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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2

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Director I Editor Assoc. Dir./ Editor Assoc. Dir./ Editor

Contributing Editors

Rick Neil Bob Morton Steve Ward

Ralph Williamson Donn Blake Darrell Lynn

Table of Contents

3 Contests 4 Collecting by Category 5 Early History & Dates 6 Sky Pie "Sky's the Limit" 7 Valley of the Sun 8 Collector's Showcase

10 Wbam-O's HDX 61 10 The First Custom 40 Mold 12 The Eagle Evolves 13 Brand it with an X 14 Frisbey Knows Frisbee® 15 Membership Form

Club Newsletter Editors Feel Free to reprint any article of interest with the exception of Ralph Williamson's. Contact Ralph on this matter at (206)364-9808

Cover Photo Grandstaff Portrait Studios Tulsa, OK

From the Director Welcome to the second issue of the IFDCA newsletter. As in our last issue

we have continued to try to highlight discs that most collectors are interested in i.e. Antique, Ultimate, Freestyle, Golf, mini discs etc. In our attempt to do this we have found it difficult to cover so many discs and allow enough space to write an informative in-depth article. Also we have found it hard to do all the investigative reporting on a disc on a timely basis. So, in the future we may report on one collective aspect of a disc and do other articles on the same disc later after more investigation.

As in the last issue we have used our extensive library to help find articles of interest on collecting or on certain discs to report on. It is imperative that we receive more articles from some of you that have specialized in collecting a certain field of disc(s), i.e. Pros, Super Pros, Fastbacks, 40 molds, etc. This will help us gain an extensive in-depth article on certain discs of interest. We don't pretend to know it all and need the members to help us as they can. Thanks to those who have helped thus far! If some of you would rather, we can call you at your convenience and do a telephone recorded interview to get the information to form an article. Whichever you choose, we are willing to do it. So drop us a line or call us and let us know.

I talked with John Houck about targeting the 1994 PDGA World Disc Golf Championships to hold our first annual Auction & Swap Meet. John was delighted to help out. For those that can plan now to attend we will hold a sanctioned auction and trading session at the Swap Meet, August 2, 1994 during the championships at Port Arthur, Texas. So if you have items for sale an ell or trade bring them to Port Arthur. More details on how the meet wiii be set up and auction times will be covered in upcoming issues.

Collectively yours,

Rick Neil

If you find mistakes in this publication, please consider that they are there for a purpose. We

publish something for everyone, and some people are always looking for mistakes!!!

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Flying Disc Collecting by Category by Ralph Williamson

WHAM-0 DISCS (*1) EVENT DISCS (*5) GOLF DISCS ANTIQUES OTHER CATEGORillS (*5)

All American Can-Am Series AMFVoit Atlantis Holy Toledo Bottle Caps

All Star Circular Skies Brand-X Co par Brand-X

Fastbacks (*2) Club Logos Destiny Flying Saucer (Mon·ison) Collect by Color

Flying Ring Discathon Disc Golf Association Flying Saucer (Wham-0) Collect by Mfg.

Flying Saucer (*3) Distance Discraft Frisbie Pie Tin Collect by Mold#

HDX Freestyle Dynamic Hasbro Glo (*4) CPI

Horseshoe Set (*2) Golf Innova-Champion Horseshoe Set (CPI) Engine-Driven

Mars Platter (*3) Guts (*2) Lightning Horseshoe Set (Wham-0) Floppy (Cloth)

Master IFT (*2) Wham-0 Lil' Abner (Pipco) Flying Ring

Mini K-9 Magic Saucer Foreign (*6)

Moonlighter (*4) MTA Mars Platter Giant Saucer Tosser

Pluto Platter (*3) PDGA Worlds Mystery Y Inflatable

Pro (*2) Rose Bowl (WFC) Or eo Keds

Rips linger Tournament (*2) Pluto Platter (Amer. Trends) Lighted Models

Sailing Satellite (*3) TRC Pluto Platter(Wharn- Minis

Signature Models Ultimate 0) Moonlighter (*4)

Super Pro Sailing Satellite Signature Sky Pie Sun Saucer Space Saucer T-Birds Speedy Whistle Twirl-A-Boom Zalar

(*1) Most Wham-0 discs have several mold numbers, i.e. a Pro may be mold 1, 4, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 91 , etc.

