aliens reebok stompers
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cavx
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Hope it wasn't $0.99. I wouldn't want to sell either if they were mine.
Risu
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Hopefully. Here's a picture, can anybody tell me if these are the originals or some kind of knockoff?
They're very obviously not the 2010 rerelease, as evidenced by the limited holes in the toe and none at the top, plus the grey liner and the lack of excessive dark grey leather. But the dark grey sections also don't match up to the originals. Plus I would think that the originals shoes from 86 wouldn't come with a box with "classic" written on it, right? So anybody have a clue where these came from? One of those limited Japanese releases maybe?
They're very obviously not the 2010 rerelease, as evidenced by the limited holes in the toe and none at the top, plus the grey liner and the lack of excessive dark grey leather. But the dark grey sections also don't match up to the originals. Plus I would think that the originals shoes from 86 wouldn't come with a box with "classic" written on it, right? So anybody have a clue where these came from? One of those limited Japanese releases maybe?
Risu
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I went ahead and bought a pair of 6600's on ebay to eventually modify into screen accurate stompers, but I'm still curious about these shoes. Mainly I just really wanted to get this costume together in time for the Prometheus premiere, and I had a line on a nearly perfect jacket at a good price, so I took the plunge. The cost of leather to modify the shoes will be the same as if I was modifying stomper reissues, I'll just have a lot more work to do.
Jonesythecat
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Hopefully. Here's a picture, can anybody tell me if these are the originals or some kind of knockoff?
They're very obviously not the 2010 rerelease, as evidenced by the limited holes in the toe and none at the top, plus the grey liner and the lack of excessive dark grey leather. But the dark grey sections also don't match up to the originals. Plus I would think that the originals shoes from 86 wouldn't come with a box with "classic" written on it, right? So anybody have a clue where these came from? One of those limited Japanese releases maybe?
Does it tell what code is written on the box?
I don't see holes an the toes at all, maybe due to the low quality picture?
Risu
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Yea, that's the picture quality, it's got the same holes as the original release shoes. There were two other pics with the auction where you could make them out. As for a code on the box, the guy wasn't very forthcoming (read: ****ish). There's also the language barrier with Japan, I did the deal through a friend over there and because of the time difference I've still only exchanged two or three sentences with him since this happened.
Jonesythecat
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I think it would be very hard to make them fake and keep the price decent (by the way, what's their price?).
The Reebok Classics series was launched just when these shoes were released so the box MIGHT be original.
The Reebok Classics series was launched just when these shoes were released so the box MIGHT be original.
Jonesythecat
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I don't think you can copy them from scratches and with that quality for $250. Maybe the seller doesn't know their real value or is happy with that amount. If I had to sell mine I would ask nothing less than 400 euro because I don't really want to sell them, but for such price I would definitely consider it, and for that price I'll even throw in the 80's poster. Both in mint condition ;-)
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Jonesythecat
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In this case we need to contact these people and get them to make the high-top version :lol
cavx
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I wonder how many people would actually know these shoes, therefore know their true value? If you didn't, $250 is a high asking price for a 2nd hand pair of kicks even if they are "collectables". These do not have the same recognition as the now infamous like NIKE MAG.
Jonesythecat
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If I was certain that mine were from 1987 I would sell them for $1000-1500. Reebok wasn't very helpful in determine the year of manufacture (although they knew for sure of the month they were made! Ridiculous!). I have a strong suspicion that mine were the very first rerun of the shoe, a copy of the rare 1987 model. Even the first re-run is quite hard to come by and even harder in the right colours (grey/red). So yeah, 400+ euro sounds about right.
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giangibus
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I always thought the same thing about the fact that the top part could collapse and gets deformed! So, I'm not the only one thinking of that!
Jonesythecat
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The Reebok shoes were originally destined to be worn by the soldiers but I suppose that they soon found out that they weren't that cost-effective to be made in high numbers, nor practical enough in all those action sequences, so they only gave them to two characters. These shoes were basically handmade in Reebok for the film.
giangibus
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I always thought that they look grey because of Cameron blueish toned accent to the entire movie (such as Terminator, Abyss and some action scenes in Titanic). I think that those shoes are white or at least off-white. Could I be right?
Jonesythecat
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The original from the movie seem to be off-white. They have been on display in London when Alien3 came out... I must have saved a picture of them somewhere.
Found them, I've got a few pics. They look some shade of grey, darker or lighter depending on the light. In movies directors tend not to have totally white objects in general so it's safe to assume they were off-white possibly grey-ish.
By the way, is there no way of uploading the pics directly on the forum anymore? Do I need to load them on a different website? Anyone feels like posting them for me?
Found them, I've got a few pics. They look some shade of grey, darker or lighter depending on the light. In movies directors tend not to have totally white objects in general so it's safe to assume they were off-white possibly grey-ish.
By the way, is there no way of uploading the pics directly on the forum anymore? Do I need to load them on a different website? Anyone feels like posting them for me?
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