The Nickel Guy

I think it's a Japanese marble. From the seams, it resembles one I questioned a little ways back. Of course, I am often wrong.

Thank you so much Al for responding with such a thought out post. I have Mega Marble net bags of Eclipse but my latest generation Michelangelo arrived in a bulk 2 lb package. I can see some slight difference in perhaps the duration of the making, a little wider ribbons of red, maybe a slight shade difference but to me, they are the same. The patterns are the same. Just rolled out at different times I bet. The Mummys, well . . . they just went into the Orangutan bin and net bag. If they are Mummys, I can always fix that down the road.

I am wondering if these are just the same marble. There have been at least 4 generations of "Michelangelo" and I do believe that I have a picture here of the most recent under the type that is now being net bagged and sold as "Eclipse". I just think they are the same just different names. Whadda ya know? and Thank you! ( Pictures make these look different shades but in hand they are the same. ) I am also thinking that some new version of "Mummy" is pretty much the same marble as the last "Orangutan"? To me there is little difference except maybe a slightly different base transparent glass. Orangutan appears (maybe) to be a bit orange, and Mummy somewhat purple. Duh, drives me nutz.

Yes, I watched it last night. Stephen, it's time to get a bigger case. LOL They are awesome Atmospheres. I am a MK fan too. I can afford the Marble Kings but I sure was tempted to chase one of those bags of three from the guy you got yours from. I bet they are all gone by now. Always looking forward to another vid. Thanks.

Cleaned it up this morning, got out some BINGO dabbers and took some more images. I know, it's a reproduction, but it's a nice one. The actual image is about 16 x 11 inches. This was under the frame mat on the litho.

"Knuckles Down" $3.99 at the Thrift Store this morning. It's lighter than the background yellow probably shows. I will be spiffing it up in the next couple days and hanging it in the cave. Pretty large frame at maybe 18 x 13 ? I haven't measured it. I thought it was funny that I had wanted one of these and stop in the place a few times a week looking for marbles. It seems to be printed on a board of some type. Still has rich colors but that mat has to get upgraded.

Watched this last night. That collection is way over the top! I met Ray at the NJ marble show. He's a neat guy. Stephen was over-amped on this video. LOL I collected Akro glassware decades ago. I might still have 10 pieces. Those tab ashtrays were epic. I especially was amazed at that identical twin pair. That gang Stephen has on his videos are some special and interesting people. I will get to another show someday. Keep up the great work Stephen.

I don't see a window? I thought it was a requirement for them? Not sure. Very nice.

That particular Orange and Red combination is distinct in my opinion and seen so often in Peltier. It strikes me as being almost exclusive to Pelts. But hey, just a thought.

Very nice, I don't have many if any at all.

Nice ones. I give you a trophey for the marbles and a thumbs up for the awesome deal.

You have amazing photography skills. If I could be half as good at that I would be quite happy with accomplishing that. I had an idea that with you great images, you could do searches on Google using the upload image function for ID (and do ask here as you have too). That way you will find some like yours below and most all of them are already ID'ed for you. However, some people misidentify what they pictured for either deception, or they just don't know what they have. Go with the general consensus. I TRIED to leave a link here where I used your top marble image but it did not work for the post but it worked for me doing it. They are Cat's Eye type. there are many different kinds of them so it narrows things down. Just an idea. Once you figure out the type, then study a bit about that type. It takes time and effort to learn about marbles but it is fun and worth your time. Link FAILED

It looks like there is a bit of translucent along the white to me in a couple places. nice ones for sure.

I do not think it is Vacor

Looking Jabo to me but that's just a best guess.

I would be thinking Marble King Rainbow with a strange mix of some of that brown and white blended in the patch.

In todays assorted net bag. A poisoned "Poison Dart Frog" ? 10/8/25 LATE EDIT : After getting the lone mib here pictured, I started to get these by the dozen in Hobby Lobby asst net bags after this making this post. I understand these were initially sent to Canada for sale there and identified as "King Penguin". I suppose Vacor is distributing some inventory in the asst bags in the US now.

I have a question hiding here on pg. 14 at the top I guess. Are the current Michelangelo the same marble as the current Eclipse? I can't seem to differentiate one from the other. If there is a difference, what would it be and Thank you!

She will love that present. Nice!

They come in glazed and not glazed. I am pretty sure in is a China Bullseye Marble but not from China. From Germany, and more ceramic than porcelain. It is quite old. I have a couple similar and was told here that they are usually found smaller than yours. bigger is better and condition and quality of the design makes it better. Of course, I have often been wrong. I like it.

Beautiful specimens.

Wowzer Parmcat. That is a dream catch for me. Nice haul.

I am not showing off here. I am admitting I have (OCD) these and they are pretty much in alphabetical order and on a spreadsheet. I try to exclude the less than mint examples but there are some and I have made note of it. They'll get upgraded but they are tougher with the transparent type and a bit aggravating at times. I save the nets from assorted bags at Hobby Lobby and sort the contents and make up my own 24 player 1 shooter bags. I use free images on the internet or AI and a font generator and dream up my own tags and have them printed 12 to a page on quality card stock. I cut them out pretty well with my shaking hands and voila! I made a set. Here's a couple examples. So here's three bourse table showcases pretty much loaded up as much as possible. Most all are 24+1 but I am short many shooters. They eventually come along. My spreadsheet says I have a total exceeding 10,000 Vacor Mega Marbles. I Then I have some big ones, Cobbles to Jumbos but mostly the 1 incher duplicates in the cases. Finally, my 5 cheesy cases with sections to keep em separated and counted. Yes, they are alphabetical too. Oh yeah, the Lego sheet has the weird hybrids and some are really crazy or it has some exceptional specimens I plan to put in a display sometime. Thank you for looking. I hope you enjoyed it. I like them Mega Marbles, some not so much but they are a lot of fun for me.

I haven't had much to post lately but I can always pick one outta two. I like the one with the red stripe and I don't care for the crease in the second. These are Akro Popeye Corks right?