It seems like a bit of harsh take IMO. It's not like they specifically targeted your line-up. I am sure, just like any business, they evaluate what sells and what doesn't in combination with what is in need of update. They seem intentionally focused on maintaining a modern/updated lineup as opposed to continuing to make small runs of low popularity discs.
I throw gyro because of the quality/consistency factor but also because of the science. So much of disc golf is about the archer not the arrow so the realized difference of the gyroscopic technology MVP is employing is not always tangible. But it's there nevertheless and I love aerodynamics and all things that fly so I really enjoy throwing gyro. If I didn't have that sort of preference I think I would have a more open bag
There's two big issues I have with this though. When they completed the great mold massacre, they said they were OOPing some discs not because they weren't popular, but because they "learned how to make discs better with modern technology" and were going to take the opportunity to redesign some of them for a more modern feel, but give us replacements. So far they have given us the Paradox, which replaces nothing that was OOP'd as it's waaay less stable than anything else that was being produced, the Uplink, close ish to the Theory I guess, the Hex, which is probably the closest to an OOP'd mold with the Axis. And finally we have the Rhythm, which again, what is it replacing? We didn't lose a fairway that understable.
The other issue though is the Crave, and to a lesser extent some discs that had similar adjustments, which was one of their best selling discs. They decided it wasn't flying as "intended" and made it less stable. It was one of their BEST SELLING DISCS! Stupid decision. Just absolutely awful, really. It's one thing to adjust a less popular mold, but to adjust something everyone likes, on purpose, it just doesn't do much for consumer confidence.
Don't be too quick. Do some research as all brands are having difficulty. I lost a Kastaplast Falk that was my main 'driver'. Couldn't find them anywhere as they are out of stock....a friend told me about Par Plastics and I was able to get one there. But Kastaplast is teaming up with Latitude 64 and Lat64 will be making the Kastaplast discs....when? Who knows? Will Lat64's version be the same as Kasta's? Who knows?
Brands are having a tough time with the supply chain and have to choose what they can make....and are having trouble keeping anything in stock. The big ones (Innova, Discraft, Lat64) are being pretty good at keeping stock available...but even then the mold might not be consistent or their stock is "limited run".
As stated in my above response, I am not talking about being able to find discs in stock, I am talking about MVP making poor decisions on the current lineup of their discs that don't exactly Inspire my confidence in their future decision making abilities. Not only do they make poor decisions on making adjustments to their molds, but, they also are starting to seem a little deceitful to me in their "openness" to their fans. They claim to be very open, and I've always appreciated that in the past, but seeing some of these teasers, either they're using bad pictures, or something else, but there's a lot of us who know a good amount of info on disc design to at least get a decent interpretation on what we're looking at. It feels like they've gotten worse at this lately even. They used to tease new "overstable" or "understable" discs. Now they'll tease discs without info, everyone speculates wildly, hopes for the replacements that they promised (see above rant), and get disappointed when they turn out to be different. And this has happened multiple times, yet MVP still doesn't want to reveal any data on upcoming new releases. Why? What does it hurt? Are other manufacturers going to suddenly have a market advantage because they know MVP is going to release an understable fairway at some point? It's kind of ridiculous, and manages expectations for fans very poorly.
Ha I will echo that, Bogey posted the WSJ article in the Disc golf in the news.. Give that a read. After the Holy shot they basically said " yay and we're f##cked". They produced more discs last year than in the previous 10
If you are desperate for a few more falks check the Canadian market, there was a recent release. My buddy scored me a soft one, at retail nice disc. I bought him one haha went nuts on a FB auction, my backup is $65 haha.
I got over my oop anger but mine was mostly mid based. I never threw the oop drivers except the switch. I also don't get why people can't make whatever slot disappeared work with a fission volt or tesla. I get the crave disappointment but I'm happier throwing a 165 volt. Or a 162 fission tesla for more beef.
I was hoping the rhythm was a relay OS I wasn't expecting -3 on a 7 speed.
So yeah, as stated, it's not about availability, it's dumb decisions. There's a few discs that MVP just doesn't make currently that they used to. There is no 7/5/0/1 disc like the Crave used to be. There is no 7/4/-.5/2.5 disc like the Clash used to be. The Crave has somewhat replaced what the Inspire was, so Yay? except the loss of the Crave is worse than the gain of the Inspire 2.0.
And, re fission Volts, I'm not really a fan of fission plastic, and while it's not a lot more expensive, I don't feel like paying more for a plastic I don't really care all that much for.