Understanding the Catalog

New to custom-stamp collecting? This page explains the words you'll see all over the site. Search it (Ctrl/⌘ F) or deep-link to any term.

DFX vs. Goose Gang

DFX Discs is the retailer (dfxdiscs.com) that sells the custom-stamped discs. Goose Gang Discs is the community catalog — this site — that documents them. We don't sell discs; we catalog them.

Manufacturers, molds, and plastics

Three different things, often confused:

• Manufacturer — the company that makes the blank disc (Innova, Discraft, MVP…).
• Mold — the shape of the disc (a specific putter, midrange, driver, etc.).
• Plastic — the blend the disc is made from (base, premium, glow, etc.).

One mold can come in many plastics; one plastic can be used across many molds.

What is a release?

A release is one stamp design applied to one or more discs. So "a release" isn't a single disc — it's the artwork/edition, which may have been printed on several mold + plastic combinations.

Combos

A combo is a specific mold + plastic pairing (e.g. "Proton Pilot" = the Pilot mold in Proton plastic). A release lists all the combos its stamp was printed on in the Technical Registry.

The six variants

Variants are the different foil/editions of a stamp. A release shows a colored badge for each variant it comes in:

• GG — Golden Goose · The all-gold-foil edition — the flagship.
• AV — Artist Variant · The stamp artist's choice of foils, made alongside the regular run.
• CK — Chef's Kiss · The hot-stamper's choice of foils — their own take, distinct from the main run.
• SG — Silver Goose · The historical all-silver-foil edition. Retired — you'll see it on older releases, not recent ones.
• FI — First Impression · An early/first-run impression of the stamp.
• Tester — Stamp Tester · A test print of the stamp.

Golden Goose Gang

The GGG is the numbered club of collectors who were first to throw a previously-unthrown Golden Goose, with video proof. See the GGG guide.

Classic vs. PLC rim line

For MVP-family discs only, some molds are noted as Classic or PLC — two rim-line versions of the same shape. Other manufacturers don't use this distinction.

The Technical Registry

The table on a release page listing every mold + plastic combo the stamp was printed on. It's the authoritative "what forms does this release exist in?" reference, and you can wishlist or mark ownership of a specific combo right from it.

Artists vs. Collections

• Artists are the people who drew the stamp art. Each has a portfolio page.
• Collections are themed groupings of releases (a series, a theme, a stamper). For example, Hunter Hotstamp is a collection, not an artist — it's a tag for a group of releases, not a person who illustrated them.