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diergray · 06-12-2003, 04:24 PM

If you have ever been in a FAO Shwartz you have seen the little monkey on the unicycle that goes back and forth on a rope. Does anyone know where you can buy one? My son loves it but I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks.

Cynthetiq · 06-12-2003, 07:20 PM

http://www.seriousjuggling.com/MM_Ca...llectables.htm

check out the bottom of the list.. there's a Curious George, Donald Duck, Ernest the Balancing Bear...

diergray · 06-13-2003, 05:39 AM

i will have to look closer to the one at FAO. I always assumed that the monkey used batteries. Now I am wondering if there is a rotating arm on the wall that raises and lowers the ropen and the monkey is just being moved via gravity. Thanks for the help.

HeyAgain · 06-13-2003, 10:06 AM

Just ask the manager at FAO Schwartz where you could get it, and if they could special order it for you. If not, try the Toy 'R Us.

I am sure they know where this toy was ordered and purchased from.

Cynthetiq · 06-13-2003, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by diergray
i will have to look closer to the one at FAO. I always assumed that the monkey used batteries. Now I am wondering if there is a rotating arm on the wall that raises and lowers the ropen and the monkey is just being moved via gravity. Thanks for the help.

i've never seen a tightrope toy that wasn't working on gravity.. I've seen tightrope vertical climbers too...

good luck

MacGnG · 06-13-2003, 04:35 PM

thats cool i want one!

JStrider · 06-13-2003, 05:32 PM

one of those would be so freekin awesome for a dorm room..

MSD · 06-14-2003, 09:26 PM

My first thought about the subject is that "Schwartz Monkey" would make a great insult.

Oh yeah, I want one, too.

raggden · 06-14-2003, 11:08 PM

lol those monkeys are great, some funny stuff, i want one too now

greytone · 06-16-2003, 05:52 PM

They just closed most of the FAO stores, so that would have been a good place to get one. The one hear in town has one end of the tightrope attached to a clocklike device, with the arm making a rotation about every 5 to 10 seconds. Gravity is the only source of energy for the monkey. All of the potential energy come from the raising and lowering of the end of the tightrope.

BBtB · 06-16-2003, 05:57 PM

Maybe I am an uneducated hick but what the frudge is a FAO Shwartz?

apetaster · 06-16-2003, 06:06 PM

It's an upscale toy store chain found in bigger cities. It's also been battling bankruptcy for some time, so that monkey may not last forever.

Tom Hanks in big where he did the 'Chopsticks' thing on the big keyboard - that's FAO Schwartz (if I recall correctly.)

06-12-2003, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	FAO Shwartz monkey If you have ever been in a FAO Shwartz you have seen the little monkey on the unicycle that goes back and forth on a rope. Does anyone know where you can buy one? My son loves it but I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks. __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

06-12-2003, 07:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	http://www.seriousjuggling.com/MM_Ca...llectables.htm check out the bottom of the list.. there's a Curious George, Donald Duck, Ernest the Balancing Bear... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

06-13-2003, 05:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	i will have to look closer to the one at FAO. I always assumed that the monkey used batteries. Now I am wondering if there is a rotating arm on the wall that raises and lowers the ropen and the monkey is just being moved via gravity. Thanks for the help. __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

06-13-2003, 05:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	one of those would be so freekin awesome for a dorm room.. __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

06-16-2003, 05:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	They just closed most of the FAO stores, so that would have been a good place to get one. The one hear in town has one end of the tightrope attached to a clocklike device, with the arm making a rotation about every 5 to 10 seconds. Gravity is the only source of energy for the monkey. All of the potential energy come from the raising and lowering of the end of the tightrope. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"

06-13-2003, 10:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
HeyAgain Psycho	Just ask the manager at FAO Schwartz where you could get it, and if they could special order it for you. If not, try the Toy 'R Us. I am sure they know where this toy was ordered and purchased from.

06-13-2003, 04:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	thats cool i want one!

06-14-2003, 09:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	My first thought about the subject is that "Schwartz Monkey" would make a great insult. Oh yeah, I want one, too.

06-14-2003, 11:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
raggden Crazy	lol those monkeys are great, some funny stuff, i want one too now

06-16-2003, 05:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	Maybe I am an uneducated hick but what the frudge is a FAO Shwartz? __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"

06-16-2003, 06:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
apetaster Insane Location: P.R. Mass.	It's an upscale toy store chain found in bigger cities. It's also been battling bankruptcy for some time, so that monkey may not last forever. Tom Hanks in big where he did the 'Chopsticks' thing on the big keyboard - that's FAO Schwartz (if I recall correctly.)