It does sorta look like an domestic appliance, doesn’t it? Hmmm…

Well, speed’s not everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4yhp9L6Ok

The problem is that despite the many reports saying otherwise. They won’t ship outside the US. 

That seems like a dumb move. I know where are a lot of sneaker freakers in the US of A, but there are also a lot more outside the US.

Yes, but stainless steel crap!

Phooey.  If I wanted stainless steel crap, I’d buy another Maytag.

Adam Carolla’s kinda lame new Car Show had a mildly entertaining bit recently, where they drag raced a DeLorean against a fairly new Toyota Sienna minivan, shortly after they raced a 1985 Ferrari 308 against a 2010 Camry.  The results may surprise you.

Seriously though, I do have a biometric lock to my kid’s preschool (how I feel about it is another matter…)

I have absolutely no chance to win these shoes, as I don’t have the funds to apply.  But if it was a raffle, I could buy 50 $1 tickets and the guy who can afford $6000 can afford 6000.  He’s got much betters odds of winning than I do, but I at least have a chance, so I’m still putting my money in.

And Nike knows exactly what they’re doing: issue the very limited edition non-lacing first, then the mass market version, THEN the limited edition auto-lacing versions in 2015 and then the mass market auto-lacing afterwards.

We have those, they’re called raffles.  Auctions are won by the highest bidder, the second highest isn’t charged anything because they didn’t win.

I STILL want a DeLorean, even though I know they’re crap.

I imagine that the inevitable remake will involve a teen driving the
contemporary equivalent of a DeLorean (Tesla Roadster?) back to 1985.
The “oldie but goodie” he sings at his parents’ prom will be “Baby Got
Back.”

Don’t even joke about that. Hear that, Spielberg. I could forgive Lucas for Phantom Menace, but if you ruin Back to the Future, there will be a special place in nerd hell for you.

So they’re shoes.. but you’re not allowed to wear them..

Much like the DeLorean…technically a car, but you’re not allowed to time travel in it…yet…

I imagine that the inevitable remake will involve a teen driving the contemporary equivalent of a DeLorean (Tesla Roadster?) back to 1985. The “oldie but goodie” he sings at his parents’ prom will be “Baby Got Back.”

The auction? Meh. Colour me unimpressed. If they were available for retail at shoe prices (especially with power laces) this story (and the product) would be a million times more interesting to me.

I’d rather have a hoverboard.

limited edition, eh?? going for >5K, even for >30K on ebay, eh??!!eleven!!
that’s a VERY nice carrot you’re dangling in my face there, nike…
you managed to piss me off so thoroughly that i’m on my way to the next foot locker
to re-enact the george bush popularity tour shoe-thrower experience with  some of my kid’s 
nikes and one of their staff – afterwards, i’m going to buy one pair each of new adidas running and  
soccer and basketball shoes for both of my kids, and i swear i never ever will buy ANYTHING from your §$%§$% limited edition clown company again. 
if you want to generate some $$$ for charity, say so, i’ll write a cheque. (better yet – give yourself, and give generously, what with your indian-children-sweatshop-misery generated revenue….)
but if you want to seriously antagonize your fans, well….your marketing guys just made a very good job of that.

wish i could swear as well as native speaker, but as it stands i would lack the words to really convey the true depth of my diappointment, nike. retarded f******.

So, don’t go wearing these outside.