Well technically it is a Purple VC-Sports. No near as common as a VC-160. In fact some would say rare. They are getting hard to find. As far as your catcher, if it is showing the signs of those horrible deep cracks, I wouldn't touch it. If you could please put up some pictures of it, I could help you from there. I'm personally not a big fan of heating up plastic to give it new life, as, if it is done wrong, it can wreck the whole thing. I'll wait to see some pictures before I say any more.

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