(*2) Early models are antique.

(*3) Antique

(*4) Moonlighter is the same as glo.

(*5) These are the main categories but there are many more.

(*6) Collecting foreign discs will probably be the most popular collecting category of the future.

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Early History and IIUportant Dates to Help the Collector

By Ralph Williamson

1947 Fred Morrison carves world's first plastic disc form a solid block of tenite plastic.

1948 First molded plastic disc, the Arcuate Vane model is made.

Rich Kner and Spud Meline found Wham-0.

Lil' Abner Pipco Crab appears.

1951 Morrison makes second disc, the American Trends Pluto Platter.

1957 First Wham-0 Pluto Platter appears .

1958 Fred Morrison awarded Patent# 183,626 for his "Flyin" Saucer.

1964 Professional Model Frisbee® introduced.

1967 CPI makes Saucer Tosser.

First mini Frisbee® introduced.

1968 Master Frisbee® developed.

1969 Moonlighter Frisbee® developed.

1971 All American Frisbee® appears .

Fastback Frisbee® appears.

1972 CPI introduces the All Star model.

Wham-0 introduces the Super Pro. 1973

1974

1976

First World Frisbee® Championships (WFC) at Rose Bowl.

The DGA/Wham-0 Night Flyer appears.

1978 The DGA/Wham-0 Midnight Flyer is introduced.

1979 The Brand-X Golf Disc appears .

The AMF Voit Golf Disc is made.

1980 Destiny introduces the Puppy golf disc.

1982 First World PDGA Championship, won by Harold Duvall.

1983 Champion produces its first golf disc, the Eagle.

Discraft produces its first golf disc, the Sky Streak.

1984 Innova-Champion comes out with its first golf disc, the Aviar.

Lightning produces its first golf disc, the P-38 Lightning.

Dynamic Discs introduces the Super Puppy.

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Victor Malafronte and Jo Cahow are Co-Champions.

he kyPi " he Sky's the Limit''

By Ralph Williamson

Collecting flying discs can have pin-offs such as collecting related items like T- birts, caps, disc event flyers, WFC Rosebowl Schedules, poster , and in my case, the Sky Pie mold. Tbi 400-pound solid steel mold its on two planks in my garage. The mold was given to me in 1987 by its owner Steve Hammett of Mount Vernon, Washington with the understanding Lhat I never u e it to produce more Sky Pies.

You will probably not specialize in collecting flying disc molds unless you are the son of Superman and own a sturdy tractor-hauler.

The Sky Pie Mold

The Sky Pie was produced by the Hall Manufacturing Company ofLos Angeles, California beginning about 1957. Detailed instruction on how to play the Sky Pie Game were furnished with each disc. I have everal copies of the instructions .

As your interest in collecting grow and space runs out, you may want to start specializing in one of the disc sports events such as disc golf. It's fun to collect periodicals like the PDGA's Disc Golfer Magazine, Rick Rothstein' Disc Golf News, Tom Schlueter's Disc Golf Journal, Rick Neil's International Flying Disc Collector's Association Newsletter and the various Disc Golf Club Newsletters offered by many clubs across the country. In addition, several other periodicals are available on Guts, Freestyle, Ultimate etc.

Between 1974 and 1981, Wham-0 made a great contribution to world disc sports by sponsoring the World Frisbee® Championships (WFC) in Pasadena's Rose Bowl. My collection includes all the WFC program schedules except for 1974. Someday I'll get a "74" program from Victor Malafronte or Jo Cahow and my collection will be complete.

