Steven Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Hey Now, Recently a cartoon on PBS aired an episode where the characters learned to play marbles with/from their grandmother. It got my kids really interested in what it was all about and brought back a lot of memories for me of playing for hours with neighborhood kids. Tried to find some marbles locally and was really surprised at how difficult it was to find some. We've been playing for a couple of weeks now in the living room with a string circle and the boys are pushing me to help start a marble club at their elementary school. We've given away some of the really ugly marbles we found at Wal-Mart to their friends and they've been practicing. So getting a club together is looking good. That led me to look around some more online for marbles and eventually led me here. Very cool site, I've enjoyed reading through the posts and am now actually considering collecting. Before I decide to buy a case of mega marble nets or something similar off eBay I figured I would try here first. I'm looking for marbles that will get used by elementary school aged kids, not collectables. I've collected other things and know I always seemed to end up with stuff that wasn't really that collectable or sellable to collectors as I grew into a hobby. If you have marbles you would like to get rid of drop me a PM and let me know what you have. Anything has to be better than those hideous Wal-Mart marbles... Cheers, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisCamp Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi Steven; Welcome to the board, someone should have an idea for you. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted December 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Thank You, Lou. The response has been more than helpful and I'm looking forward to spending more time on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chordus Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Just a heads up, I've sent a PM your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Welcome Steven - what area are you living in? I have about 3 1/2 1 gallon bags of marbles I give away at Christmas time that the kids can play with. Being a Santa helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Hey Now, I haven't forgot about you guys that emailed and sent me PMs, I have been pretty busy. I will be replying to you all soon. Cheers, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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