Steph

whoa!

Are they AMT?

Imitation? Is there a story behind those?

That's some interesting information. Surprised by how closely a 1971 article meshes with we know now. (Not an exact match but still a modern-sounding rendition.) The two words which stand out to me are "blockbuster octopus". What a name!

Cool. Some new ones to me there too. I'll add them to the list. 1971 aggies, allies, mibs, migs, clayies, kimmies, immies, Chinees, crockies, pot-eyes, Chinas, bolders, blockbusters, peewee's, peedabs, doughies, doughie, blockbuster octopus, cloudies, clearies, flinties, ringers, shooters, red moonstone?, blue candy stripes?, steelies, glassies, miggle, crockie, aggie, robin's eggs, red eyes, blackies (so many names, I possibly missed some) "red eyes" are described as rare and transparent "blackies" are described as "as dark as nighttime in a tunnel" Foreign terminology: gudes (Brazil), Torrah (Africa), bowls (England), bolitas (South America), "kicking the marbles" (China)

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Love it!

Yes, what a wonderful one to have.

How close is my guess?

I see what you're saying. I wondered about that too. That's still my best guess. Maybe some runs did have it. Michelangelo runs were different from year to year. Maybe Hurricane runs were also? Well, I really don't know. So I won't keep trying to convince you!

You could upload them into a gallery album. Or if they're less than 450 kb apiece, upload them as attachments. If they're close to 450 without going over, you might need to make a separate post for each attachment. Or you could email them to one of us and we could do the work of hosting and posting.

Nice! Lovely to see detailed pic of a Japanese box.

Thanks! The middle pair might be Hurricanes.

Nice board. Looks like the Victories had some victories!

I like the football, and you like the football. And one of those is all that matters!

A few of the others do look like they might have originated from here in the US.

Hi Eggie! That black and white one is fantastic!

A few people have said they can't post links or images. I tried to replicate the problem but things are working okay on my end. If you are having trouble and could tell which browser you're using and tell a little about what glitch you're observing that might help us help tech support see what they need to do. Thanks.

It would be really difficult to be in the marble community for as many years as mon and not know what a Vitro Conqueror was. Maybe he was teasing, maybe he was serious. I still think yours is a Conqueror. Be confident in what you know. Don't worry about Mon.

My guess for size is 2 1/8 inches.

*eek* Did you look inside?

That's new to me!