Monday, 18 January 2010

Episode II, The Empire Stripes Back; Sydney








Bouyed by Ben's enthusiasm I visited Sydney's Adidas store to check out the Star Wars releases in person.  The store had been awash with customers early on with key shoes selling out inside 20 minutes. I was lucky enough to find this sales assistant though who had stumped up $250 to get his own pair of themed Imperial Stormtrooper kicks which he couldn't resist wearing.
The look and feel of the range was pretty impressive with the shoes sold in merchandising style packaging similar to that used for Star Wars toys.  The shoes themselves turned out to be more modest and functional than I was expecting, but they had some great detailing as you can see from the back of the Stormtrooper shoes.
Star Wars fans and sneaker lovers look set to go to war as these could all become collectors items.

Epilogue
I should add that I don't know if Ben ever got a pair of the Star Wars shoes, whether he could be lured to join the 'Adidas' side, or whether he decided to stay true and remain a Puma-ite.
Posted by Sole Digger at 16:13
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2 comments:

  1. Hey

    I didn't buy any of the Adidas Empire shoes!

    the only styles they had left by the time i got there.. weren't to my liking.. and not budget friendly!

    I have my eye on a pair of TIE Fighter gym boots due for release in March!

    fingers crossed they don't sell out before I get there!

    Ben
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  2. update..
    my partner... a waaaay bigger star wars tragic than myself.. has now bought a pair of the Star Trooper adidas trainers!

    The packaging is very VERY cooool right down to the logo'ed tissue paper that the shoes are wrapped in!
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