Hi Steven,
A little late to the game but this might help someone if you've already resolved your issue.
I had a similar problem where the trickle buttons were only showing on one article. It turned out to be that subsequent articles didn't have the "_type": "article" properties.
I just tried the same thing on the block level by removing the "_type": "block" attribute on one of the blocks and that block did not get the trickle button.
I'm not sure how many components use the "_type" property but Trickle definitely does.
Dan