Ric

Cool marbles, Duffy. And a interesting story behind them - too funny! -Ric

Thanks Al. If I correctly understand some info from the Consumer Product Safety Commission pages, it seems that the actual CHOKING HAZARD warnings were not required until after the Child Safety Protection Act of 1994. Although, I do believe that age recommendations (e.g., AGES 3 AND UP) were required earlier. After 1 January, 1995, marbles required the warning: CHOKING HAZARD - This toy is a marble. Not for children under 3 yrs.

The Choking Hazard Warning on this Taiwanese bag is for under age 6. Was that age ever commonly used? Does anyone have any other examples?

Happy Birthday, Darla. I hope you have a great day! -Ric

Here's a peewee I have:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Charles! I hope you have a great day.

You are welcome. Here are a few examples produced prior to the JOKER II Encore run earlier this year.

To the best of my knowledge, Jabo "tank wash marbles" are produced when colorless glass is used to wash out the bulk tanks prior to a marble run. Therefore, "tank wash marbles" tend to have a clear transparent base. Some may also contain colored glass, left over from prior runs, that washed out of the tank. Others may contain colored glass and/or other substances like gold lutz that were intentionally added.

Happy Birthday, Buddy! Just imagine what we could do with 999 if we had metric time! lol. I hope you have a great day. -Ric

Mike, Those are some beautiful marbles - outstanding work! Art is, obviously, in the eye of the beholder . . . that one's my favorite - gorgeous!

This link works. I checked it and it worked for me.

Thanks, Bubba. I didn't realize there was so much variation in the "base" color.

The lower left marble seems to have an odd color. It's not orange and not red, it's sort of a pinkish/golden-brown. I don't collect MKs so it might be common, but I didn't see a similar color in the previous posts. Any thoughts?

Oh yeah . . . now we're marbling!

More sunset variations . . .

I really like the ones in blue glass.

Steve, If I were you, I'd run out and buy a PowerBall ticket pronto. The odds of winning are way better than the odds of finding that in a random ditch! Amazing find - very cool! -Ric

Hmmm. . . Mobility for marbles . . . an excellent trade I'd say. Congratulations! I'm sure Weldon will put it to good use! -Ric

Nice, Bill. You gotta like the big ones! -Ric

Vitro

Wow Bruce, You weren't kidding when you said marbleS. Great find - too much fun!

Nice, Big John. I'm keen on the green. Here's some on a Cairo.

I love the depth on this one.

Nice little six-ribbon transparent there, Felicia. You gotta watch some those Rainbos . . . heck, I've even found NLRs contaminating my WV swirls.