Nike McFly Update
One of the most read posts I ever wrote was this one about sneaker fan efforts to get Nike to manufacture the McFly seen in Back to the Future II.
They got their wish. Kind of:
…the guys that run the McFly 2015 Project, a grassroots movement that has been trying to drum up support for Nike to make this shoe aren’t satisfied.
“The Nike Hyperdunks might be inspired by the McFly 2015’s, but the Nike Hyperdunks are not the McFly 2015’s” said Michael Maloof, who with his brother Charles launched a Web site last year in order to push for the futuristic sneakers. “We strongly encourage each and everyone who wants the ‘real’ McFly 2015’s to sign up on the official McFly 2015 project Web site.”
Sure enough, they don’t really look THAT much like the McFlys and, perhaps most importantly, they are not automagically self-lacing.
Real:
Imitation:
But it does look like someone at Nike is listening to the fans.
Cosmo wrote:
Good article, I wan’t the real shoe not some cop off “inspired” version.
Although, I would have bought a pair of these just because they look similar, and show the same type of colorway, but unfortunately they only realeased 1,000 pairs!
Come on nike!
Posted on 07-Aug-08 at 1:50 pm | Permalink