Toy Marble Companies

Please go to our marble info page to learn about marble sizing and the variations associated with machine made marbles.

Toy marble companies.

The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc. 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 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. 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.

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. 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. In 1997 this need led us to the opening of the moon marble company store. The success of dyke s akron toy company spurred other entrepreneurs to start up their own marble works in the akron area.

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. Leighton at one of his eight glass marble factories in the akron. These are machine made marbles and there are slight variations in size. The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today.

In addition we carry traditional toys games as well as gift items for all ages. The company compound of the m f. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. What you may not know is that our headquarters is also open to the public in devon england.

Electric and mechanical 75 tricycles 45 video game machines except coin operated 94. The store is located near the intersection of k 32 hwy 7 in bonner springs ks. We stock machine made marbles in a multitude of colors and designs in sizes from pee wees to 50mm. Christensen son company 1903 1922 is the oldest still standing toy company in the usa.

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. House of marbles is a a manufacturer and distributor of classic toys games of course marbles.