Webparts missing borders and edit web part menu

I have a web part page, and added 7 apps (document libraries) into the page. They are all set to minimized for the chrome state and toolbar type is "Full Toolbar". The web parts do not display any border, and the edit web part menu
is not available, it is only available when in editing mode.
When I look at my site in SharePoint 2007 with the same settings, I can see that they have borders on the web parts and the edit web part menu is available on the right hand side (even when you are not in edit mode).
2007 View (which I'm looking to mimic):
What I currently have in 2013 (no borders or edit web part menu):
Am I missing a setting? I've tried in IE 11, FireFox and Chrome, all are the same.
Any help would be most appreciated.

I've done some fiddling after reading your post.. This seems like a bug, and there is hardly any information on it.
I'm experiencing the exact same thing in my environment; I can minimize a web part, and it is not restorable unless I edit the page. Furthermore, when I set the chrome to Title and Border, I get no border.
Also, it's cleared stated by MS that this should be possible: "You can configure a Web Part to be minimized by default on a page. You might do this if a page seems crowded.
The readers of the page can restore the Web Part while they are reading the page. If they close and then reopen the page, the Web Part will be minimized again."
https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-IE/article/Add-move-minimize-or-delete-a-Web-Part-from-a-page-362b1684-ad95-4a53-b826-443d8d9bdee0

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