NZFMM 1993 Auckland Convention page 10 of 17

Marble Roller by Daryl Anderson

This marble monster was created by Daryl in 1990. He saw a wooden one where kids put the marbles in the top and watched them roll down. That was the inspiration. This model has a windscreen wiper motor which drives the mechanism that lifts the marbles to the top of the tracks.

At one stage Daryl had a counter from an old photocopier on it until it broke.  When the counter was on, the count was 750 marbles per hour.   Daryl has calculated it has moved well in excess of a million marbles since it was made. It recently went for 2 days at the Hawera A&P Show, and did not miss a beat. Kids spend hours watching the marbles!