Construction toy, moving, with box, pamphlets and additional parts, a series of cogs move plastic monkeys hanging from trees, 'Movin' Monkeys' building set, from 'Gears! Gears! Gears!' series, produced by Learning Resources, manufactured in Korea, 2006.

Movin' Monkey's toy. Seven interlocked green plastic base parts with coloured cogs attached. Plastic trees are attached to the cogs between which plastic vines are hung. On the trees and vines plastic monkeys sit and hang. There is also a green and brown plastic palm tree with a hole at the bottom where the tree can be inserted into the main model.

The packaging is a cardboard box with a plastic handle at the top. It is colour printed and shows several pictures of the toy on all sides. The back of the box shows two children playing with the toy, and lists how the toy can be played with.

With the toy is an 8-page instruction manual, with an image of the assembled toy on the cover. Each instruction is illustrated with a diagram of the toy. There is also a 24-page pamphlet advertising toys made by Learning Resources. Photographic images accompany the desciptions of the toys.

Given by Learning Resources Ltd

This toy was donated to the Museum by Learning Resources together with another of their popular learning toys.

The Movin' Monkeys building set is part of the Gears! Gears! Gears! series produced by toy manufacturers, Learning Resources in 2006.

The crank-operated toy can be assembled in a number of ways encouraging a child's creativity and teaching them the mechanics of cogs and gears.

B.250:1 to 5-2010