on the Tudor Figues page since Tudor is selling them on their website.
Megawattz: used to be on the Tudor Figures page. It doesn't appear that Tudor is still selling Megawattz.
Old/Defunct Manufacturers
Several other vendors (now defunct) made figures in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and so on. I don't have a large variety to display, but you can read about them in the Incredible Buzz book, and then take a look on Ebay. Gotham figures seem to be available all the time. Coleco figures are usually available, while others appear sporadically. Most are not expensive, except for occassional bidding wars over "boat bases".
Despite the attraction to the "boat base" shape of the Coleco and Munro bases, I haven't seen many on serious coaches' teams. I've spent a lot of time tweaking all of these old bases, but I rarely bring any on game day. I get better results from ITZ and Tudor bases. If you discover the secret to tweaking these boat bases, then you will have some slippery receivers.
Buzzball: I don't have the full set of unpainted figures, but take a look at this Buzzball-figure Cowboys team! Unfortunately, Buzzball figures have been gone for several years. Even the website is gone.
Coleco figures and bases from the early 1970's. These figures don't like to be painted (it doesn't adhere well), and they are very tall and awkward. Look at the comparison with Tudor bigmen figures. The bases have a nice rounded front, and can be tweaked to be pretty fast, but they are very, very weak. Tweak the prongs with care because they are easy to pull off. Click on a picture to see a bigger image.
Gotham figures and bases from the 1950's or 1960's. The players are 2-dimensional, and the bases and the blades are metal. Gotham eventually evolved to 3-dimensional figures that looked like relatives of the Coleco figures. I learned about Gotham in The Unforgettable Buzz book. I don't think I've seen any Gotham bases or figures used in any tournament.
Munro made some familiar figures in the early 1970's. They are similar to Tudor's classic `"fab five" poses, except Munro only had four poses. The most interesting and collectible parts are the boat bases. Some sets came with regular boat bases, others with dial boat bases, both of which are valuable to EF coaches. The bases can be made reasonably fast, but I haven't found the trick to make them consistent or strong. Click to enlarge a picture.