Since there are still some holes in my collection, I am ometimes asked by people what the missing discs are. Although I have yet to own an American Trends Pluto Platter (the manufacturing rights of which. were sold to Wham-0) by Fred Morrison, someday I will because there are several out there. But the disc I would cherish the most is theMotrison original hand-carved tenite disc.

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Valley of the Sun

Designer - Craig Cheply

Craig Cbeply is a talented man. It's bard to say if be is a player - artist or an artist - player but be is certainly both. His artistic training bas mostly been in the field of interior design with a B .F.A. from Arizona State University and work at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Pratt Institute. He currently works with "super graphics" for Wall - Art Studios in Tempe and recently completed a huge lltimate mural. He bas also designed two other discs --The '79 Arizona Nationals Mr. Natural and the '80 Maryland State Championship four season design.

He begun his association with the Arizona club at its inception in 76 and has been very active since that time. He currently holds the world flapjack guts title with his partner Scott Savoy and pedicts a great future for the game. Craig has been awarded 100 unpigmented discs stamped in bronze and dark blue. 1980 certainly offered the largest number of excellently designed discs ever produced and thus we have expanded our honorable mention category to include 7 discs which we feel deserve special recognition for their contribution to the advancement of disc art.

Honorable Mentions

Bill Cole 7

Susan Brooks

David Perrell &

Blue Ronk

Colleen Hillis

Craig Cheply

The above article was taken from Frisbee® disc World Volume 6 Number 2 1981 with permission.

Collector' "Collecting in

By Bob Morton

Collecting flying discs has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of being a" Frizzer" for me since I got involved in the sport. Over th e year~ 111.1 collection has been quite varied. However because of the major interest in disc golf here in Tulsa, I, like many other collectors, have gravitated towanh golf discs. Because of the growing interest and participation in disc golf, the sport is seeing several manufacturers who have produced quite a varit•l) of discs in the last ten or so years. In light of this I chose to collect one manufacturer and one color. My reasoning is that it would be nex t to im pos~ihll'

to get near or a complete golf disc collection and I wanted to get as close as possible to having a complete collection. I selected In nova · ham pion in blue plastic because:

1. Ninety percent of what I throw is Innova-Champion. 2. With all due respects to the other disc makers, Champion's historic Eagle and their consistent production of qualit cutting edge discs will make their products the ones which will establish and maintain a high dollar value. 3. Blue is my favorite color and is one that isn't as frequently produced as, say, yellow or white. 4. The co t of getting blue Champion discs is still very rea onable.

My goal is to get at least one specimen of each disc and each generation made. Not every disc produced has always had a blue run , so I cou ld have a complete collection and there might be a disc or generation not included. I do have some disc where I have multiples, e.g. XD, Aero, but ha ve different hotstamps, so I don't limit myself to just one specimen of each kind. I'd like to list some of my favorite discs that I think might be of interest to you.

It's hard to say what my favorite disc is but I suppose most of us have that problem. I have a set of two premium weight Eagles from Orbitor's Odyssey. One red, one blue hotstamp. I bought these directly from Dan Mangone in 1983. These beautiful translucent gems are highlighted by the very well done Orbitor's Odyssey logo. Anyway the top ten that I picked as being the mo t interesting are:

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1. The two premium weight Orbitor's Odyssey Eagle Prototypes. 2. A 163 gram Pat. Pending Aero in light blue with the 1984 Haikey Creek PDGA Pro Tour hotstamp in metallic red . 3. A first generation Patent Pending (in small lettering) dark blue Avair with no hotstamp! 4. An original 172 gram Avair XD with the Oklahoma Disc Golf hot tamp li ting the various courses in the state by showing pole lwk

where our courses are located. 5. A 1983 premium weight DGA Hooker with a brown hotstamp from the Huntsville, Alabama PDGA World Championships 6. A first generation 172 gram Hammer with the hammer and pole hole hotstamp in yellow hotstamp. 7. A light blue 172 gram Whippet with a metallic red hotstamp. (My choice disc for Di tance competion). 8. A prototype 187 gram Phenix with the 1988 McClure construction hotstamp in metallic blue (only 5 Made).

