The little monkey climbs the tree, deposits the coin when his head hits the slot, then continues up till he hits another thing, and it releases the dice. Another treasure from Japan.
Monkey Bank
Submitted by ginger
August 20th, 2010
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Allee Willis
How bizarre is that little coconut dice thing up in the tree?! Love the transparent squarish trunk he climbs up. Love these kind of Japanese toys. Any idea of the year?
(The AWMOK Jungle Animal Petting Zoo is a scenic attraction whose cages are currently being filled to coincide with the release of the upcoming Pomplamoose with Allee Willis “Jungle Animal” VideoSong and online music game and contest. Jungle tamer, AWMOK creator, curator and charming hostess, Allee Willis, me, will be steadily leading jungle animals to their cages over the next 1-2 months or so as you bring them here until the song is released. If ever there ever was a category that was primed to be kitschified it’s that of “Jungle Animal” as all the stripes, spots and fur have been inspiration for designers since the beginning of time. I thank you all in advance for placing your jungle pets in such an illustrious cage as The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch. Keep them coming!)
ginger
This never had a box, but I got it around 1985 or so.