Barrel of Monkeys

by Milton Bradley

Product Features

• Create a chain of chimps in this monkey-fun linking game! Hook together twelve and you win!
• A classic favorite! One or more players.
• Fun for all ages and makes a great dorm decoration!
• Ages 3 & up. The game includes a plastic barrel filled with linking monkeys.
• Please note that the color of the barrels and monkeys vary & will be chosen at random upon shipment.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 4.8 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IWHE
• Item model number: 04056
• Our recommended age: 4 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,512 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

What's more fun than a barrel of monkeys' Well, actually nothing! Children will have hours of fun with Milton Bradley's Barrel of Monkeys! For 1 or more players. Please note that the color of the barrels and monkeys vary & will be chosen at random upon shipment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monkey Monkey Monkey!, October 21, 2000

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Ricardo Signes "rjbs" (Bethlehem, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barrel of Monkeys (Toy)

The "Barrel of Monkeys" game may be one of the easiest, simplest games ever to be marketed. It consists of a plastic barrel about the size of a grapefruit filled with little plastic monkeys, arms extended and bent. (You've seen them, either in Toy Story, 12 Monkeys, or in your genetic memory. These things have been around forever.) The goal of the game is to pick up a string of monkeys by holding the top one and looping arms together. It's about as complicated as pick-up sticks, and more fun -- after all, it's monkey-based.

The fun of Barrel of Monkeys isn't the game. It's the score of plastic monkeys. Monkeys are inherently funny, plastic loop-armed monkeys even moreso. Consider the price, too: a couple dollars for a whole barrel of monkeys. How can you /not/ afford to buy it?

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH $3 to $5, December 28, 2004

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Anchorage (Alaska) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barrel of Monkeys (Toy)

My six year old got a Barrel of Monkeys for Christmas. After dumping them on the table and trying to hook them, we both found it a bit difficult and frustrating and put it aside. And then I recalled similar feelings from my childhood. After reflecting on this, I decided, instead, not to dump them on a hard surface, but to hook them from inside the barrel. This is more fun and the ability to hook more than a very few becomes attainable. My six year old is now having a great time with the monkeys and has been able to hook seven at a time. If you're frustrated or bored--try hooking them from inside the barrel--still challenging (especially the last one!) and much more fun.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More fun than a barrel of monkeys!, August 24, 2005

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Rosemary A. Bertinelli "Freelance Writer" (Carbondale, PA United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barrel of Monkeys (Toy)

Although the quality of the monkeys has diminished since I was a kid, today's monkeys are much fun for my boys as they were for me.

We have accumulated many sets over the past few years, (thanks to donkey kong and the barrell thing). My boys are forever linking them from everything in our house that they can imagine. I often find long chains of monkeys hanging around the house in various creative places!

Monkeys are great and they are worth buying a few for the imaginative and creative play that they inspire.