Truckers marble coaster..no paint

[greenvwbug]

Just picked up this one,odd it’s not painted at all,no trace of paint except for the green hanging thing..just curious thoughts on this,I have added pics of my original one with paint

[akroorka]

I just hate saying this but the red one has been touched up.

The truth hurts sometimes but I will give my opinion regardless.

They are cool toys and @wvrons will give you a better idea of the whole history of these.

All opinions are welcomed.
Marble—On!!
 

[wormie]

Sooo cool,can't wait to see if Ron chimes in,so interesting.i love em!

[greenvwbug]

I don’t think it’s been touched up,the original one at least,I have the box,the car,the box of marbles and the wrapping paper it came in

[greenvwbug]

Here’s the pics of my original one

[akroorka]

Very cool indeed.

It just may be the lighting invloved.

Love it--the whole works.

Marble--On!!

[wvrons]

These were made with three different color trucks, a blue like above, a yellow and a green.  Each set was packaged with a box of Ravenswood marbles. These marble boxes also come in three colors red, blue and green.  The big box for the entire set is shaped on the end like a garage roof gable.  

Why you have one with no paint, I am not sure ?   

The man who made and sold these also had a patent on a steam shovel or crane as he called it.  I talked with his grandson about the Truckers Marble Coaster. The grandson had six of the Automatic Crane for Trucking or shovel toys left, after everyone in the family had one. His grandfather got the patent but never got to sell any of Automatic Cranes.  They also were going to use 9/16 Ravenswood marbles. A marble is dropped in the smoke stack and it comes out in the shovel bucket on the end of the crane arm and could be dumped into the truck or something else.  I was able to purchase four of the six. I gave one as Christmas present, I sold one and have the other two.  Another collector friend in Iowa got the other two.  I also have the prints for the automatic crane. 

I did a Ravenswood Novelty video with Stephen Bahr that includes these and other toys that used marbles sold by Ravenswood.  

The grandson had a small shed which held the remaining boxes of Ravenswood marbles.  Many were destroyed by age and weather. Most of the marbles were shoveled up into buckets, and remaining boxes sold to a collector in Ohio.   

 

[wormie]

13 minutes ago, wvrons said:

These were made with three different color trucks, a blue like above, a yellow and a green.  Each set was packaged with a box of Ravenswood marbles. These marble boxes also come in three colors red, blue and green.  The big box for the entire set is shaped on the end like a garage roof gable.  

Why you have one with no paint, I am not sure ?   

The man who made and sold these also had a patent on a steam shovel or crane as he called it.  I talked with his grandson about the Truckers Marble Coaster. The grandson had six of the Automatic Crane for Trucking or shovel toys left, after everyone in the family had one. His grandfather got the patent but never got to sell any of Automatic Cranes.  They also were going to use 9/16 Ravenswood marbles. A marble is dropped in the smoke stack and it comes out in the shovel bucket on the end of the crane arm and could be dumped into the truck or something else.  I was able to purchase four of the six. I gave one as Christmas present, I sold one and have the other two.  Another collector friend in Iowa got the other two.  I also have the prints for the automatic crane. 

I did a Ravenswood Novelty video with Stephen Bahr that includes these and other toys that used marbles sold by Ravenswood.  

The grandson had a small shed which held the remaining boxes of Ravenswood marbles.  Many were destroyed by age and weather. Most of the marbles were shoveled up into buckets, and remaining boxes sold to a collector in Ohio.   

 

Love this thank you for sharing I will be looking for the video!