Tron Disc
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starfighter66
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my best guess would be the frisbee model that came out when tron did in 1982
LeMarchand
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i heard they used foam wham-o frisbees painted white with black tape.
dualedge
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Every time I read a thread devoted to identity disc threads, I read lots of stuff about the soft wham-o frisbee - and mind you I am not what I'd call an expert on this subject so those that are, correct me if I'm off base with this (preferably with evidence to the contrary) - but judging from everything I've seen, the soft wham-o style frisbees were only really used for the costume discs (in essence a "stunt disc" if you will) and not the type that they actually threw around as "hero" discs.
The original discs I've seen pictures of so frequently that are all the soft wham-o style all have a spot on the back for velcro to attach to a costume. I have yet to see what I'd call an original "hero".
Here's a photo that I think proves my point... this is clearly NOT the soft wham-o style frisbee IMHO. I would assume this is a plastic frisbee that's had stickers and/or paint applied. What's the info on this "hero" style frisbee?
The original discs I've seen pictures of so frequently that are all the soft wham-o style all have a spot on the back for velcro to attach to a costume. I have yet to see what I'd call an original "hero".
Here's a photo that I think proves my point... this is clearly NOT the soft wham-o style frisbee IMHO. I would assume this is a plastic frisbee that's had stickers and/or paint applied. What's the info on this "hero" style frisbee?
There were three different versions of the discs for the film:
1. Version one were soft foam Whamo frisbees. These were painted in white by hand, and had either paper, or vinyl center rings glued to cover the Whamo logo. Some of the paper center rings covered the entire top of the disc, while some were only just enough to cover the logo. These had 3 velcro strips glued to the rear for attachement to the actors unitard. This disk used black ribbon tape for the outer ring of the disc.
2. Version Two were hard plastic frisbee's which were also Whamo. They were used for throwing. These were painted in the same fashion, but had not paper, nor vinyl centers. All rings were painted.
3. Version three was a carved piece of foam that had solid backs with multiple pieces of velcro attached. It is believed that these types were used only by principle actors and for close-ups when the back of the character was shown. These discs all had vinyl center rings, and were hand painted like all othe versions. The outter rings were also created using black ribbon tape.
Hope this helps. All info was gathered using Disney Archive info, and hands on inspection of various screen used/ production made discs.
1. Version one were soft foam Whamo frisbees. These were painted in white by hand, and had either paper, or vinyl center rings glued to cover the Whamo logo. Some of the paper center rings covered the entire top of the disc, while some were only just enough to cover the logo. These had 3 velcro strips glued to the rear for attachement to the actors unitard. This disk used black ribbon tape for the outer ring of the disc.
2. Version Two were hard plastic frisbee's which were also Whamo. They were used for throwing. These were painted in the same fashion, but had not paper, nor vinyl centers. All rings were painted.
3. Version three was a carved piece of foam that had solid backs with multiple pieces of velcro attached. It is believed that these types were used only by principle actors and for close-ups when the back of the character was shown. These discs all had vinyl center rings, and were hand painted like all othe versions. The outter rings were also created using black ribbon tape.
Hope this helps. All info was gathered using Disney Archive info, and hands on inspection of various screen used/ production made discs.
A hard plastic disc is up for auction at Profiles and the stripes are made with gaffers tape according to the description if I remember correctly.
Nick
Nick
