Vacor made Imperials vs Asian Imperials

[YasudaCollector]

Is there a way to tell Vacor-made imperial marbles from Asian-made imperial marbles? It seems like both areas produced this style. I thought id ask since a lot of us encounter them pretty regularly in the various jars we buy. (I only save the older imperial marbles though, like those from the 1970s). 

[Chad G.]

20 minutes ago, YasudaCollector said:

Is there a way to tell Vacor-made imperial marbles from Asian-made imperial marbles? It seems like both areas produced this style. I thought id ask since a lot of us encounter them pretty regularly in the various jars we buy. (I only save the older imperial marbles though, like those from the 1970s). 

IDK about your question but maybe this Link will help ya down the right road ??

LINK ::   https://marbleconnection.com/topic/23815-imperial-packaging/

Here's another link from AAM on the marbles themselves.

LINK ::  https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?t=43776

 

[YasudaCollector]

Awesome!!! Thanks Chad! 

 

It is so neat to see the original packages. I was thinking that I had a few Asian imperials, but now I think I'm leaning Vacor on them. The surface colors have more of a brushed appearance rather than the neat crisp stripes of the new Chinese ones. The colors also look more earthy in mine (like sunset orange, dingy greens, pale blue, and reddish brown).