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I could see Akro, sort of looks like an ear pinched up in a fold - or is that a seam? it's a nice one, no matter who made it. My vote, Akro, or maybe CAC or . . ? Yeah, I'm a lot help.

But I can guarantee its' better than my chance of finding a decent trout stream in Indiana!

I'm all in with Akro on the first, but that second one gives me a bit of a weird MK vibe too . . very long seams, two green ribbons, a mustache-looking white patch on one pole and weird-colored patch that went crazy on the other? or Akro? I don't think I'm seeing it but. . .?

15 years, Bill . . . I've offered you everything but the moon for that rack. . . maybe an Alley with so much AV it'll make you choke up would sweeten the pot?

You're a good man, Chad. And those are dandy displays you put together! I can guarantee I have many of the retail version of those mibs around here, and one day, I'm going to start matching them up - these pics will come in real handy then!

For a lot of the science, $$$ really isn't the objective, knowledge is. Many times, $$$ and control is what drives the application of the knowledge gained through science, although things like improved health, better food, a cleaner environment, etc. are more ecumenical benefits of such work. Wondering is a very important thing, Steph, you know that. It's how you keep learning! Fact is though, this stuff is a little too much like work for me. I'd much rather talk marbles!

This sort of stuff is just like any other technology, guns included. It's entirely dependent on who's deploying it and what they're doing with it.

You've got a lot right here, Chad. And I didn't mean anything negative toward you or anyone else with my comments, just trying to inject a little reality into he thread. As I said, these sorts of experiments can be very interesting and even enlightening and valuable from a scientific perspective, but when you really understand whats happening and how it works, you realize it's nothing to be taken lightly. And as you said, science always develops way more rapidly than any real ethical discussion about it, and way faster than the general population begins to understand it.

Okay, the flying cat thing is pretty funny, mostly because it's not real. But make no mistake, the vast majority of these hybrids are not "bred" - no, a Begal Tiger and a short-haired tabby did not breed. Eggs or sperm were harvested from each, in-vitro fertilization was done and the embryos developed in a petri dish, the few chimeras that developed from many attempts were implanted into a surrogate mother, very few of those actually implanted into the uterus, and the vast majority of any fetuses that began to develop died before or shortly after they were born. It is likely a fair number of Mothers also died in the process. Honestly, it's interesting from a scientific perspective but I don't find it all that entertaining.

Now you're just being mean, Bill.

Nice, Bill. The Heatons are cool - I like the hats. And what's better than a gumball machine full of mint Bananas!

If the base on the first is transparent, I'd say Vitro for sure. A look at the other seam might help make a positive ID easier too. As for the wild second one, I shouldn't even guess without seeing the other seam, so I won't. 🙂

If that red went all the way around the marble (encircling the yellow) you'd have a Superior.

It is structured like a Sparkler but most people would not call it one. As far as I know, Sparklers are have multiple colors.

If the last one is on a transparent base, I'd say it's a pretty cool Vitro (Conqueror style), but I can't really tell from the pics. The center does look Alley but it's also giving me a newer vibe. The first one does look like it could be Jabo, but Alley made swirls with those colors too, so I'd want to see another angle or two.

I'm thinking more Akro, maybe Master. There really aren't any vanes like a cat's eye. It's got the structure of a Sparkler, if only it had the color.

I'm seeing a Vitro.

I think you're into Marble Kings now. The first is newer (double patches), the middle is a pretty standard patch and ribbon style tri-color and the name of the third escapes me at the moment but it's essentially a Double Ribbon style (a Rainbow Red - I came up with it!) - if you compare it to the patch and ribbon (#2), I think you'll get my drift - it's older too. Nice sizes! Oh yea, and you certainly can find green AV on some MKs so it's possible.

Hey Tommy, If you look close, I think you'll notice that the Angels are NLR's with six ribbons. What you are showing are Rainbos - cool mibs, but not too uncommon.

It's a little hard to tell from just these pics, but the first one looks like it might be a Vitro, while the second looks foreign.

That is a cool looking marble, Edward! But I really don't know who made it. Champion made a lot of wire-pull types but this doesn't look like one of theirs, at least to me. I think this one might be German or Dutch.

Look for the eyelashes too, Tommy. They're most common on Akro, although Masters show the trait pretty regularly and you might find it much less frequently on other marbles too.

It's hard to tell given the lighting. It might be Master but it also looks like it might be foreign, at least to me.

They're all nice, Bill. I especially like that oddball Christmas Tree.

The strong lighting sort of confuses me, it's hard to see the seams, and the mibs look surreal. For ID purposes, it's best to see them the way they look in hand under more normal lighting. I think these are Vitro, mostly caged style.Although, I think folks may have slightly different definitions of "caged". Many of the cages style vanes are thinner. Some of these are more like vanes than the classic cage-style, but these do appear to separate at the axis, which is a must for a cage style.