Bob shown here with his top ten (actually 11) golf discs. He forgot to mention his prized possession a blue Mystery Y pro model with the original Wham-0 backing.

9. A second genHation 175 gram Stingray with the indention rings und er nea th with orange hotstamp. 10. A original 172 gram D with the "Disc Golf. .. the Dri ve of the Future" hotstamp in red . As you can see, the majority of

these discs aren't considered extrem ly rare, however with each pa sing year their ava il abi lity obviously diminshes somewha t. The beauty of collecting golf discs is that it is still quite possible to lind all of what you're looking for. I'd like to point out that in my case A eros are harder to find .

Availability definitely depends on whatparticulardirection your collection is focused . Here again, your options are virtu a ll un lim­ited.

how case the Nineties"

Listed below are some suggestions for collecting pecialties. I reali7..e orne or all of these may not appeal to you, but it may trigger you to come up wi th your own ideas in which to direct your collecting interests.

I. 1anufacturer e.g. Champion, Discraft, Lightning, DGA, Dynamic, etc. 2. Disc Color e.g. blue, white, black, or marblized. 3. Events e.g. tournament, club, hotstamp styles. 4. Premiums e.g. Discovering the World, Disc Flights, Inc., or advertising style hotstamps. 5. Hol~tamp colors e.g. si lver, rainbow, prism, or multiples ( 2 color hotstamps). 6. Disc Type e.g. Aeros, Eclipses, Vipers, etc. 7. Errors e.g. multiple hotstamps or Aero hotstamp on Aviar disc, etc. (rejects). 8. Favorite Disc e.g. Stingrays, Whippets, Puppies, etc.

T hese are just a few ideas. I certainly enjoy collecting blueinnova-Champion because as the number of discs in my collection increases, the different shades of blue make a very attractive and interesting collecting statement and draws a number of comments. I have no doubt that there are blue Champion discs I am not aware of or just don't have. If you have something that I don't have listed, please contact me, let me know what you have and we can work out a deal. Right now I don't have any duplicate blue discs, however I'm willing to buy or trade ( ifl can find what you're looking for ) and will be glad to work out a fair deal. You may send a description or send plastic to me, and I will con ider your offer. My preference are discs in new condition whenever po ible. If you send me plastic on approval, I will NOT STEAL IT OR DRAG OUT A DEAL FOR MONTHS OR YEARS! I r you are going to trust me to that degree, I will deal with you the way I want to be dealt with, honestly and fairly, and in a reasonable amount of time.

I would like to say a special thank you to Rick Neil, who has been greatly responsible for helping me get much of my collection. I'm sure you realize that the more people you can let know what you are looking for, the better your chances are of finding it. I certainly believe that this publication will help us all to extend our chances of getting leads on what we are looking for, a well as making new friends and to enjoy learnjng about some of the many kinds of flying discs that are flying around.

I have enjoyed the opportunity to showcase my golf collection and I'm looking forward to reading about other collectors in the future issues. I hope we all find those discs that we are looking for.

Frizz out in a Moon age Daydream,

Dr. Doom "The Real World Champion"

(918)437-6612 or

c/o I.F.D.C.A. P. 0. Box 470794

Tul a, OK 741 47-0794

The rest of the Bob Morton blue Innova-Champion golf disc collection .

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Wham-O's HDX 61 By: Steve Ward

In our last issue we talked about the HDX 80 and the HDX Model80 discs. In this article we will address the HDX 61 and the HDX 100. We heard from afew of you who let us know we had left these discs out from the list We appreciate those of you who informed us because some of you told us of HDX's we didn't know existed. But due to limited space that we can devote to a subject we had to make the HDX a two - part article.

