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@Fire1981 mentioned this to me a while back. I have now assembled what I have...21 in all colours and sizes. These are definitely one of my favorites

This was a challenge. But I persisted. It can be done. Yeah, I make my own hang tags, headers, or whatever they're called. Turtles are my next venture.

I agree, Winnie's are the most beautiful examples! 😊✨ Then I will add several more from the Seike family. Back in December 2021, Reiko Seike sent me a box full of marbles being passed down in the family. Some got 3 ribbons, some stretch like vanes. These below are a local find.

Here is a picture of some Figure 8's posted by Winnie from The Netherlands (RIP) back in 2010.

The weirdest thing yet that I have pulled from an assorted net bag. This is a totally veneered pattern with a bit of an amber glow in the transparent base when held to light. It is 21/32. I have heard older Vacors are sometimes found in net bags? Well anyway, I have never seen anything that remotely resembles this marble that came from Mexico. I thought "What's a Vitro Tri-Lite doing in here?" but this is so odd. And I do think it is actually very pretty.

Recent Alley Addition. 1”!!!

I love Stephen Bahr, and thank you for your welcome, because I found this awesome site and all you guys, marbles are even better, I come here just to test myself, I'm getting good! I LOVE MARBLES! I will be in and out now, I can't thank you all so much, and I thought the oin community was just so nice and enjoyable, but you marble guy rock too

Fun Friday Facts. Akro’s are cool!

Onionskin with plenty of mica

I agree Here is a reproduction by Kelly Schmidt, He makes them very well

My 10 sec of fame 🤹‍♂️🎉 Nice video among the "Stars" serving Vintage Machinemade Marbles Ow Yeah 😃😃😃 Thanks @stephenb

Got these guys out for some sunshine today. 15/16" +/-

I finally won my first and only lot thus far with Blocks auctions last night and I am glad to add any Marble Kings to my stash. I see a good number of Bumble Bees and Cub Scouts in here which always widen my eyes. Looks like there might be some Cubs that are Kato type. Someday I will get a few of the harder to find Blended ones and the likes of Spidermans, Green Hornets, Dragonflys, Watermelons, and Hercules. For now, all the kids at recess will be so jealous of me, trying to win my Marble King Rainbows. Image is from Mr. Blocks auction 01/25/2026.

Tommy has sucked it up and volunteered to become a Moderator. Please welcome him with open arms and give him the same respect that you give to @bumblebee, @Steph @Chad G.—little ole me and @Melissa. We need the help sooner than later and I am happy to welcome Tommy—He deserves it for sure. Marble—On Tommy!!

I was wondering if anyone has examples of all the colors available in figure 8s. Or maybe we could even have people add their variety to this thread. I am sure @shiroaiko and @YasudaCollector as well as @Parmcatand many more could give some examples. Here are the ones I could quickly identify from my jar of Japanese mibs...

It's a reddish-orange. But it turns more to red Here is the red, as it appears..

Got these in a large Ebay lot this week. Loving working through them all

I've been smitten with the Jabo Moon Glow run!

Ruby Bee is a Peltier name, Blended ruby bee is MK, welcome to the land of confusion. Peltier Ruby Bee This is a MK blended Ruby Bee LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?p=371004&hilit=marble+king+blended+ruby+bee#p371004

I don’t think this is a ruby bee either.

Jumbo- 1,220 (31 mm)

Happy Friday!

Thanks Chad… I was aware of the all the icons associated with the heart i just never noticed the trophy there.

100% German striped nice one !!

"Welcome to Marble Connection" First group look like Peltier Rainbo's Probable Akro corkscrew

X3, Vacor

correct, this one is 100% CAC, no fading and good CAC structure, they're getting better and better at imitating, it's getting verry hard to tell. No color fading here, nice marble !!

Sad to hear about this. He was enthusiastic and lively and always willing to chip in. RIP.

Scored a .75" black base opaque lutz for $20

My winning auction bags arrived today that appear in the post just prior to Alta's purty mibs above. They are now surrounded by a bunch of 1 inch and player size brown rainbows that are more modern Marble Kings in this large Riker case. I find the bags hold about 15 Bumblebees and 15 Cub Scouts and a few oddsters. They will be serving their time, imprisoned in the bags as long as I am warden. Guilty of being cool.

It's almost Akro Friday 🤩 A UV Spiral 15/16" ** EDIT - Well, that's it, I've done lost my mind. I posted this exact marble only 20 days ago

Some (mostly) Rainbos

Some Yellows from peltier 😎

x2, Not polished. That's original surface IMO.

Some MKs for this Monday

X2, MFC, I don't think it's polished, all the dimples have smooth edges, just someone took good care of it and it never got played. Surface looks natural to me, you can even see a few wrinkles.

My favorite, some call him a 'clown'

5/8” CAC striped opaque

Akros for the win

Caged solid core, what's the size ?? I see one bubble pop and 2 fleas, otherwise a pretty clean marble. Unfinished pontils and on both ends helps me date it to between 1870 or so and 1910. The size is probably around 11/16ths, just guessing though, most of these were made by the Germans for the English gameboard market, the brighter colors also help date it. Dollars to doughnuts it was part of a gameboard set at one time.

Looks Vacor to me

perils of the hobby

Japanese

Cased Clambroth. I know it sounds wrong ( should be a milky translucent base) but it's 100% transparent clear based. All of them I've seen sold (which has been verry verry few) have been called cased clambroths. VVVHTF took me 40 years to find one in the wild. Only divided ribbon core I've seen W that much Black on the ribbons to the left, just below the clambroth.

X4, Akro all the way, probably one of their most common patch color combo's, The ones I have this color are minute, pee-wee or bordering thereof

X2, agree W Akro slag

@Melissa has agreed to become a Moderator here @TheMarbleConnection. She is a stand up, well informed collector that will give you her best--always. Please give her the same respect that you give to Step, Chad and I. I absolutely welcome Melissa, and her ID knowledge, along with her wit and wisdom. This is a great thing! Marble--On!!

Yea it was cool .. @Mojo nice 👍🏼👍🏼😎

nice man.