As today is Halloween, I figured I would finish up with my monster themed posting with the first set of toy monsters I got back in the early 80's, Heritage USA "Famous Monsters" game. The game came with figures, paints, rules and a map to play on. The game also came with instructions on how to paint the figures. I must admit, for a first try I was happy with the outcome.
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| The village people. |
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| The Heroes |
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| The baddies. Actually in the game Dr. Frankenstein and Ygor can be either good or bad. |
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| Dracula and his bride. |
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| Dracula tries to drive off some particularly annoying door to door salespeople.. I have never played the game, having lost the original rules and map. I have since downloaded the rules. I could see this being set up with Dungeons and Dragons style scenery. I believe Prince August once had molds for wall and doors that I was going to buy but didn't. Happy Halloween! |
Wish I'd picked this up back in the day. You can get the minis now as recasted from the original masters/molds and the rules as a PDF but having really grey old lead colouring your hands makes it more worthwhile!
ReplyDeleteI actually found my original rules for these figures. I should take a look at them again. I originally bought these more because I was a fan of the old horror movies.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky to keep my original game with everything and then scored a brand new set on Ebay. Awesome memories!
ReplyDeleteI bought mine from a bookstore with a large occult section, that I believed was owned by a witch. I also bought some fantasy figures that I believe were produced by Heritage. Perhaps for Halloween I will try to use the Famous Monsters in a solo game.
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