# Looking for a very specific stuffed monkey (brown w/blue face, bought at Babies-R-Us) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830 "2010-11-16T04:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/1 "2010-11-16T04:17:48Z")
Hi, This monkey was bought at Babies-R-Us a little over a year and a half ago. It came with a matching baby blanket. I’m looking for a replacement but can’t seem to find one anywhere. I’m hoping maybe one of the moms around here has an unwanted one they’d sell, or knows where I can buy one. It’s my son’s “special” doll and it’s starting to kind of wear out, and my wife and I are both terrified we’re going to lose it at some point. We’d really love a back up / replacement. Pics are here and here: > **[ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](https://imageshack.com/)** > > Unlimited space to host images, easy to use image uploader, albums, photo hosting, sharing, dynamic image resizing on web and mobile. > **[ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](https://imageshack.com/)** > > Unlimited space to host images, easy to use image uploader, albums, photo hosting, sharing, dynamic image resizing on web and mobile. I can get more pics if that leaves any ambiguity. Please note, though, I am not at all interested in a similar monkey. Only one that is exactly like this. Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/2 "2010-11-16T04:31:24Z")
Check eBay. There is a pretty healthy market in resale of plush toys on eBay for this specific reason. I did a quick search on “toys r us monkey” and “babies r us monkey” and didn’t turn up any that look identical to yours. However, look at the tag on the back of the toy and maybe you can find more specific descriptive information there that will help you search. Also, keep running the search every week or so, and one might come up. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/3 "2010-11-16T04:34:07Z")
Is there a tag on it? I’d be more then happy to run the UPC through ShopSavvy. Come to think of it, have you tried just googling the bar code? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/4 "2010-11-16T04:35:58Z")
I don’t think he has a tag on him. I’ll have to check tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/5 "2010-11-16T15:19:08Z")
I tried looking at the Toys R Us site, they have a monkey listed with blanket, but no photo. It’s called a [NoJo plush Monkey](http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4300635), though Google searches show something that looks similar but isn’t. Then again it is a search. I’m pretty sure that we had one as I remembered when I saw your photo. However, my wife and I split and she took most of the stuff. I’ll look when I get home tonight, but make no promises. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/6 "2010-11-16T15:49:07Z")
I took this as a google challenge - is this it? [http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews](http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews) It seems to have the same brown star under its foot. Unfortunately this link isn’t to buy it, but at least you have a name now (if that’s the right one). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/7 "2010-11-16T15:50:57Z")
> [@arseNal](#): > > I took this as a google challenge - is this it? > > [http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews](http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews) > > It seems to have the same brown star under its foot. Wow. I like to think I have some Google fu, but this…this is epic Google fu. My hat is off to you, sir. (If that’s not the same monkey, it is amazingly close.) ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/8 "2010-11-16T16:07:17Z")
Wow. The Dope can find anything. I gave it a few minutes of Google Fu, but couldn’t hack it. Way to find it! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/9 "2010-11-16T16:27:51Z")
Best of luck, but be aware that Replacement Monkey will not actually _replace_ the beloved monkey, should he ever meet an untimely demise or get left behind at Cracker Barrel on the way home from Florida. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/10 "2010-11-16T16:33:42Z")
To be honest, I obsessively spent nearly ten minutes on it, muttering to myself “I’m going to find this damn monkey if it’s the last thing I do” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/11 "2010-11-16T17:08:51Z")
> [@arseNal](#): > > I took this as a google challenge - is this it? > > [http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews](http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/koala-baby-monkey-plush-blanket-reviews) > > It seems to have the same brown star under its foot. Unfortunately this link isn’t to buy it, but at least you have a name now (if that’s the right one). Holy @#$% what search terms did you use? My google-fu is spoken of in whispers among my friends and family and I’ve been searching fruitlessly for months. Now I just need to find one for sale. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/12 "2010-11-16T19:59:13Z")
If you do actually buy the thing, start rotating it for regular use as soon as you can, rather than waiting for the old one to wear out or get lost. If you lose the old one, and introduce a suspiciously clean new one, it might get rejected. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/13 "2010-11-16T20:55:43Z")
They opened up a new Babies R Us near me recently. I can check this week if you like. (Believe me, I know the horror of the missing stuffie. I get chills just thinking of it.) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/14 "2010-11-16T20:57:26Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > They opened up a new Babies R Us near me recently. I can check this week if you like. > > (Believe me, I know the horror of the missing stuffie. I get chills just thinking of it.) Thank you! Can’t seem to find it for sale anywhere online or at the local Babies-R-Uses. (“Uses”?) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/15 "2010-11-16T21:01:28Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Thank you! Can’t seem to find it for sale anywhere online or at the local Babies-R-Uses. > > (“Uses”?) Yeah, I was just looking on ebay. God damn there are a lot of monkeys on ebay. 🙂 ETA: I’ll let you know if I have any luck. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/16 "2010-11-16T21:28:57Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Best of luck, but be aware that Replacement Monkey will not actually _replace_ the beloved monkey, should he ever meet an untimely demise or get left behind at Cracker Barrel on the way home from Florida. Actually, if the youngster is young enough, you can usually arrange a substitution without the child noticing. I speak from experience here. We were fortunate enough to realize that our kids had chosen their special stuffed thing, while said stuffed thing was still available - and procured duplicates of each. Never got busted at it, except for once when somehow **Dweezil** got hold of a spare, and the original turned up, and for about 12 hours he was thrilled to have not one, but TWO bunnies. Spare bunny got “misplaced” a few hours later and he never questioned it. Another time, a spare was at hand, and he walked into the room with the other, and the spare got slam-dunked into the nearest empty hiding place: a soup pot (fortunately empty). Now that the kids are much older (and still rather fond of the stuffies), we can’t swap 'em out any more even though we still have spares. Oh well. Crossing fingers for you, **cisco** , that you’re able to locate a spare! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/17 "2010-11-16T21:33:36Z")
Whatever. Your baby won’t know the difference anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/18 "2010-11-16T21:46:18Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Whatever. Your baby won’t know the difference anyway. Are you serious? I can’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/19 "2010-11-16T21:51:38Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > > > Whatever. Your baby won’t know the difference anyway. > > Are you serious? I can’t tell. Just threadshitting. Living up to her (his?) user name. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830/20 "2010-11-16T21:56:37Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Are you serious? I can’t tell. Heh. A little bit, but mainly joking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-very-specific-stuffed-monkey-brown-w-blue-face-bought-at-babies-r-us/560830.md?page=2)