I really don't know what the debate is. The star colt is clearly the retooled mold. Whether or not you like how it flies, the star colt has a higher shoulder and thicker domed flight plate. I agree it flies close to the proto stability, but it doesn't feel the same.
For the sake of clarity, here is my $0.02 on all this.
The Star Colt is the production mold, not the proto mold.
The Star Colt feels more like the proto-DX than the production-DX feels like the proto-DX... TO ME. YMMV.
The production DX flies more understable than the proto-DX. A *lot* more understable.
The Star Colt (TO ME, YMMV) flies more like the proto-DX than the production-DX flies like the proto-DX.
IMHO, the Star Colt does not feel bad in my hands. Does it feel exactly like the proto-DX? No, not exactly. But it (Star Colt) feels okay, and much more importantly, it flies well for me. I would probably not use the production Colts in DX, but I *am* using the Star Colts.
Hope that clarifies my own experiences, thoughts, feelings, and suppositions. :thmbup: