Actually, a friend's father gave him the marbles. And my friend sent them home with me to ID them ... and then .... *hanging head* .... I kept them so long that they got lost back in my labyrinthine office area and when I found them again my friend had already moved to Colorado and he didn't really want them (which I already knew) and so now they're mine. But we will never speak of this again.
I don't know where the father picked them up.
This pretty, slightly undersized, two-tone marble came in a lot which was almost entirely modern. (There was a single blackline All-Red plus a bunch of Vacors and modern Asians.)
I checked our favorite Vacor site for matches. If it was there I missed it.
What do you think? The darker brown seems just a little darker or more solid in hand than I'm seeing it on the monitor but overall I think I got the picture close to right.
Ha! That pirate still makes me laugh.
I could watch blue frogs all day. Or at least on my breaks from watching chipmunks.
Yes, the race car and bees are cool too.
1970 has been the cut-off for modern since I first learned about it. But that was years ago. One of these days, the cut-off will have to move, won't it.
More fun with unpacking, almost two years after we moved in to our "new" house. This booklet is from 1953. Which is perfect since our house is from 1951.
I'm so bored I unpacked boxes that came with me when we moved in almost two years ago now!
Found my marble books. Cleared a shelf to put them on.
And found my dug WV swirls!
Thanks, guys.
At least five colors on Chuck's first one. Yes, I was thinking about the "how many colors can a Master have?" question, but I didn't want to be to specific because I didn't want to close off any eye candy options.
Any fans?
I'm watching the new one for free at BBCAmerica. http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/full-episodes/season-11/episode-01-the-woman-who-fell-to-earth