I haven’t seen monkeys, the woodpecker version is familiar to me. Don’t know if it had a generic name.
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In Mexico they had el chapulin Colorado!
Something like this, but the hammer and or the antennae had springs on them:
That's why I was trying to find a name. I got no clue what one might call this in Spanish.
I still have a similar one. It's a vertical metal rod on a wooden base and a wooden ball on top. There's a ring that can slide along the rod. The ring has a tiny woodpecker figure mounted on a spring. With the ring in the top position you pull the bird and it starts pecking on the rod, moving the ring downwards with each peck, making that boinging & ticking noise. I used to love it as a kid. I still do. But I used to, too.
EDIT found a video of this exact one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szhxh1eEEL4
We have one just like this, but without the purple feather. It maybe used to have one, it's very old.
That's hilarious and totally unexpected! But way better than I expected to find! Thanks!
Oh! I had one just like that when I was a kid!
I found something that seems like what you're talking about by searching "vintage tin monkey toy" on eBay. They look like little spring monkey on a stick toys.
Beautiful! Thanks!
I believe you're describing a Tin Litho Climbing Monkey.
Here's an example.
Very interesting but it was that other one with the spring. But this one is really interesting too.