The Visions of Coleco Part 1

TCW Podcast Episode 124 - The Visions of Coleco Part 1   We look at the Connecticut Leather Company otherwise known as Coleco!  We see how a simple company starting with leather goods transformed into a toy company that spanned multiple generations.  Coleco started exploring electronic toys with games like electric football.  They found themselves uniquely suited to take advantage of the coming Pong on a chip craze.  With their early entry allowing them to outpace the competition when the chip shortage struck.  However due to complications Coleco decided to pull out of video games after the Pong fad started to fade.   Howdy Doody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674LDaMpDnU Eagle Toys Hockey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUlDXHXNCYs Coleco Electric Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8y0_XVnCII Electric Football Mini Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMyaWCroBg8 TCW 051 - Sons of Pong: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sons-of-pong/Coleco Telstar Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9iGNSjwWo RF Modulators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOS2j2cUyo8TCW 027 - The Magnavox Patent Lawsuits: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-magnavox-patent-lawsuits-friday-september-16-2016-1003-am/Jai-Alai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5iQcnIRMa8 Coleco Telstar Colormatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sunfn3zkKQColeco Telstar Ranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRcdOfWawkColeco Telstar Galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_zZZL9ynE Coleco Telstar Combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0pBEipkjQ Coleco Telstar Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AqMUySRG0 Coleco Telstar Arcade Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXc15cgzhw Coleco Telstar Marksman Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfAAamT_vwY   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/