Toy Marble Companies

The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks.

Toy marble companies.

The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc. In store prices may vary from website prices. A few years later in 1891 sam dyke founded the american marble toy manufacturing company and it was this factory that became the largest toy company to operate in the united states during the nineteenth century. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm.

Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. In addition we carry traditional toys games as well as gift items for all ages. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. House of marbles is a a manufacturer and distributor of classic toys games of course marbles.

The success of dyke s akron toy company spurred other entrepreneurs to start up their own marble works in the akron area. Toy marbles manufacturers 23 toy musical instruments 6 toy pistols 3 toy rifles except air 1 toy trains airplanes and automobiles 41 toys manufacturers 63 trains and equipment toy. The first industrial ceramic marbles were made by the standard toy marble company of akron ohio 1893 10922 and used as filtration marbles in water purification plants. The first american industrial glass marbles were used as furniture casters beginning in the 1890 s these were large bullet mold glass marbles made by j h.

In the late 1930s kokomo purchased a marble making machine from peltier glass company and used it to produce marbles made from the glass rejected in their rolling process. What you may not know is that our headquarters is also open to the public in devon england. By the early 60s marble king had become a supplier to companies like mattel and pressman toy which included its products in aggravation hungry hungry hippos chinese checkers and many others. These are machine made marbles and there are slight variations in size.

The company compound of the m f. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today. Christensen son company 1903 1922 is the oldest still standing toy company in the usa.

Leighton at one of his eight glass marble factories in the akron. Electric and mechanical 75 tricycles 45 video game machines except coin operated 94.