Early Regular circa 1968, just the word Frisbee on top. The Regular is still in production today! There have been many re tooling and packaging , when I got Ralph's collection I got a bunch but they are not really collected by anyone that I have known, could be they were crummy flyers not sure why, below I have included just a few examples but if someone shows interest I can show the different styles.
Wham-o Mystery "Y" Regular, the red is a # 6 and the yellow a # 7, This is a retooling of Empire Plastics Mystery "Y" Jr. ( 2 players one with a Y on this shirt ) Wham-o sued Empire Plastics for using the word FRISBEE on their discs. You can see the ridge running through the words Wham-o and Frisbee. Not to many folks know about these rare discs.
The first Saucer Tossers were made by Continental Promotions Inc. in 1972. This company later changed their name to Concepts Products Inc.. They soon became Wham-o's competitor. From 1974-1976 the " Saucer Tosser " held the record for distance. Wham-o purchased C.P.I. in 1978. In 1982 Wham-o and its Frisbee Trademark were sold to Kransco. In 1986 Kransco made a limited run of Saucer Tossers with a added Wham-o splash logo.
Wham-o Mars Platter, Planets and a stippled rim. Premier Products Made a Mars Platter that was a copy of Wham-o's Pluto Platter, they also used the word Frisbee, this was cause for Wham-o to sue, they took control of the molds and with a slight retooling Wham-o started making their own Mars Platters.
Marc Pestotnik from Germany was asking if I had a extra green Christmas FB # 3. He was asking about a turned in rim & a flat top, this was the second time I had heard about a different rim. I got to looking & sure enough the rim is deeper on the green, above the Datsun FB # 3 has a beeper rim too! AS well as one of the orange Oly stamped discs above. Looking at these some of the Fastbacks I notice a few things, sometimes there is a single bead on the bottom of the rim, sometimes two beads other times none, guessing there are different bottom parts to this mold, hard to see that the green disc above is deep & the white relativly straight. I looked hard & long hoping to see more deep rims but I only could detect 2 others from the green Xmas disc. Could it be a different amount of time left in the mold that causes the deep rim? I know some people like # 5 or # 6 for MTA & Self Caught Flight. I looked at 2,3,4 & 5s, the 2's have different script & all of them have the deep rim, most of my 3's & my 4 & my 5's were more flat. Interesting stuff! I just know I would go snow blind if I tried to compare all of my Fastbacks!
Wham-0 40 mold, I had to ask the Frisbee collector group where this was, turns out it is in Wisconsin, I came across a post on Facebook from Abby Scheele who is from this town, on a visit back to New Richmond she took a picture of herself & the local water tower with the towns name on it, & posted it, I saw it & I had to share a picture I had taken of this disc, turns out she wanted it so we are working a trade for it, funny I had not held this disc in my hands for years but renumbering my collection on a spreadsheet I took a picture of it to collect info, it will find a new home, in Texas but with someone that is from this town. This disc must have been stamped in the 70s.
This is listed below in a smaller shot here is a better look, Raised letter Pro on a Fastback like mold, not sure what to call this, # 10. Donn Blake told me these discs had the plastic heated and reformed by a guy named Ernie Wilkerson. I got this from Ralph Williamson who got it from Spider Willis.
In this page I will list Wham-o discs, this could overlap into other areas but Wham-o tried to be all things flying discs, They were the big promoters that got it all started with the Rose Bowl events of the 70s and 80s. This white disc is a # 10 raised letter Pro but in the shape of a Fastback, very unusual, very few made, one of my plastic treasures!
I was having a great time playing at Veterans Park in Sylmar, just down the 210 freeway was a course I had heard about, Oak Grove near Pasadena. This is the first Disc Golf course to have pole hole catching targets. They also had a pro shop the Mungazine store. I try AMF Voit discs, ( they made 21cm, 23cm and 24cm discs ) and Destiny Puppy ( 21cm ) these discs have the traditional flying disc or lid shape just smaller and heavier, disc manufacturers got a little crazy making some discs as heavy as 220 grams!
The disc that got my eye was the Eagle by Innova, this disc came out in 1983 and was the first beveled edge golf disc. It was a short run of a disc, soon it would become the Aero. The first Eagles made were called 'test shots' 50 or so were made of each orange, pink and yellow. No art work on these discs made them known as bald eagles. These discs were made in extra hard plastic.
The first production run of about 2000 discs were made in a softer plastic, most of these first run discs had white specks in them. All were a orange or peach in color.
The second production run of about 7000 discs were run in 4 colors orange, pink, yellow and blue. 4000 of these had the TM ( trademark ) in the hot stamp, only orange and pink got the TM. only 7 different hot stamp art work was used on these discs. Orbitors Odyssey, Discovering the World, Champion Star stamp, River Run, 1983 Worlds, Borland's Physical Therapy and The Mungazine store.
Other courses I became a regular at was Huntington Beach, Long Beach, La Mirada and South El Monte. I also played a course and I am not sure but I want to say it was in San Dimas it had a lot of cactus, I seem to remember that Long Beach had 4X4 posts as targets, and I do remember a small trailer at La Mirada that sold discs and drinks.
I got my first Ace at Oak Grove ( old hole # 9 ) in 1983 with a Eagle. That hole was along the road and was a short straight shot with lots of trees but there was a window and I threw a turn over shot that nailed the Mach 1 single chain dead in the heart! There was a group of people hanging around by it because there was parking by the pin, it was a instant party lots of fun! I have saved all my ace discs , putting them into retirement after I have aced with them.
