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I agree, this one is the outlier.

There is some depth to the trans ribbons but no where near that much.

I know what I'd like it to be but I sure would like to hear some other opinions!

Just another comment, FWIW. If you look at the text-setting (alignment, spacing, etc.), especially on the word "STRAIGHT", it's pretty much a mess compared to other examples of this logo I have seen on Akro boxes (e.g., the "R" looks about to fall on its face) - again, not the sort of quality I would expect from Akro.

Thanks, Bruce. I guess I never really paid much attention to that section since I am not real big on hand-made marbles. It's interesting to me that they were sized in 1/8" increments, except the difference between a No. 0 and No. 1, which was a difference of 1/16" and the increment between No. 8 & No. 9 & No 10, which were 3/16"each. Honestly, the sizing system described seems a bit arbitrary to me, but I suppose it helped cover the bigger sized ones. The American machine-made system is much more standardized. As far as I know, it uses 1/16" increments throughout (No. 00 = 9/16, No. 0 = 10/16, No. 1 = 11/16, etc.), which makes it much more sensible, at least to me.

Now I'm wondering if it might be Master . . . wouldn't really surprise me too much.

I came across a group of these a long time ago - they're pretty crazy!

Yeah, it seems a little counterintuitive to open the long flap. For reference, you can check out my box with its contents here.

Master Made Marbles No. 5 Box

I forgot to ask, does the windowed top of the Master box lift up to open or does the box open at an end flap?

I'd be interested to see what Everett was talking about. Can you give me the edition and page number? Thanks.

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring this one out from the pics. If the base is trans red, I doubt it's Alley.

They're all nice but these^^ really float my boat!

It's legit, and a no. 5 mib would be 15/16". Although, the No. 5 on this box probably just refers to the box style. The second box also appears to be a legit jobber box. Although, I believe some of these were filled many years after the boxes themselves were made.

This is very sad news, indeed. Chuck was a great guy, incredibly knowledgable and always willing to share. I will never forget laying on the floor of his room with him at about 1:00 AM going through a huge cache of Ravenswods he had acquired, I don't even remember which show it was, we were much younger, no doubt, but I remember the fun we had together like it was yesterday. I also, remember being very thankful he was married to Dianne, who put up with such shenanigans on a pretty regular basis. I know Chuck was thankful for her too. RIP my friend. You will be missed.

I can share this pic, it's one of the best I've seen (posted by Craig)

Welcome aboard, that's a nice collection and exceptional photography too!

The Pokeball marble storage is pretty great. My son Jake was a huge Pokemon fan. He must not have known about these or we'd of had one, or more!

Well, that's a pretty one. Sort of a tough one. I'd like it to be Akro, but it looks mostly like an Imperial (foreign) to me. Although, you don't often see transparent in their opaque mibs like this one has - I like it!

Some Vitro hybrids certainly get that way!

I am sorry to hear it, Joep.

I had this box of marbles on my desk for the past 20 or so years. Students loved to poke through them when they came into my office, especially if they were embarrassed or being chided and didn't really want to look at me. I always kept a flashlight and UV light in my desk drawer too. Many students were interested to learn about the marbles, and about collecting them. They were always surprised that marble collecting was a thing. I would often tell classes a two-minute before-the-bell story about a recent marble show or acquisition, and I'd even show them pics. They always got a kick out of it - I think they were mostly amused by how excited I got about it. On a dozen or so occasions, they brought in old family marbles for me to look at and teach them a little about. In all that time, only one marble ever went missing, that I know of. It was an 11/16" Superman. A few days before I noticed it was gone, one of my colleague's young sons (~7 years old) was in visiting and playing with them, and I recalled that he had really taken a shine to that marble. About a month later when he was visiting again, he pulled that marble out of his pocket, fessed up and apologized for taking it. So I gave it to him as a reward for his honesty and courage. 🙂

Is the moisture damage/discoloration worse than you thought, Joep? Is that what you are referring to?

I think the only people that pronounce Vitro as vitt-row are people associated with the company and marblers.