What is Prodigy missing? It's got to be more than the boring disc nomenclature. It must be multiple issues adding up, like lackluster marketing, distribution, something?
I have never personally thrown a Prodigy disc, and I actively avoid them on the shelves. Don't like the feel of the plastic, don't like the stamps, the names, nothing. I guess there's just not enough to hang my hat on conceptually
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If I gave their discs a chance I'm sure I'd like them; every manufacturer makes good discs.
IMHO Prodigy's plastics are very good. The 350g plastic is the best putting plastic I've found; I'd love it if the Marshal could be made in that plastic. The 400, 400g, and 750 plastics are good, too, and it's just a matter of the thrower's preference in deciding which is best.
Having said that, the problems (IMHO) include:
the discs are expensive, especially relative to their competitors;
the discs are often not available, and not in the plastics we want (e.g. M4 in 350g plastic);
a lot of pros left Prodigy, including well-known players like Paige Pierce and Big Jerm Koling;
I believe the 'spat' between Paige P and Prodigy hurt Prodigy, no matter who was 'right';
very poor marketing of discs and the pros that throw them;
the original H-series was pretty bad;
there was a huge gap between the H and D series, on the order of a gap between Speeds 10 and 13 with no in-between;
Prodigy used to make/sponsor vidoes of tournaments; I remember several filmed here in Georgia with Will 'Shoestrings' being on the card, but I haven't seen anything from them in recent months. That had (and has) me wondering if they're surviving, much less thriving, financially.
So all of that has added up. And all of the above is my $0.02; your (plural) opinions may vary...
