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?

What a bunch of antique hand made marbles! Wow! I can't tell you much about Onionskins tho.

I believe it is a Jabo because of the usual "C" fold.

Those are beautiful Oxbloods. Did you get them in a sale in a old marble bag?

I'm so proud of myself. I am hurting my arm, patting myself on the back. The old polly was at our house and our new one probably 30 years and it was still doing good but I wanted it to last a lot longer so I sanded it down and gave it a new paintjob. Old Polly New Happy Polly

First one Master Marble Sunburst Second I would take my best guess and say it's a Ravenswood Swirl ( I like that one ) kinda resembles a Strawberry Shortcake but I don't think it has another white color necessary. All these images look a bit dark. I bet these are brighter in hand. Third Vacor Sea Turtle I do think The White base with red and black might be a Peltier Rebel but I am probably wrong. Too umdefined and weak in colors. Last Pic, maybe a Master Marble Brushed Patch. Wonder how I did?

I went and bought a pound of Moon Marble Mega Marble "Firefly" 5/8th marbles. There were 91 wet mint marbles in the bag. I can't believe it. Most of my translucent Vacors have been somewhat rough in the net bags but this was refreshing. Not a pin prick in the whole shipment. Yes, I bought some other stuff too. I was expecting something more bright, more yellowish from the pictures but they came looking a bit darker. I think these are something brand new or a reissue of an older type to reintroduce in the Mega Marble line. Very happy with these and the best thing is, I had this shooter that I had been trying to identify maybe a month ago. Turns out, it completes a handpicked set of 24 of the best and a dandy 1 inch shooter for a bag of "Fireflys" They do look a bit lighter than these images and the shoter has the same swirls and colors except it appears darker than the players because it is thicker and the lighting makes it look much darker.

The one on the right I am pretty sure is Master Marble. The one on the left, I dunno for sure. They are both very cool!

I don't know what your nice marble is but I'm going to take a shot at Akro Agate Popeye. I am probably wrong as usual.

Nice stuff! Is that a Pelt Superman in that Mason Jar lid in the first picture?

That video was great Stephen. It's as though I was there . . . wait . . . I WAS THERE! I think the vdeo captured it as it was, a ton of fun. Hope there's another next year. Those venders were so nice and I think I talked with just about everyone. Best place in Jersey that day to be.