The Nickel Guy

That red stripe, patch and transparent base makes me think of a Vitro Helmet and I am not saying it's a helmet but I think it is a Vitro. But then . . . that stripe is not exactly red is it?

It came from Moon Marble in a Vacor assortment bag.

Alright! Another Stephen B production! You little devil. 👹 Thank you for all you do. I will watch this on my TV tonight. saving it for later on. LATE EDIT: I did watch this last night. Quite interesting. Yes, that is my little solar powered Dollar Tree devil. I used to have a bunch of those things. LOL

I can't for the life of me remember or find what this one is called. It is probably not a streamer nor a spaghetti or Cats Eye. Please help and thank you.

I only have a few but this was an educational thread. Nice marbles too VA!

I forgot to say table was Oak

Nice Marbles too

If there's a Quacamaya in there LOL Quack . . . spelling. I don't see a duck either. Glad Melissa doesn't see one too.

If there's a Quacamaya in there, I really don't see a great example. Patience sir ... a nice one will come to you someday. I don't have one yet.

Hiya VA ! If I ran across this box I would probably buy it for $30 tops only because I need a few of those shooters. A lot are very run of the mill examples maybe, which I would not need to have. I like the tray though. I would have answered earlier but I was out fishing on the Finger Lakes for a couple days. Just got home.

I found quite a few of the odd ones in the asst bags, and have been grouping like kind together. You might see more like yours in near future bags. I myself will be on the lookout for your example. My guess is that as they rolled off the rollers there was a duration those produced marbles that might be very similar and ended up in the asst bags. Here's a picture of one of my 4 boxes so far of the strange but neat ones. I don't know if there is a name for the blue ones on the right. They have a patch on opposite sides. Only one side has a highlighted line of an olive brown along the patch. I have dubbed them "Blue Whales" for my own identification on my spread sheet. Besides these 5 I have 23 set aside to make a net bag but finding a shooter might never happen. In the second column are Wolf but instead of the normal colors they have Orange or Yellow. I suppose they could be Police Officer related too. Weird huh? I have maybe 50 strange ones that I can't put in any particular issue from Vacor.

As wolves go, that's a great specimen. That is, if it is a Vacor Wolf. I would vote yes. They produce many "tweeners" and hybrids.

Thank you very much for the clarification and history.

I used to collect Akroware and had a decent collection. Now I might have a dozen pcs left with only a couple better ones. I am fairly sure that a company named Westite bought or acquired some of the molds.

. . . and I can't get this old TV show out of my head. Maybe posting will help?