Nike's Back to the Future Shoes Aren't Self-Fastening

sahara_mafia · Sep 11, 2011, 12:10 PM

Nike got us all hot and bothered yesterday when it teased the launch of Nike Mags just like the shoes Michael J. Fox wore in Back to the Future. The company's Back to the Future-themed hints together with a 2010 filing for self-fastening shoes had us pretty damn excited. Last night, Nike pulled back the curtain to reveal the 2011 Nike MAG shoe and though it's a visual replica of Marty's shoe, they aren't self-fastening.

Source tomsguide

IvanV · Sep 11, 2011, 04:57 PM

The link points to the Russian hockey players tragedy.

**MIG-31** · Sep 11, 2011, 05:02 PM

I can't find the Nike story on the BBC Either.

sahara_mafia · Sep 12, 2011, 06:51 AM

sorry for that i did change it

**MIG-31** · Sep 12, 2011, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by sahara_mafia

sorry for that i did change it

Its the same Russian hockey team story.

IvanV · Sep 12, 2011, 09:56 AM

To me it leads to a non-existant page now.

Here's one article: Nike's Back to the Future shoes fetch up to $37,000

"... But unlike the movie version, these shoes won't lace themselves. The self-lacing feature proved impractical as the design used in the movie required Fox to wear a battery pack with wires running down his pants. ..."

Judas · Sep 13, 2011, 04:49 PM

i'm pretty sure the concepts of which that actually made it work 25+ years ago are considerably smaller and would indeed work if someone were willing to pay for it..

I've seen more amazing things then self lacing shoes

Sep 11, 2011, 12:10 PM	#1
sahara_mafia member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: botswana Posts: 3,368 Rep Power: 155 System Specs	Nike's Back to the Future Shoes Aren't Self-Fastening Nike got us all hot and bothered yesterday when it teased the launch of Nike Mags just like the shoes Michael J. Fox wore in Back to the Future. The company's Back to the Future-themed hints together with a 2010 filing for self-fastening shoes had us pretty damn excited. Last night, Nike pulled back the curtain to reveal the 2011 Nike MAG shoe and though it's a visual replica of Marty's shoe, they aren't self-fastening. Source tomsguide __________________ Last edited by sahara_mafia; Sep 12, 2011 at 09:12 AM.

Sep 11, 2011, 04:57 PM	#2
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Nike's Back to the Future Shoes Aren't Self-Fastening The link points to the Russian hockey players tragedy. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Sep 11, 2011, 05:02 PM	#3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,853 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Re: Nike's Back to the Future Shoes Aren't Self-Fastening I can't find the Nike story on the BBC Either. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

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Sep 12, 2011, 09:56 AM	#6
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Nike's Back to the Future Shoes Aren't Self-Fastening To me it leads to a non-existant page now. Here's one article: Nike's Back to the Future shoes fetch up to $37,000 "... But unlike the movie version, these shoes won't lace themselves. The self-lacing feature proved impractical as the design used in the movie required Fox to wear a battery pack with wires running down his pants. ..." __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).