Jul 18 2008eBay: Back To The Future II Shoe Prototype
This is a working prototype of the futuristic Nike's Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future II. This is not the shoe worn in the movie, it's the prototype from which the others were made. Oh, and it isn't a pair, it's just a single shoe.
They were originally called "Slamball Shoes," and that's what most people called them around Nike. There was supposed to have been a scene in the movie in which Marty plays Slamball, a game like 3D racquetball where the participants wear magnetic shoes which allow them to climb up the walls. That scene was never shot because the cost of building a huge room on gimbals to create the effect was too great.
The REAL name of the shoes in Marty McFly's world of 2015 was the "Nike Mag" because of their magnetic properties, and that's what is molded in the back of the heel.
The shoe is in "good" condition for what it is, but since the polyurethane midsole and fabric body of the shoe were simply spray-painted in the suggested color, some of the paint has flaked off over time. The LEDs, the electro-luminescent panel on the ankle strap, and one of the two electro-luminescent panels on the midsole still work. The other midsole panel comes on if you flex the shoe slightly.
Current bidding is at $2,550 with two days left. I'd bid on it, but I have two feet. Oh, and I try to stay clear of footwear that requires you have a battery pack strapped to your junk. That's just me though. Somebody call me when the hoverboard from the movie is for sale. And it better still hover.
Hit the jump for a couple more pictures of just how poorly things age when brought back in time.
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Reader Comments
1. junk - July 18, 2008 11:54 AM
I could make those shoes
2. :) - July 18, 2008 11:55 AM
I would rather have jet powered nikes so i could fly. But, they would still have to light up. Because it looks cool. Gotta impress the ladies ya know.
3. This is my BOOM stick - July 18, 2008 12:04 PM
wow it looks like my old ski boots. I think ill just skip the $2550 price tag and go up to the attic to find those old boots........
Well i found the boots and got all excited so i put them on. problem is i tried comming down from the attic and fell. Good thing i was wearing my sweet Hands Free Laptop Holder. It Broke my fall.....and my ribs.......and my Laptop....
Still have these sweet boots.
4. Shelby - July 18, 2008 12:17 PM
So u can use the magnetic shoe to walk on metal objects.... yay i can finally be a refrigerator magnet....
seriously theres no use for magnetic shoes not alot of things have metal plating.... now if u make shoes that stick to brick and wood and crap like that then we could slimb buildings...then as they fail when ur about to reach the top u can whip out ur hoverbored and crush someone under the pressure and safely land on top of them....
5. the pooz - July 18, 2008 12:35 PM
wow. those things are hideous. ill take 3.
but seriously, id rather dip my feet in poop then saran wrap them than wear these things.
6. StupidAss - July 18, 2008 7:42 PM
Shelby. They aren't really magnetic shoes. They were very specific about the magnets being used as a means in which to play an imaginary game in an unlikely future by a man who by that time wouldn't even be able to tie his shoes. Sorry, my bad, that was wrong and i know it...
...I forgot the shoes don't even have laces.
7. Wow - July 18, 2008 9:32 PM
Someone is reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaalllllllllyyyyyyyyy stupid.
8. grihm - July 19, 2008 1:41 AM
"Hey Moc-Fly-iiee, those boards don't work on water!"
"Unless you've got powah!"
9. Chris - July 19, 2008 5:23 AM
@ grihm
hahahahahahahahahahahaha