A-196, Ape Baby
Height: 7/8”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates:
S1953-F1953, as “Baby Monkey” (Cream/brown)
F1969, as “Baby Monkey” (Grey [rare])
S1979-S1980, as “Baby Ape” (Black/white; , Brown [rare])
Mold Book Name: Monkey, baby
Notes: This piece has been erroneously attributed to Tom Masterson.
A-313, Chimpanzee Baby
Height: 1 ¼”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates:
S1969-F1969, “Baby Chimpanzee” (Brown/green shirt [htf]; Brown, black shirt/green tie [htf])
F1979-F1989, as “Baby Chimpanzee” (Black/green shirt, Black/blue shirt)
Mold Book Name: Chimpanzee baby
A-29, Flower Monkey Baby
Length: 1 3/8”
Designer: Otto Analla
Production Dates:
as Baby Monkey 1949-F1950 (Brown, black or brown facial detail, pipe cleaner tail)
Mold Book Name: Monkey, baby
Notes: A-28 and the matching baby, A-29, were apparently given the name “Flower Monkey” because their pipe cleaner tails could be used to attach them to a flower or plant. Some pieces have lost their tails over the years.
Keywords: ape, chimp
A-28, Flower Monkey Mama
Length: 2 ½”
Designer: Otto Analla
Production Dates:
1949-F1950, as “Flower Monkey” (Brown, black or brown facial detail, pipe cleaner tail)
Mold Book Name: Monkey, Mama
Notes: A-28 and the matching baby, A-29, were apparently given the name “Flower Monkey” because their pipe cleaner tails could be used to attach them to a flower or plant. Some pieces have lost their tails over the years.
Keywords: ape, chimp
A-3015, Gorilla
Height: 2 1/8”
Designer: Maureen Love
Production Dates:
S2006-2021 (Black)
Mold Book Name: Gorilla
Notes: This is a slightly smaller revision of 3015, Specialties Gorilla. They can be distinguished by color (Miniature Gorilla is dark brown with eyewhites; Specialties Gorilla is grey with dark yellow eyes) and stamp (Specialties Gorilla has HR stamp on the base).
A-195, Hanging Ape
Height: 2 7/8”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates:
S1953-F1953, as “Hanging Monkey” (Cream/brown)
F1969, as “Mama Monkey” (Grey [rare])
S1979-S1980, as “Gibbon Ape” (Black/white; Brown [rare])
Mold Book Name: Monkey, hanging
Notes: The Hanging Ape was designed to hang from a cup or other object, and does not stand alone. It has been erroneously attributed to Tom Masterson.
Note that the piece pictured in Charlton as “A-195 Gibbon” is an unreleased test, of which only two or three examples are known. This test piece is much smaller than the Hanging Ape.
A-194, Monkey, climbing, right arm extended
Length: 4”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates:
S1953-F1953, as “Climbing Monkey” (Cream/brown, pipe cleaner tail and vine)
Mold Book Name: Monkey, climbing
Notes: This piece was sold clinging to a pipe cleaner “vine”; almost all of the vines have been lost over time. The pipe cleaner tails are more likely to survive.
This piece has been erroneously attributed to Tom Masterson.
A-414, Monkey, seated
Height: 1 ¼”
Designer: Martha Armstrong
Production Dates:
F1958, as “Monkey #1” (Red-brown, detailed face)
S2011-F2011, as “Monkey” S2011-F2011 (Black), S2012-2021 (Brown)
Mold Book Name: Monkey, sitting
Notes: This piece has been misattributed to Tom Masterson.
A-415, Monkey, standing
Height: 1 ¼”
Designer: Martha Armstrong
Production Dates:
F1958-S1959, as “Monkey #2” (Brown, lightly detailed face [F1958-S1959]; Brown, two-tone face, elaborate facial detail [S1959])
F1966, as “Standing Monkey” (Brown, dot eyes [rare])
Mold Book Name: Monkey, standing
Notes: This piece has been misattributed to Tom Masterson.
A-3147, Orangutan with baby
Height: 1 5/8”
Designer: Robert McGuinness
Production Dates:
S1994-F1995 (Orange)
Mold Book Name: Orangutan and baby