Groovy Tubes Monster Books

[MaastrichtianGuy]

Ok there is a series of books that has board games with them which is the Groovy Tubes series, a series of books that comes with board games with a tube of figurines that came with them as game pieces, well i notice it has a dinosaur book with it and another one in it but with Cenozoic animals, recently extinct animals and others but since Halloween is around the corner i decided to post the one that has monsters in them which is the one that i have again as the one that i have when i was like a preteen or something but too bad the one that i ordered did not come with the game with the tube with the figurines inside of. But it has 2 in this series which both focuses on mythical creatures and so does this one so gonna move into the monster book of the series.



The front and back covers of the book.

The introduction to the book.

Frankenstein's Monster.

The Vampire.


Zombies and Viking Zombies or Draugrs.


Demons and Onis and also Chernobog or Chernobyl.


Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Headless Horseman.


The Great Old One or Cthulhu and the Rakshasa.



The Mummy, the Grim Reaper and Skeletons.

The Werewolf including a map where different kinds of werewolves can be found in.


Baba Yaga and Faust making a deal with the devil.


Bigfoot and the Yeti.


The Loch Ness Monster and ghosts and the Yurei.

And Aliens.

Here is the instructions on how to play the Monster Hunter's game.

And here is the page where it shows all 15 figurines of all the monsters that are made for the game.

[crazy8wizard]

I would have gone nuts for this book when I was younger, especially since there was a time where I really wanted a Cthulhu figure but could never find one.

[SBell]

I have that one, the Magical Creatures, and the Mythical Beasts one --book, figures and games. The games are at best rudimentary, but the figures are ok.

Also have the Gone Extinct, Raging Reptiles and Arctic Chill. These ones at least have all unique sculpts, often very unique figures.

[MaastrichtianGuy]

Ok since i am finished with the Monster book of the series i am going to show off the Mythical Beasts so here it is.



Front cover and back cover of the book.

Title page.

The introduction page to all of the creatures that are in the book.


The Kraken, Leviathan and the Midgard Serpent or Jormungandr or Jormungand and a map of the Nordics or Scandinavia.

The Scylla, Charybdis and the Nymph and almost a map of Italy and Sicily.



The Ahuizotl, Dobhar-Chu and the Hydra.



The Elemental Salamander with a photograph of an extant salamander, Gorgon and the Basilisk.


The Minotaur, the Greek Sphinx and the Manticore.


The Chimera, El Chupacabra and the Cerberus.


The Golem, Ogre and Cyclops.



The Eastern Dragon or the Chinese Dragon, Wyvern and the Western Dragon or the Wawel Dragon.



The Roc, Piasa and the Thunderbird.



The Harpy, Alkonost and the Mothman.


The instructions of how to play Minotaur's Maze and how to solve the riddles of the Sphinx while playing it.

And a guide to all the figurines from the tube to be used as game pieces for the game.

[MaastrichtianGuy]

Ok so i went through Monsters and the Mythical Beasts part of the series so on to the Magical Creatures book.



Front and back covers.

The title page with a Hippogriff on it.

The introduction page with all of the creatures in the book.



The Phoenix, Fenghuang and the Russian Phoenix or the Firebird.



Pegasus, Griffon and the Hippogriff.

Fairyland which has Fairies, Pixies, Brownies, Leprechauns and Gnomes.



Centaurs, Naga and the Satyr.

Nymphs, Dryads, a Light Elf and the Unicorn.


Nereids, Hippocampi and Mermaids.



Sirens, the Ghoul and the Bunyip.



The Selkie, Kelpies and Encantados.



The Nahual, the Banshee and the Genie.


The Baku and Hanuman.

The instructions of how to play Save The Selkie.

And the guide to all of the figurines of all 15 creatures to be used as game pieces.

[DinoFan2010]

I never had the regular one, but I remember having a kid's version called junior groovies that was more of a kid's storybook. I think the kid's one and the regular one have the same figures, and I believe they used the same molds as the UKRD minis and even a shrunken down Carnegie Spinosaurus!
Edit: I don't know if it's in the kid's one, but the regular one has a reused mold of the mini Battat Styracosaurus!

[SBell]

I never had the regular one, but I remember having a kid's version called junior groovies that was more of a kid's storybook. I think the kid's one and the regular one have the same figures, and I believe they used the same molds as the UKRD minis and even a shrunken down Carnegie Spinosaurus!

I remember selling Junior Groovies in the museum store back in the day!

Yeah, their dinos were recasts. It's interesting, since all of the sets that I have are entirely unique

[DinoFan2010]

Ok, is the Styracosaurus in the kids one? I don't remember having as a kid, but that was i while ago, so idk.