Cardinal Marbles

[Joe2]

Cardinal Industries Inc.

[Ric]

Cool, Joe. I like to have good examples of newer marbles too but I always worry about bulk collections like this, and boxes/tins in general, since it's so easy for the marbles to get mixed up. Speaking from experience, Mom sees marbles laying around on the floor and they all get thrown into the "marble box", regardless of where they came from. 

Having said that, I have no reason to believe the marbles you're showing aren't original to the tin. It would be nice to find one with the marbles still inside the poly-mesh bag the way they were originally packaged though, just to be sure.

Also, I reccommend that you don't visit the website shown on the back of the tin unless you are prepared to intercept an automatic download purported to be from Microsoft. 🙂

[Joe2]

34 minutes ago, Ric said:

Cool, Joe. I like to have good examples of newer marbles too but I always worry about bulk collections like this, and boxes/tins in general, since it's so easy for the marbles to get mixed up. Speaking from experience, Mom sees marbles laying around on the floor and they all get thrown into the "marble box", regardless of where they came from. 

Having said that, I have no reason to believe the marbles you're showing aren't original to the tin. It would be nice to find one with the marbles still inside the poly-mesh bag the way they were originally packaged though, just to be sure.

Also, I reccommend that you don't visit the website shown on the back of the tin unless you are prepared to intercept an automatic download purported to be from Microsoft. 🙂

Agree❤️

[Al Oregon]

I got my box from Toys 'R Us back in 2003 (still shrink wrapped - never opened).

 

[Joe2]

Whenever I find these boxes of marbles, there is usually only a handful left, but this box appears to be full with the original marbles in them. I have not counted them and probably won't.

 

[Joe2]

2 hours ago, Al Oregon said:

I got my box from Toys 'R Us back in 2003 (still shrink wrapped - never opened).

 

And, yes, I remember these and the small wooden box that was sold at Toys R Us; the larger box, I believe, cost $20 or more when they finally closed. I do not remember how much the wooden box was, but I would say about $10 or so, and those were from Imperial Toy Company.

 

[akroorka]

5 minutes ago, Joe2 said:

there is usually only a handful left,

Stop Joe2 and check out E-bay--there are tons of these left for sale.

Very many at least.

Get out of your head and do the research🤡.

Thanks for asking--I do my best.

Marble--On!!

[Joe2]

[Ric]

It's pretty full up and they look correct for the tin to me, Joe.

Wouldn't it be nice if lots came with guaranteed IDs?

🙂

[Joe2]

The tin can of marbles listed is from 2001 series item number 162, for market purposes. What goes into making these marbles I am not certain, but one of these marbles, the only marble in that collection, shows some signs of adventuring or pixie dust. Super great find.

 

[Joe2]

[Joe2]

25 minutes ago, Joe2 said:

The tin can of marbles listed is from 2001 series item number 162, for market purposes. What goes into making these marbles I am not certain, but one of these marbles, the only marble in that collection, shows some signs of adventuring or pixie dust. Super great find.

 

Perhaps someone can confirm.

[Ric]

2 hours ago, Joe2 said:

Perhaps someone can confirm.

It does look like there might be something sparkly in there Joe, but you know how hard it can be to tell for sure from pics. I think a lot of times what sparkles is just some excess colorant that precipitates out of the glass mixture - just some sort of chemistry happening.