Here is one from the Marble King of the Netherlands.

[akroorka]

This one is 1 -3/8". It is crystal clear--no flaws--Just a beauty.

Thanks my friend!!!

Marble--On!!

[Ric]

Interesting, I assume there are other animals? Do you know anything about who made or marketed it?

[akroorka]

As I recall---There was a man in Germany on the border with the Netherlands’ that made a wide variety of these.

Sadley, his place burnt down never to be seen again.

@Mojo will bring this story to life once again.

I will post a few more here.

Marble--On!!
 

[Mojo]

Made by Hans Zandvliet , a Dutch man

The inventor also of the "Flippo"

The disc that they putted in a bag in patato chips , he made 30 million with that 

Then he had an idea , make marbles with a hand painted figurine in it 

He build and opend a marble factory in Vietnam and used his private money

He manufactured the Sulphide with the Jungle animals there , but just for 3 months 

The factory flooded twice 

He lost 

He restarted in Boheme Czech with the last of his private money and help of investors 

There he made the Sulphide with Dino Figurines in it and the Soccer Jersey's in the marbles 

Then the banks collapsed in Europe and investors backed off and he was on his own , unfortunatly at that time he ended up in the hospital also with a hearth disease and because it was heriditary he was not insured 

30 million gone   they auctioned off his mansion also , he lived accros the street of our King in the Netherlands on a big real estate that was huge 

A real sad story , he still alive and lives from wellfare , there are some you tube videos about this story and he is interviewed there and he tells the story himself 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mojo]

I found a few places where they stashed the marbles , taken out of the stores and are spread accros the Netherlands 

A few weeks ago i found some lions in a shed nearby, think all there is left from this , think i have all the lions there are left 4000 of them  , still hunting for the other jungle animals because they were only made for 3 months so they will become rare   are rare and i think very collectible for those who are interested 

Here some pictures of the stash 

Marble On 🤹‍♂️

[Ric]

8 hours ago, Mojo said:

Made by Hans Zandvliet , a Dutch man

Thanks for telling the story, Joep - it's really interesting! I think most here would recognize those cardboard discs he made as "Pogs". They were pretty big in the early 1990s.

[Mojo]

1 hour ago, Ric said:

Thanks for telling the story, Joep - it's really interesting! I think most here would recognize those cardboard discs he made as "Pogs". They were pretty big in the early 1990s.

Yes , i do remember them very well , still kept some of pokemon from those days 

This is a random picture i stole from the web , the discs 😃😃

Thanks Ric 😃👍🏻

[akroorka]

14 hours ago, Mojo said:

The factory flooded twice 

 

Thanks for this great info Mojo--Fire vs flood---I was way out there😁.

Marble--On!!