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Aakro Agate (yes, two A's at the start in the name on the trademark registration page, but not on the box) Trademark Serial Number: 85834165 Mark: AAKRO AGATES SHOOT STRAIGHT AS A KRO FLIES http://www.trademark247.com/aakro+agates+shoot+straight+as+a+kro+flies-85834165-1.html http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85834165&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=documentSearch http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn85834165&docId=SPE20130131072359#docIndex=13&page=1

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My guess for the one Greg posted is a modern repro box from the people who re-registered the Akro trademark -- remember those guys? And then maybe it was messed up a little so it looked older. .... anyone save the photos of the known repro from when we were talking about the repro company registering the trademark? I know I did somewhere, but can't think of how to search for it. Edit: I found the photo I was looking for. The sample pictured with the trademark registration is not identical to the box Greg posted. But it's a good reminder of what is out there. Going to post it in another thread. And the box Greg posted is still a mess! aiyiyi

Google some fried marbles and see how the pix compare. Here's an Etsy listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/90725695/fried-marbles-rose

You sure it's glass? The glow in the dark part is still a puzzle.

Luscious alliterations. Pretty pictures.

How To Fry Marbles

Glow in the dark? Without blacklight? Weeeeeeeerd! Okaaaaaay. Well, except for the glow in the dark part, it looks like a "fried marble". That was a fad in the 60's. People made jewelry with and other crafts with them. Since it's glow in the dark, I have to ask if it is actually glass.

Hey you guys! I was trying to do a legit box thread!

Ugh! *sticks tongue out at Hansel* It's that seller. Is that box legit?

That's a lotta marbles! ! ! ! ! !

Thanks, guys! Amazing to still have "new" boxes surfacing.

Vitro Superiors (from WVMCC newsletter)

Bowling ball and 714 marbles

Let's start again, without the distraction of that box on eBay

Good observation.

Subliminal messages? Bob is sweet and funny and nice. Why would you think that? Bob is sweet and funny and nice. I don't understand. Bob is sweet and funny and nice. Don't worry about that. Really don't worry. Bob is sweet and funny and nice. You're not missing anything.

It's a scary good copy, and the forger's next copy is going to be even better now that they see some of the things they need to fix. Someone is going to get burned. But I'm still glad I got to learn about the real deal. And hopefully the forger will still make some other mistakes so we can catch them again.

Look at the bar on the Ebay box. And that is not the only difference in the print. I don't like giving people lessons on how to improve the details of their reproductions. But the Ebay box does not match the Hardy box. And that is in addition to the marbles being wrong and the box structure sending up warning flags. Ebay: Hardy:

Well, since we're only talking about this one box here, I'll change the title of the thread. We can start a different thread for other boxes.

Good question!

Hardy's box is incomplete. However, Hardy's box does look like the blue marbles are the correct size. The inner box was for the smaller marbles. The larger marbles went on the edge. The box on ebay got the marble sizes wrong and I suspect if I saw them closely I would confirm the marble structures were also wrong.

The picture in Hardy's book is 23-years-old. I suspect the lighting skewed the colors. The one "like" this on eBay recently only matched the colors in the Hardy book. It had one significant difference on the label. If I'm correct about my take on the coloring, this could be a case of bad lighting in an old photo tricking the box copier and saving the day for collectors.

such an insightful show that was