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From: mackay@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David J.C. MacKay)
To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, j.m.wilson@dundee.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Novelty discs, rack you brains
Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk
Precedence: bulk
I have got two sorts of novelty discs.
I got them both from a sports company called Newitts.
One is made of foam (from some German company) and costs about 5.00
and flies like shit.
The other is made out of vinyl (called a CatchDiscII), costs 3.50 and
flies like shit.
The best non-disc I have seen is a ring made of a metal wire
and an elasticated piece of cloth stretched over it. I don't know
where to get this from, but I know my 4 year old niece can huck it
30 yards no problem.
The bottom line:
IMHO, there is no point buying novelty discs. They are too expensive.
If you want to promote Junior ultimate, I will sell you ultrastars
for 3.50 each, in bulk.
BUF discs are available at similar prices too.
David
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> From csv.warwick.ac.uk!britdisc-owner Tue Mar 24 10:34:33 1998
> From: Jester <j.m.wilson@dundee.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: j.m.wilson@dundee.ac.uk
> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk
> Subject: Novelty discs, rack you brains
>
> My fellow BritDisc users
>
> In this time of turmoile, this time of mails concerning rules, reports
> and the Tour, I would like to bring peace back to BritDisc by asking a
> question in no way related to the any of the previoulsy discussed
> sujects.
>
>
> Does anyone have, or know where I could get, any novelty disc realated
> items?
>
>
> I'm really interested in novelty discs, y'know the sort of thing I mean,
> ones made from foam or other indoor types. Does any origami expert out
> there know how to make a disc that flies out of paper or card? I've
> heard of fold-a-way frisbees made of plastic too.
>
> I want to use a novelty disc as a way of promoting my Interactive
> Ultimate Information Point which I'm designing at art college. Don't
> worry if you can't give me precise information, I just need somewhere to
> start looking. So if your Grandmother's dog walker used to know a girl
> who's father's second cousin once took a walk in the park and saw out of
> the corner of his eye something that might have been a disc different
> from a 175 Ultrastar, I want to hear from you! ;-)
>
> Cheers in advance
> All the bester
> Jester
>
> Dundee Ultimate Shooting Stars*
> In no control for '98
>