Today we look at "Monster Maker" by Whitman (Western Publishing) from 1977. While this game isn't as cool as the Mighty Men & Monster Maker I found back in 2019, I can see how this could be fun for the pre-school to about 6 years old set; the game recommends ages 4 to 8, but I can see a 7 or 8 year old getting bored with it.
I found this particular game out of the box with just the lid cut out. I'm not quite sure why that would have been done unless the box was damaged severely.
This game was bought at another rival of Toys R Us, Toy Chest. I was desperately trying to remember the name of this store for yesterday's post. At one time, we had a Toys R Us, a Toy Chest and a Children's Palace within a 1 mile radius.
I've included the instructions at the bottom, but essentially, children take turns spinning the spinner and selecting the body part the arrow lands on, adding it to their board.
If the part landed on is already in place, the player must skip that round. First child to finish his monster wins. As you can see, the monsters are more silly than scary.
Unfortunately, I'm missing a couple body parts for this fellow.
Monster Maker isn't a very popular game for collectors based on the selling price on eBay. It must not have clicked with kids.
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