Steph

this tune has been knocking around in my head for about a week ... I keep singing the same couple of lines over and over so I looked it up to remember more of it

Thanks! That's funny. The opposite of how a few new marbles almost always slip into old lots. Somehow two older marbles slipped into my friend's new lot.

That's a nice video length. And the music was pretty cool also. And the winner had an exciting finish

I'm having a really hard time getting the contrast between the two shades. The hues are close here (on my monitor). This was too bright but it's the setting where I got the most angles.

oh fun *goes to get a hot chocolate and a blanket to settle in and watch the episode*

I don't know what to make of those other colors. Those two white ribbons remain my anchor. They say Rainbo machine or early Asian. The rest doesn't change that for me, but it stops me from going any further.

The partial ribbon symmetry and the bubbly base look Peltier. (with a hint of early Asian) Is there more stuff happening inside? Something green inside the champagne? Or is that reflection?

Thanks, I'll try to rustle up a few more pix.

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.

The Vacor Banana Swirl is a pretty variety.

me neither my first thought was modern but I'm really not sure

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.

And you literally mean irons in the fire!

neato

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.

I like the look of it. Hmmm ... the wings appear to lift away from the body. A key hider?

Hi., Welcome. Those are good ones. Wirepulls from about 1960. Made by the Veiligglas company in Amsterdam.

Good idea. And good luck.

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 don't practice with my mother's. But I do have other tops that I occasionally practice with.

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!

Nice! I'll try to find some worthy of the thread.

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.