Chad G. Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Another great vid from Stephen Bahr. LINK :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkugKeOTP28 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Yep! Champions are some of my favorites. I was glad to see Stephen got that video up! One of my "Hot Wheels".... And a "Furnace".... LOVE those swirls!! 😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenb Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 Thanks for sharing Chad ! 🔴 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 41 minutes ago, stephenb said: Thanks for sharing Chad ! 🔴 Thanks for makin the vid Stephen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 I enjoyed the video! I guess I was expecting to see some of the historic marbles. It really seems like Champions are sort of on the rare side (???) It seems like, you never see a lot of them in a mixed bunch of marbles. SO Stephen, ..... to help me understand better....... (A) Did Champion not make a large quantity of marbles until the 80s ????? (B) Were the early Champions different than the Furnaces that must have come about in the 80s ????? Just asking for my education ..... Mike 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Champion made a large quantity of marbles from start to finish. All through the 1980's-1990's. Early on they made more game marbles than swirls, like many companies did. You can find early Champion swirls in original mesh and later plastic bags. I see Champion marbles at every marble show I attend. The Champion furnace marbles were a very short time period, only a few days. The marbles were all discarded or gave away to employees by Champion. They had no plans to keep them before they were made. As they thought that the marbles would all be fractured due to glass coefficient being off. They had hopes of a very different coefficient glass would wash or clean out the furnace rather than build a new one. It did not work. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Ahhhhh…. That explains a LOT! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenb Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Awesome spread Ron ! Mike I think I should add that the reason you don’t see those particular Champion marbles in that video….in mixed lots often, is because they’re newer . A lot of older played-with mixed lot marbles you find are too old to hold 80’s -90’s Champions. I hope that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 One of my favorite bags of Champions - nice to have a positive ID for those metallics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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