Happy frisbee birthday

[Blobfish]

I stumbled across this trivia tidbit this morning: on this day in 1957, toy company Wham-O produced the first batch of aerodynamic plastic discs, known as the "Pluto Platter" which was later changed to frisbee, in honor of William Frisbie's pie company

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

I found a Pluto Platter at a garage sale for $0.25 a few years ago. It was not in good shape, but still a real one!

 

[ohtobediscing]

I should throw either my Ultimate Frisbee lid or my old Touchline golf discs today. But they're all antiques and its already raining today, so I'll probably just fondle them for awhile.

 

[chevis]

here's little more info

 

[armiller]

I suppose Wham-O started it all, but I'm more interested in the Ultrastar's birthday. Looks like 1991? 29 this year. I started throwing spinning and floaty plastic objects in the 90s, so the rise of the Ultrastar was a key part of my love of "frisbees."

https://ultiworld.com/2013/03/18/when-wham-o-was-king-why-the-innova-v-discraft-debate-is-old-news/

 

[Blobfish]

I too, dig the Ultrastar as well as the J-star. I have a glow in the dark Ultrastar that I throw around with the kids at camp, never gets old

 

[Getty]

I have an Ultrastar from 1981 UPA Nationals without the Lines of Headrick. Whamo held the patent until around 1990. When the patent ran out Discraft either retooled or made a new mold with its version of the LoH. Somewhere out there is a picture with my name on a napkin where we, The UPA Coordinating Committee and the Board of Directors, made the hard decision to cut ties with the company who had supported us for so long. We felt we had to do what was best for the sport since Frisbee runs were inconsistent and not reliable for competition anymore.