Sometimes manufacturers will slightly tweak a mold and re-use a name. The Captain's Raptor and the Sockibomb Slammer are two recent examples of this.
We also have rleases like Tour Series (the Discraft touring pros signature discs ) that all get a special plastic blend specific to that year.
But we also see a specific run/runs of a mold get a special name (Sky God, Eagle Claw, Night Strike ... maybe it's just a Discmania thing). I'm not sure whether that applies to Sexton Firebirds or not, but I believe it's similar. In any case, you will see people extolling the virtues of these specific discs.
Now, specific runs will have different flight characteristics, but the way the pros talk about these discs, it sounds like these characteristics are being targetted rather than simple accidents.
So what's going on there? Are the disc manufacturers working with the pros to get something out of a run that they normally wouldn't? If so, what sort of parameters are being tweaked?
And I know I'm going to get a lot of cynical "it's just marketing" takes, but I don't think that is all that is going on here. At the very least a small run of discs is going to allow more consistency.
We also have rleases like Tour Series (the Discraft touring pros signature discs ) that all get a special plastic blend specific to that year.
But we also see a specific run/runs of a mold get a special name (Sky God, Eagle Claw, Night Strike ... maybe it's just a Discmania thing). I'm not sure whether that applies to Sexton Firebirds or not, but I believe it's similar. In any case, you will see people extolling the virtues of these specific discs.
Now, specific runs will have different flight characteristics, but the way the pros talk about these discs, it sounds like these characteristics are being targetted rather than simple accidents.
So what's going on there? Are the disc manufacturers working with the pros to get something out of a run that they normally wouldn't? If so, what sort of parameters are being tweaked?
And I know I'm going to get a lot of cynical "it's just marketing" takes, but I don't think that is all that is going on here. At the very least a small run of discs is going to allow more consistency.