Monkey Madness

Monkey Madness in vending machines.

Spike sent me more monkeys. We'll have to invite him to be an author of Millions of Monkeys. Now we know the brand name of the monkey Tim found. I have a couple of these sitting on top of my television, but I keep forgetting to take pictures of them. This is a brilliant collector idea, but I never see them :(

Strange unidentified monkey

I found this strange, unidentified monkey buried in my phone pictures. Wish I had more to say about it. It obviously has some function I forgot about. Diaper storage? Who knows?

Chintastic monkey

Here's a chintastic monkey on some kind of Hoppity Hop rip-off in a drugstore display window. Is that a Grinch giving me the finger?

Monster monkey dolls at toy art show

These monkeys were designed by Bianca Panzram.

I went to the MF Gallery opening of the 2009 MF Toy Show last night in Brooklyn, NY. There were lots of crazy toys designed by talented artists. I wanted to take everything home. Some of it was gross, some was cute, some was weird, but nothing was conventional, and everything was inspirational.

These simple striped monkeys by Bianca Panzram were my favorites.

Artists and studios included:

MF Toys

Cupco! (fun site!)

Jenny Harada

Moses Jaen

Ed Repka

Bianca Panzram

Aaron Tomkins

Bastet2329

Elmer Presslee (bonus monkey on the front page of the site)

EatYourChildren

Sara Lanzillotta - - - Monkeyhouse Toys

Aya Kakeda

Steven Lopez

Jaz Harold

Tyson Summers

Ciou

Fernando Carpaneda

Nikki Taylor (did I find the right artist here?)

Mary Doyle (bonus chimp on front page of the site :)

I'm thinking of heading back to buy a piece or two. I highly recommend it if you are into toys, in the toy industry, or just need to be inspired by some wicked art.

Valentine for Christmas?

Need an ugly Valentine's Day plush monkey for Christmas? This one is for sale in a local Brooklyn Drug store.

Duck! It's a monkey!

Plush green monkey.

Passing by the pet shop I saw that they changed their "display," and added a plush green monkey. It's apparently climbing over the fish tank to get away from the killer green duck right behind it.

Kuddly Kong

2 Varieties of krappy Kongs made of plush.

These plush Kong dolls were being sold for $4 each at a bargain store near me in Brooklyn. They were so cheaply made I thought it was worth it only to take a couple of pictures.

Pink monkey baby

While visiting friends in Princeton we found a store with lots of fun imported toys. This baby pink monkey thingy was one that caught my eye.

Tiny Monkey

My Daughter found this tiny monkey in a vending machine. I love vending machines, just like Cracker Jacks used to be, you never know exactly what you'll get, but it might be something really cool.

Tim

The Kong and I

All this monkey talk, and you can guarantee a few things that will show up in this blog. Planet of the Apes, Curious George, and King Kong! Here’s a close-up of a really cool King Kong sculpted toy I got in the late 90’s. Kong is the ultimate monkey, and deserves to be listed early in Millions of Monkeys! He stands on a shelf in my studio forever trying to break free.