<p>This sounds like <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244254/purple-people-eater" rel="noreferrer">Purple People Eater</a> by Waddington's.</p>

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2019-06-11T11:12:08.777Z
I found what appears to be an image of this game:

http://www.theoldtoyguide.com/2015/02/19/70-s-game-waddingtons-purple-people-eater-rare-electrical-game-working-complete/
EdHunter
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borrible
<p>Could it be this game : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiwrBuTkVh8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hongerige harrie</a> ?</p>

<p>Seems strange though, because it is listed on BGG (<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177879/hongerige-harrie" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a>) as a 2013 game.</p>

<p>[Edit : The Youtube video says that it is "<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10967/slime-monster-game" rel="nofollow noreferrer">slime monster game</a>" from 1977, but it appears that "slime monster game" is another game.]</p>

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Djaian
<p>So in the very early 2000s (in the U.K.), I had this board game that was essentially a large purple monster head. I was quite young at the time so I can't fully remember the rules of the game either, but it was something like a player has to place or retrieve plastic bugs from the monsters mouth without it noticing and spitting at you. I've asked family members about this game and nobody seems to remember it except my Dad but like me he can't remember what it was called at all. Help!</p>

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Rebecca
# Can't remember name of board game

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-11)

So in the very early 2000s (in the U.K.), I had this board game that was essentially a large purple monster head. I was quite young at the time so I can't fully remember the rules of the game either, but it was something like a player has to place or retrieve plastic bugs from the monsters mouth without it noticing and spitting at you. I've asked family members about this game and nobody seems to remember it except my Dad but like me he can't remember what it was called at all. Help!

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-11. Score: 5

This sounds like [Purple People Eater](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244254/purple-people-eater) by Waddington's.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I found what appears to be an image of this game:  http://www.theoldtoyguide.com/2015/02/19/70-s-game-waddingtons-purple-people-eater-rare-electrical-game-working-complete/  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-11. Score: 0

Could it be this game : [hongerige harrie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiwrBuTkVh8) ?

Seems strange though, because it is listed on BGG ([link](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177879/hongerige-harrie)) as a 2013 game.

[Edit : The Youtube video says that it is "[slime monster game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10967/slime-monster-game)" from 1977, but it appears that "slime monster game" is another game.]


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