The 61 mold was popular with Freestylers years ago because they could use the smaller diameter discs to maneuver harder Freestyle moves without the bulkier, larger diameter 80 mold. (Example moves were behind the back: turnovers, and nail delaying the disc behind the back: from one side to the other.) This is probably one reason Wham-0 made the HDX plastic in the 61 and 100 molds. As you can see by the production list for these discs, some had open centers for better upside down nail delay work:. Both the 61 and the 100 came in limited supply of open centers. However, when collectors realized this they decided to collect these limited numbers instead of throwing them. As time went on Wham-0 did make the HDX model discs in larger production numbers. (Examples of these are the yellow (lemon) 61 molds and the 82 E molds that came in two color hotstamps .)

In doing the previous article on the 80 mold HDX I have learned that Wham-0 had produced some custom discs in HDX plastic that are not on the production list we published. As time goes on we will investigate these discs and report on them, as well as add them to the production list and update it the best we can.

The First

The above article was taken from Frisbee® disc World Volume 4 Number 1 JanJFeb. 1979 with permission.

HDX LIST By: Darrell Lynn

n8 L.Jg118kJe. 61 Silver HDX 61 (chaltertop) 20-25 61 Gold HDX 61 (chaHertop) 1000 61 Blank 1+

n8 Orange 61 Gold HDX 61 (chaHertop) 1000

fi9 Blue 61 Silver HDX 61 (open center) 1000

180 Red Walennelon 61 Red HDX 61 (open center) 5000 61 Blank 1+

7/80 Yellow 61·n Gold HDX Model (wtth rays) 5000 61-n Gold Super Pro & Label 15 61-n Blank 1+

n8 l..i!t«Bkle 100 Siver HDX 100 200 100 Blank 1+

IBI<E!kJe 100 Siver HDX 100 200 100 Blank 1+

8/82 Blue 41-g Dark Blue Smtthsonlan Festival 2750 41-g Black & Copper World Class 119 g. 243 41-g Blank 1+

/81 Fi"e~ 75-15 Blank 100

Lq>lgrerted 233 Gold HDX Model (Penlold-Engllsh) ?

Lq>igrerted 81 Blank (Canadian) ?

CRlge None Gold Canadian World Class 165 g. (signature model; mold similar to 80-c) ?

YeloN 50 Blank-Prototype ?

Custom 40 Mold

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(714) 947-7885

The Eagle Evolves By Rick Neil

In our last issue we discussed the Champion Eagle. We showed the various hotstamps that were produced on the Eagle. We mentioned how the Eagle was produced only in 1983 and was followed by the Aero. The ushering inoftheAero was at the 1983 PDGA WDGC in Huntsville, Alabama along with the Eagle. These Aeros were all salmon red in color with a space shuttle hots tamp in silver, and produced in various weights. The shuttle Aero had the "Patent Pending" raised lettering on the underside of the disc, along with "Champion Discs, Inc." lettering found on all A eros that followed the Shuttle Aero. I'll refer to these salmon red A eros as "prototypes". I prefer to use this label to distinguish them from Aero discs made later. Some people would call them ftrst generation Aeros, but the problem with that is the salmon red color was the ftrst Aero produced and was as short lived as the Eagle, or more so. They (Champion) also had white and purple colors used in the ftrst generation production run but came out later after the 1983 WDGC. This white and purple should not be mistaken for the bone white stiff Aeros or the deep purple Aeros later produced in the second or third generations.

In this article we will attempt to cover the various production runs in colors and the various profiles (in height) of the Aero. Note the picture of pro flies of the different A eros over the years. Tim Selinske of Innova-Champion Discs, Inc. reassured me that there was only one mold the Aero was made from. He (Selinske) said the various differences in the Aero and the way they looked and flew were caused by various plastics used. As you can see by the profile picture there were subtle differences in profile and leading edges in the Aero golf discs produced over the years.