I had a custom disc bag that my Grandma had made for me, I filled it with all my discs, always happy to meet new members of the Frisbee Family and play Disc Golf. Funny how I missed some of the biggest Flying Disc events ever. The last few years of the famous Rose Bowl events was going on and I never knew anything about it till many years later.
In 1983 I played my first Disc Golf event The Wintertime Open, I had a chance to get a PDGA number or was it the DGA then, but it was not till 1994 that I did get # 7044.
1984 was a big change I moved ( armed with several new Aviars ) to Lake Tahoe. I played in the trees and had a great time but slowly lost discs. I guess there were other disc golfers but I never found them, nor did I find any pole holes. Finally in 1986 I moved to Davis California and encountered my first Nor-Cal pole hole course! But wait a 9 hole course? Par 2 holes ? Same thing in the town north of me in Woodland 9 hole course ? Par 2 holes ? These people had never been to La Mirada! I played but some how totally missed all the Disc Golf action going on in Sacramento.
Moving to the East Bay after getting married to my Honey Lisa in 1987 I stopped playing for a few years, but we did a trip to San Diego and I found my self at Morley Field. There was a pro shop and I got some discs I remember getting a Cobra and a crazy looking disc called a Scorpion. I found my self back in full Disc Golf gear in 1990, That was the year my first was born Curtis, He was my Disc Golf buddy and we have been playing ever since!
I played my first Nor-Cal series event in Sonoma at Crane Creek in 1991. Over the next few years I played most of the Nor-Cal courses in tournament play. 1994 the PDGA AM Worlds came to Sacramento. My high point of the event was being the only person to have a ace that week! I moved to Napa later that year. I was a commuter when it came to disc golf and wanted a course in my new town. I found a awesome spot at the 900 acre Skyline Park. After 3 years of the weekend Nor-Cal series event Vintage Cup I got the board to let me set up a course year round in a new area of the park, this is where you will find the course today and hopefully find me out playing on it!
The disc that got my eye was the Eagle by Innova, this disc came out in 1983 and was the first beveled edge golf disc. It was a short run of a disc, soon it would become the Aero. The first Eagles made were called 'test shots' 50 or so were made of each orange, pink and yellow. No art work on these discs made them known as bald eagles. These discs were made in extra hard plastic.
The first production run of about 2000 discs were made in a softer plastic, most of these first run discs had white specks in them. All were a orange or peach in color.
The second production run of about 7000 discs were run in 4 colors orange, pink, yellow and blue. 4000 of these had the TM ( trademark ) in the hot stamp, only orange and pink got the TM. only 7 different hot stamp art work was used on these discs. Orbitors Odyssey, Discovering the World, Champion Star stamp, River Run, 1983 Worlds, Borland's Physical Therapy and The Mungazine store.
Other courses I became a regular at was Huntington Beach, Long Beach, La Mirada and South El Monte. I also played a course and I am not sure but I want to say it was in San Dimas it had a lot of cactus, I seem to remember that Long Beach had 4X4 posts as targets, and I do remember a small trailer at La Mirada that sold discs and drinks.
I got my first Ace at Oak Grove ( old hole # 9 ) in 1983 with a Eagle. That hole was along the road and was a short straight shot with lots of trees but there was a window and I threw a turn over shot that nailed the Mach 1 single chain dead in the heart! There was a group of people hanging around by it because there was parking by the pin, it was a instant party lots of fun! I have saved all my ace discs , putting them into retirement after I have aced with them.
I had a custom disc bag that my Grandma had made for me, I filled it with all my discs, always happy to meet new members of the Frisbee Family and play Disc Golf. Funny how I missed some of the biggest Flying Disc events ever. The last few years of the famous Rose Bowl events was going on and I never knew anything about it till many years later.
In 1983 I played my first Disc Golf event The Wintertime Open, I had a chance to get a PDGA number or was it the DGA then, but it was not till 1994 that I did get # 7044.
1984 was a big change I moved ( armed with several new Aviars ) to Lake Tahoe. I played in the trees and had a great time but slowly lost discs. I guess there were other disc golfers but I never found them, nor did I find any pole holes. Finally in 1986 I moved to Davis California and encountered my first Nor-Cal pole hole course! But wait a 9 hole course? Par 2 holes ? Same thing in the town north of me in Woodland 9 hole course ? Par 2 holes ? These people had never been to La Mirada! I played but some how totally missed all the Disc Golf action going on in Sacramento.
Moving to the East Bay after getting married to my Honey Lisa in 1987 I stopped playing for a few years, but we did a trip to San Diego and I found my self at Morley Field. There was a pro shop and I got some discs I remember getting a Cobra and a crazy looking disc called a Scorpion. I found my self back in full Disc Golf gear in 1990, That was the year my first was born Curtis, He was my Disc Golf buddy and we have been playing ever since!
I played my first Nor-Cal series event in Sonoma at Crane Creek in 1991. Over the next few years I played most of the Nor-Cal courses in tournament play. 1994 the PDGA AM Worlds came to Sacramento. My high point of the event was being the only person to have a ace that week! I moved to Napa later that year. I was a commuter when it came to disc golf and wanted a course in my new town. I found a awesome spot at the 900 acre Skyline Park. After 3 years of the weekend Nor-Cal series event Vintage Cup I got the board to let me set up a course year round in a new area of the park, this is where you will find the course today and hopefully find me out playing on it!