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Nimbus 2000
The Nimbus 2000 was produced by the Nimbus Racing Broom Company as part of their successful line of racing brooms. Released
in 1991, it was, at the time, the fastest broomstick in production. Harry Potter recieved one from Professor McGonagall when
he joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a Seeker. It was succeeded by the Nimbus 2001.
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Nimbus 2001
The end to the dominance of Cleansweep and Comet finally arrived in 1967, and when it came, it came quickly. It was then
that the Nimbus Racing Broom Company announced their arrival with the revolutionary Nimbus 1000, and it took the wizarding
world by storm. It broke the 100mph barrier, it could turn 360 degrees on the spot, and on top of this it handled beautifully
and was as reliable as anything ever seen. It was inevitable that the entire professional Quidditch playing world immediately
adopted it as their standard. Comet tried to keep up with its 260 model, and Cleansweep made successive releases up to the
Cleansweep 11, but in truth they had lost their market. Nimbus successively released the 1001, 1500, 1700 and 2000, and finally
in 1992 came their greatest achievement, the Nimbus 2001. No professional Quidditch team would be seen riding anything else.
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Comet 260
The Comet Trading Company was formed in 1929 by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton, who were both professional Quidditch
players with the Falmouth Falcons. This foray into the market was a direct response to the success of the Cleansweep One and
the move towards mass-production. Horton and Keitch invented and patented their own Braking Charm to aid the handling of their
broomsticks, with the result that their first offering, the Comet 140, quickly became a very popular Quidditch broom. A number
of professional teams adopted it as their standard broomstick and the first trading war of the developing market began. Comet
did not respond to the release of the Cleansweep Two in 1934, but followed the Cleansweep Three with their own Comet 180 in
1938. The Comet 260 followed much later, and was still considered to be a quality broomstick in the early 1990s.
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