Chemtoy corporation 1973

[B-rett66]

  Did a little pickin today and come across these. Didn’t spend much, so what the heck. Are these Vitro ? Marble king. I can’t find much on- line. Thought if I could ID them they would make good future reference. 

[cheese]

Vitros. Uncommon bag I think, at least I don't recall seeing one.

[Ric]

That's a good bag. Chemtoy packaged lots of Vitros for sale in stores like K-Mart. All of the "This is Your Bag of Marbles" bags I have seen contain later All Reds (not Black Line All Reds), like yours. I also have these same (but smaller) bags with four large marbles. I'll try to get you a pic tomorrow.

[B-rett66]

Awesome, can’t wait to see them. 

[Ric]

I was off - there are five 7/8" marbles. Interestingly, the K-Mart price tags are on the cardboard inside the bag.

Chemtoy did a variety of marbles packaging for K-Mart K-Kids and other retail outlets.

[B-rett66]

That’s really cool. WOW .33 cents. That was back when a dollar meant something. Thanks for sharing. 

[Al Oregon]

A couple other ChemToy bags - notice the Blackline All Reds in the Mr. Mibbs bag and the "bouncy" marbles pkg (LOL).

[Ric]

15 minutes ago, Al Oregon said:

A couple other ChemToy bags - notice the Blackline All Reds in the Mr. Mibbs bag and the "bouncy" marbles pkg (LOL).

Neat, Al. The Mr. Mibbs blister appears to be a bit earlier than the "Your Bag of Marbles" bags (I have also seen "Your Tub of Marbles", which I think had Cat's Eyes in it). I'm a little surprised they were still packaging Black Lines in the late 1960s - I thought the newer All Reds came out a bit earlier.

Great stuff, as usual - even the bouncy balls are really nice!