Talking toy Monkey

[Heather74]

Please, please can anyone else remember a toy monkey, very similar to the Chad Valley Jacko Monkey's , but he was made by PEDIGREE, He could say three Phrases when you pulled his arms.
1 Have a Banana
2 munch, Munch
3 I am Jack??/ or my name is Jack

This would be a toy of the late 70's maybe 80's. I found one a few months back for sale on a foreign Ebay, I cant even be sure which one!!! So I know he existed and my family recall him too. I would love to find one I can buy.Or at least show a photo to my Children.
Thanks for any help.
Heather

[joybee]

Re: Talking toy Monkey

Course I can Fev - I bought it !! You are NOT going mad, he existed and could deffo talk - with the aid of a battery of course

[Heather74]

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Sixty, when you found the picture of my monkey, did it not say that one talked?? only he looks so much like him!!

[sixtyten]

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Can't think. don't recall it being mentioned
Was it one of those pull-string talking things or did you have to squeeze him?

[Heather74]

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you pulled his arms Mum say's he had a speaker in his back But He honestly looked like the photo you gave me!! soft body, hard hands, feet and face. He was deffo Pedigree not Chad Valley

[sixtyten]

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All the ones I see are Chad valley non-talking, searching for info now

[Heather74]

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Thank you, it means a lot. I should have kept the ebay link along with your picture

Sixty, do you have any Argos catalogues from the late 70's/early 80's as mum thinks he may have been brought from there? Thats if you have time to look.

[sixtyten]

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Yes..just checking

[sixtyten]

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There is a chimp on there. he talks too, but he is not made by pedigree, and he can say 10 things. looks a bit like a jacko, but not a real Chad Valley Jacko.
its in the Argos 1976 book
I reckon the one you had was not a jacko, but a jacko-a-like.
Either this one or a later version

[joybee]

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You are a sweetheart for looking SIXTYTEN - don't know where she is unless one of the kids are awake
Any chance of a pic please ??

[sixtyten]

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Yep..I just found something interesting too..

[sixtyten]

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This is the 76 burbank chatter" chimp

[joybee]

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Very similar love, but Heathers DEFFO said Have a Banana, munch munch!! among it's phrases.
Can't thank you enough for trying

[Heather74]

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Oh Sixty that does sound quite good, the ebay discription led me to think it was pedigree, and she only listed the three phrases, but its a possibility I dont want to rule out!!! Just because some woman said pedigree on ebay.

[sixtyten]

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Now, that picture is pretty crappy, but a search of old cached Ebay pages threw up these close ups..much better quality doll and great face. This is also a Burbank talking monkey..