The various types of Aeros also had connotations in the names listed in the picture. Over the years players used these nicknames for the Aero they preferred to use in their golf game. Such names as "Flat Top" and "Dome Top" became as popular and familiar as the Aero name itself. Even today these nicknames are used for the Stingray and the Cobra golf discs. However, in our investigation of the Aero we found some unusal characteristics in a limited few discs. Some Aeros seem to have a more rounded edge, unlike the salmon red prototypes that seem to have an Eagle edge. For the sake of keeping a perpective on the nicknames we will call these "Bull nose-edged" Aeros. These were probably made around 1988 during the fourth or flfth Aero run.

Now that we have established some descriptive terms, let's go through the life span of the Aero, and look at color changes as well as differences in profiles and the appearances of the beveled edges. After the introduction of the Aero at the 1983 PDGA WDGC in Huntsville and the first colors of the frrst run of Aeros (salmon red, white, light purple), the next colors for the Aero were pale or dull yellow in stiff plastic, a light blue in soft plastic and a white plastic that was more an off-white or bone white as I prefer to call it. The white Aeros came later, as t11e blue and yellow were out frrst. The yellow and bone white Aeros were stiffer than the frrst run white, light purple and salmon red Aeros. The Aeros in the bone white and yellow were flat top Aeros where the light blue was a dome top Aero. It is reasonable to believe that what Tim Selinske of Champion Discs told me of only one mold is true because the light blue Aeros had the same sharp edge as all Aeros had up to this point in time. The plastic being what it was seemed to form a point in the center of the flight plate. These light blue Aeros became a very hot putter for players in 1984, whereas the yellow and bone white Aeros were used for driving and rolling.

The next run for the Aero came in an array of different colors. Champion kept the same colors of blue and purple A eros, but the plastic seemed to change and made the colors darker and created different shades. The blue Aeros were darker than the light blue ones used for putting. These darker blue Aeros were still preferred for putting situations. The plastic looked duller in color and had non-slick feel. The Aeros up to this point had a shiney, slick feel. Disc golfers liked the feel of the later Aeros because the non-slick Aeros gave them a better grip playing in the rain. These Aeros appeared in 1985, and were used for Tulsa's 1985 PDGA WDGC hots tamp. The 1985 WDGC hots tamp appeared on these colors of Aeros: light pink, medium blue, dark blue, plum purple, and dark green. The majority of the 300 printed were medium and dark blue. A few were in light pink with the rarest colors being plum purple and dark green. Champion was still hotstamping Aeros at this time with the "Champ stamp" star hotstamp. It was later in 1987 or 1988 that the "Aero Star" hotstamp appeared, usually on Aeros that had tlle Patent# on the back in raised lettering. Some of the Aeroshad the "Aero Star" hotstamp on "Patent Pending" discs but were very limited to my knowledge. (The Aero pictured on the front cover of this newsletter issue is an example).

The Champion Eagle I note sharp rim The Prototype Aero I "Flat Top", rounder rim

The "Dome Top" Aero /light blue color The "Bull Nose" Aero I note rim and dropped shoulder

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STANFORD ULTIMATE!:'

Brand it with an X By Rick Neil

In the mid-1970's Les Dewitt founded and started a flying disc manufacturing company named Brand X. The first creation of this company was a disc with the peace sign on it . As time went on Brand X hired Tom Schotas their Production Supervisor. At the time Tom never knew it but his employment would start the connection of Brand X flying discs to the golf disc history. It was Tom Schot who got Victor Malafronte hired on with Brand X in marketing and product development in 1979. In 1981 Victor helped design and produce his own type of golf disc, appropriately named the Brand X Golf Disc. The Disc Golf Association's (Ed Headrick) "Disc Golf' was reversed to "Golf Disc" to avoid copyright infrigement. Brand X produced three golf discs: the 40 X, limited 200 run, and the 44 X (a fastback-type disc). All three were made in glow plastic only to achieve heavier weights.

