Whizzer and Chips October 27th 1984

Whizzer and Chips offered 750 readers the chance to win their very own furry green monster!
Contestants were asked to ‘Find which flavour Monster Munch is connected to which hand’ also enclosing 3 tokens saved from previous issues.


Winners were congratulated on the 23rd of February 1985,
‘What keen-eyed readers you are! In our recent Smiths Monster Munch competition just about every entrant worked out that hand A went to the Crispy Bacon Monster Munch pack; B to roast Beef, and C to Pickled Onion.
All correct entries were then judged on neatness with age considered. We regret there is not enough space to list the 750 winners but each has been sent a cute, furry, green, three-armed Monster!’





Update: 16/2/2013 I usually don’t include images of  other people's items but I had to show you this, sent to me by competition winner Tim Younger! Tim was one of the 750 winners to receive Whizzer & Chips’ prize, “ I remember being amazed when I came home from school to find this massive box, almost as big as me, waiting in the hall.” This wonderful “cute, furry, green, three-armed Monster” stands 2 ft tall as he approaches 30 years of age he sits in Tim’s living room impressing all his visitors. My sincere thanks to Tim for taking the time to write and share his photos. 


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Jackpot Annual 1985

Jackpot's 1985 Annual featured an advertisement for Monster Munch on the back cover!


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Buster comic 1st August 1987

On the back of this issue of Buster from 1987,we find an advertisement for the Monster Munchers Club! The advert reads; ‘Right you ‘orrible little monsters. Who’s for joining the Monster Munchers? Just look at what you get. A Munchers membership card, pen, and badge. A bumper bagfull of games, transfers, and fact files. And three fun-packed Monster Munchers magazines, full of monster stories, competitions (with prizes), and games. And all for a miserly £2.99. and one empty Monster Munch packet. See the back of special packs for details.‘


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Packaging 1987 - 1989

What I find most endearing about these packets are the sections on the back inviting the consumer to make their own monster! Instructing us to,
‘Open the pack and clean the inside. Then cut out the parts and put them together to invent your own monster. Each flavour has a different set of monster parts. Look out for more monster parts in future. Just think, the more parts you collect the better the monsters you can make.’

For me this is both a sweet and clever design, it encourages the consumer to be creative and more importantly it encourage them to buy more! Brilliant.





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Electronic Monster Munch Games

These two items were prizes given away to anyone who found the winning Fangtastic Bat Transfer!

Monster Maze Game, 1994


Green Monster's Wicked Witch Game, 1994





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Monster Munch Furry Monster Glove Puppets

Seems only right that these feature first… In 1986 Monster Munchers had the opportunity to have fun with the monsters in their own homes by owning their very own Furry Monster Glove Puppet! The set comprised of three puppets produced by Koea for Lefray Toys comprising of pink, blue and yellow. All handmade in “high quality furry fabric and comply with British and European Safety Standards for children over 3 years of age.” And that wasn’t all, each puppet came with its very own Monster Fun Book full of “Monster plays, games and puzzles”! To receive a puppet and book Monster Munchers simply had to collect 6 tokens from the packs and send them away along with a crossed cheque or Postal Order for £1.50 (to cover postage and VAT) The offer expired on 28th of February 1987.

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