Fire1981 Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 How many marbles are supposed to be in these boxes🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 I'm thinking 30 but I'm not entirely sure about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 Thanks Ric. I have 24 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Thanks Ric. I have 24 🔥 RAR Ha, I just looked at mine and I have 24 too. I was thinking 5 x 6 put I guess it's 4 x 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Thanks Ric. I have 24 🔥 RAR Well, rats! I just dumped them out and I have 25 - a senior moment, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 How can I ever forgive you for having a Senior moment and do something so stupid? Oh wait ? I lost my new Onion Skin and can’t find it. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 The ID’s on the 24 have been confirmed here that they are the right marbles for this box. The box size makes me think I’m missing some because the marbles roll in the box as if it’s not full. Kinda like a bag of potato chips. You open it you have a half a bag of chips and the other half is just air🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Fire1981 said: The box size makes me think I’m missing some because the marbles roll in the box as if it’s not full . . . Mine is is not "packed" either and I think that, at some point in time, bunches of NOS No. 5 boxes were found flat and back-filled. There are apparently two versions of the box that show minor differences from one another too, which has lead to some speculation about possible reproduction, although they might have just been reprinted too - maybe one at Master Marble and another at Master Glass?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 I came across this pic (on pinterest) while surfing, these are not the minor differences I thought they were. But I still don't know if the right one is really a fake or a later reprint. Master Marble started about 1930 then reorganized and became Master Glass in 1941. MG did not close until 1974 so it seems at least possible that the box on the right was produced by Master Glass late in their history. These are apparently the boxes that were "found" flat, claimed to be NOS, and back-filled. Maybe @Al Oregon or someone else knows more about this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 Thanks Ric ! Do know that mine is real. I can probably find one of my MMM to backfill my box🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 38 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: Thanks Ric ! Do know that mine is real. I can probably find one of my MMM to backfill my box🔥 RAR From the looks of this box, I wonder if they did originally have 30 marbles - it seems like they would fit but . . .? I'm kinda hoping someone else who knows will chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 I have three boxes with 30 marbles in each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, Carowill said: I have three boxes with 30 marbles in each. I think we have a winner - thanks, Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 Boo Yah !!!! Thanks Carowill 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: Boo Yah !!!! Thanks Carowill 🔥 RAR Happy to assist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 I agree the one with the curved or wavy M is original. The straight sided M is repo fake boxes which have been around for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 So my next question is. Are they all supposed to be the same size? Or where these just backfilled with random sizes🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Same size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Thank you Ron. That takes 4 out of the 24 I have out of the equation and the group🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 12:34 PM, Carowill said: I have three boxes with 30 marbles in each. Carowill, it looks like you may have gotten your boxes from the same source that i got mine from. about a million years ago, someone on another board came across a case of original stock, but unfortunately, they were water damaged. the marbles inside were MM cats, and those were dinged up pretty good. still, it was an opportunity to get some known MM mibs, so i bought a box. ring any bells? mine happens to have 31 marbles, so go figure, RAR  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, tankgrrl29 said: Carowill, it looks like you may have gotten your boxes from the same source that i got mine from. about a million years ago, someone on another board came across a case of original stock, but unfortunately, they were water damaged. the marbles inside were MM cats, and those were dinged up pretty good. still, it was an opportunity to get some known MM mibs, so i bought a box. ring any bells? mine happens to have 31 marbles, so go figure, RAR  Honestly can’t remember where I got them but probably 30 years ago.  Some antique store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, Carowill said: Honestly can’t remember where I got them but probably 30 years ago.  Some antique store. got mine at least 20 years ago. are yours filled with the same shreddy type of catseyes? i see that RAR tagged @Al Oregon - al, do you remember these boxes coming up for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 I got my box in LaPorte Indiana in 2003🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: I got my box in LaPorte Indiana in 2003🔥 RAR rick, was yours one from the water damaged find? (thinking it wasn't but maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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