The Raschig Nine Balls. A question, please.

[Rubik's Cube]

Good afternoon, everyone.

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.

I wonder if one or two of the knowledgable folks on AZB could answer this query about the Raschig Nine Ball set, please?

Should it feature a black-dotted cueball? Most of the traditional Spots and Stripes editions from this West German company most certainly do sport the distinctive mark on the white, but how about the cueballs in their famous 'no number' Nine Ball series? Should they be plain or spotted?

Many thanks.
RC.

 

[mvp]

He's asking for a knowledgeable person, I'm out!

 

[K2Kraze]

I have a few other questions as well for any owner/collector of the Raschig 9-Ball set....

1) does that set always include the leaflet or pamphlet insert?

2) is the box color dark red or the blue Raschig box?

Now ----- if we can only get a few bashful Raschig owners to chime in and help us out here

Thanks everyone!!

K.


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[William]

I'm not an expert but owned several sets. The new sets I've owned came with a pamphlet, had a white cue ball without any markings and was contained in a dark blue box.

 

[K2Kraze]

I'm not an expert but owned several sets. The new sets I've owned came with a pamphlet, had a white cue ball without any markings and was contained in a dark blue box.

Thanks, William!


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[jaetee]

I'm not an expert but owned several sets. The new sets I've owned came with a pamphlet, had a white cue ball without any markings and was contained in a dark blue box.

Older thread, but responding anyway... Same boat as William above. I've got a full 15-ball and a 9-ball set at home and neither cue ball has any markings, so no black dot. And my 9-ball set has the pamphlet as well.

I've seen Raschig balls in blue boxes (which pretty much always look very beat up) and the more rare dark red boxes that have a micro-weave-textured pattern in the surface (don't know how else to describe). The dark red boxes are more robust and hold up much better over time. I don't know what Raschig's methodology was as to which box they used for what, could have just been a design change that happened during production run.