The 40 X mold was the first Brand X golf disc and made flying disc history in 1981 at the World Seniors Championships held in Springfield, Missouri. It was at this tournament that Victor Malafronte took a 156 gram 40 X golf disc and captured the World Distance Record. His sidearm throw sent the disc 118 meters. In my conversation with Victor, he said, "It probably was the first non-Wbam-0 disc to hold a World Distance Record." "The fact that the Brand X had a 2:1 ratio (weight from shoulder to rim is twice the weight from center of flight plate to shoulder) helped in throwing distance and was the first disc to have that ratio." The 40 X was later retooled and was harder to throw sidearm. There were a total of2500 40 X golf discs made. The frrstbalfhad the Driver/ Putter botstamp. The other half bad "Distance World Record Holder", "Used by World Frisbee® Champions" botstamp. Back then in 1981 disc golf players liked the 40 X for drives and rollers.

The second disc was the "200 Run" and was a retooling of the Santa Cruz Brand X disc that was given to the competitors at the 1978 tournament. It was a specialty disc to test the market and see bow well they would sell.

The other Brand X golf disc was the 44 X, a fastback in heavy phosfluorescent plastic. The collecting tip of the '90's: ONLY 50 were made, and most were given away to players in the LaMirada and Huntington Beach area The 44 X golf disc came from an existing Brand X disc used to make the "2000" a fastback.

Three phosfluorescent golf discs by Brand X all very collectable. Another collector's tip on the Brand X Golf Disc--- Brand X was the second golf disc to be made and the second golf disc to be glow-in-the-dark. Any of these three are a must for the golf disc collector that's wanting to acheive a complete golf disc collection.

Editor's Note: The three Brand X Golf Discs are pictured at U1e top. OU1crs out to the

margins are some of the custom hotstamps on Brand X golf discs.

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R. J. Frisby Knows Frisbee®

By Rick Neil

Not many flying discs exist that have two spellings of Frisbee® on them, but this little jewel of a mini is one of them. When I flrst saw this mini at Stan Korth's (a close friend) house in Oklahoma City I knew I had to have one. However there is not a lot known about the mini and its purpose for being. Stan had told me some years ago when I bought it that he thought it was a sales promotion Wham-0 had done in order to sell more to the company. Stan said he came about the few he had by calling up the company when he lived in Chicago, IL. The company had a few (20-25) on hand and said that he and his friends could purchase some of them. He didn't remember how much they paid for the minis back in the early 70's, and didn't get to go to the company to pick up the minis. (His friends did, so he never really got the story about the mini from the person at the company.)

After managing to "PRY" a couple from Stan and in starting up this newsletter I decided it would be a good mini to report on. (Just kidding Stan!) So I decided to investigate further and called Ed Headrick. I decribed the mini to him and to his be t recollection he said R. J. Frisby Manufacturing Company was going to have a family picnic and called Wham-0 to see if they could get some mini Frisbees® with their company logo and name on them. The company wanted them as party favors to hand out. Ed said he thought there were 100 to 200 made. He did say that Wham-0 gave them a good price, hoping they would order much more, but never did.

The mini is an original raised letter mold, the flrst ones that Wham-0 produced in the late 60's. The mold numbers are G & H molds in large letters and, of course, have the raised nipple underneath in the center of the mini. Word has it that these molds were shipped overseas to European countries later in the 70's. Wham -0 then came out with raised letter minis with C & D molds in the small letters undemeath the mini next to the raised nipple area. The label is white with green lettering on it. To my knowledge few raised letter minis exist with labels. The circular label has "R. J. Frisby Manufacturing Co." on the top half and "Elk Grove, IL." on the bottom half of the label. Both wordings are readable from left to right.

I called Stan back to see if he could tell me any more about the company. He said the company was located in the northwestern suburb part of Chicago. By the way, I paid $50.00 each for my set purchased in the early 80's and feel it was a real bargain - Thanks Stan!

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