DINDO Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hopefully the photo is clear. 1977 Imperial had a branch in California. This marbles were from Mexico , presumably Vacor. The package itself made in USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steph Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Cool! Love it! I wouldn't have guessed Mexico on the marbles so that's interesting in its own right. But that package is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1983 packaging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nantucketdink Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 This one is good. Mexican marbles not cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DINDO Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 I like the kool aid 1. Oh yeahh. Nice collection. I always thought Imperial marbles were Asia or India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Ohmigosh, Josh, those shaped ones are great. Dindo, when Imperial started, I think they had Vitros in the packaging. Our use of Imperial to describe the modern Asians is a bit of a contrivance for convenience. It leaves room for confusion. Paula ( @marblemover ) is trying to get us to move away from calling the modern Asians Imperial and just call them ... drumroll please ... modern Asian. Ah, that Kool-Aid package is something else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Great examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Imperial has a lot of cool packaging. Nice ones Josh & Dindo. Here's another from my collection. Also, had done some checking on packages that I have some years back. Seems that 1981 and prior was Mexico only. I do not recall seeing Vitro in Imperial pckaging but...? In 1981, here is a Mexico tag and Taiwan tag. 1985 has both Mexico and China mentioned. 1989 - China, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong. And another 1989 with Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong. 1997 - India, Korea, China, Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Do note that some of the tags say "Marbles made in xxx" and "Packaged in YYY". So, I agree with Paula on all Imperial packaging since early to mid 1980s forward should be Asian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 They have also used Marble King Marbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 My main interest in the early Imperial packaging came about just recently because of unknown Vacors. There are some late 70s packages with made in Mexico marbles in them which seem like they would have Vacors in them. The opaque patch type marbles look more like Asian made patches than later Vacor patches, but they have to be Vacors, right?. Does anybody know if there was another non-vacor Mexican machine made marbles producer in the late 70s? I know many consider these marbles total garbage, but I still like a mystery wherever I may find one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 That is a good question. I remember a fairly recent article about a marble company in Argentina which said that at one time there were at least four companies in that country. Wouldn't be surprised to learn there had once been more than one marble company in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINDO Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Thats what i was wondering. The only Vacors i have ever seen are all 1990 and up. Yet apparently they have been around for a long time. Then i seen all the packaging. I think its pretty neat and they will become rare as the years pass. However It is quite possible there is a warehouse with boxes of them somewhere. I want a kool aid pack now, i will be looking.. is there any other advertising type ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Yes, I believe there were other Marble Manufacturers besides Vacor in Mexico, Still looking for the evidence I have somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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