Was talking to someone who said not to play bush whacker monkey as the rare prizes are too expensive. Like 900 for level 2.
Is this right?

The prizes in the Bush Whacker monkey seem much more expensive than I'm used to - the stage 2 rare prizes cost 400 bronze tokens and the stage 3 rare prizes cost 900 bronze tokens. I don't have much of a basis for comparison since I can't see the prices of the prizes I've already won/bought, but the stage 1 prizes in Marine Biologist are 50 bronze tokens, and the stage 9 prizes in the Artist monkey are 460 gold tokens.
But the store price of the rare prizes shouldn't be a deciding factor in whether or not you play a monkey... I mean, they are still winnable. Since I don't use tokens for hammers, I typically wind up with thousands of extra tokens in each completed monkey anyway. I think it adds an extra level of challenge that you can't just go "well, I found all the common prizes, time to buy the rare ones to finish up the level". It kind of reminds me of the original Bush Whacker game, where I would spend days whacking on the same screen to get the last customization item. Kind of frustrating, but it really ups the satisfaction when you finally get it.

Thank you both for your feedback. It's important to us that the game is rewarding for both veteran and new players.