Nike auctioning 1500 pairs of Back to the Future MAG's for Charity

MoviePropCollector

Nike brings1500 pairs of Michael J Fox's BTF sneakers to auction for Charity.

Back to the Future MAG's

Hi Dan

tardis55

I do care....and don't care that its for charity. I am not even that big on these films BUT the chance to own a pair of the coolest sneakers ever....come on the whole planet is in on this and they make 1,500 of them?

Absolutely will backfire on them in the worst way I hope...if nothing because most RPFers will probably never have the scratch to own a pair....no idea of what they are going for but clearly over $500 a pair will hurt most people.

PLUS....who in the heck will wear a pair of ltd editions?!?!?!?

Isnt that the whole point for most people.

Really poor guys.....really poor.

P.S. Yes I know a non ltd edition will come out...especially when upset people start writing letters to the CEO.....

Mike J.

I dunno, man. They've had 20 years to make these sneakers. This date / year doesn't seem to be tied to anything, either. Why would they start mass production now?


-MJ

MoviePropCollector

It is a strange number, but I think how well they sell depends on the price(s) they go for at auction.

If it's run like a regular auction then some pairs might go for lower prices.

Wish they self laced too

MoviePropCollector

As of this post, prices on Ebay for the first night after the first 30 min of the auction:

Lowest Price: $2,000

Highest Price: $16,100

Nutty

Wolfie

man, at least I have little feet, size 7 ftw , I could maybe catch some under $3000 lol *head desk*

ah well.

MoviePropCollector

Woa.

A pair of size 11's is up to 75,100 !!!



Must be a celeb.

thelawnmowerman

Must be. Either that, or someone is really screwing with the system, which just spoils it for the rest of us...

tardis55

I can rant or rave about this. Ebay system broken, shill bids, 1500 only, couldnt see it coming...yada yada...

or my friends do the sensible thing. Write to this address:

Mark Parker (president and ceo)
Nike World Headquarters
One Bowerman Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005

and politely ask the boss to make a second non limited edition. Explain how he and his company can benefit and more importantly explain how disappointed you are at Nike for not realising that half of the USA would gladly have ponyed up $500 for a pair.

Bowelrock

Do you people honestly believe they will only make 1500 pairs>? I wish their were a better word than Naive. This Run is seprate people who dense can you be.

TymerDC

Good grief.....charity or not, the prices are ridiculous for a pair of shoes even if they were selling for $500. At least they are being real "generous" offering free shipping. Sure are alot of people out there with lots of disposable income.

franz bolo

Do you mean "This run is separate people, how dense can you be?"

FB

MoviePropCollector

The $75,100 size 11 MAGS are now $8,200 with 27 bids.

Must have been people putting in 115 (mostly) fake bids.

Here is the original so rpf members can see:

tardis55

I hope your right bowelrock. But when teamleaders for the project say publicly we arent making more....you have to listen to some extent.

Yeah...even these $8,000 bids are questionable. Many of the bids that were unverified had LOTS of feedback.

**** poor.....just really badly handled IMHO

rosskow

crazzzzy bids!

lurtz001

Great for the charity.. But hopeless for the collectors who have been waiting years for these.
I wouldn't be shocked to see copies of these coming out of a Bangkok factory for considerably less .

Jedifyfe

GOD, let's hope so!!!! I've never been in favor of someone recasting until I saw these!!!

kakemix007

Apparently tinker himself said in an interview that they will never make this shoe again... It would hurt the integrity of the folks who paid high prices for these and be a slap in the face to mass produce them. Article is here: My Conversation With Tinker Hatfield & Tiffany Beers About The Nike Air MAG | Marcus Troy

Jedifyfe

Yes we know this BUT these still could be made with power laces in 2015 thus circumventing these as the same shoes.

bmused55

At 75 grand... I'd be scared to ever wear them!
Even at 2 grand a pop I could never justify them.

delta88

I'll never get to have these, but at least its for a good cause.

PropworxOliver

This is my personal opinion (not Propworx - I can not have two accounts here, so I want to make sure you guys know this is me and not a company)

I do not do business with any company who sponsors Michael Vick. Sorry, but I draw a line, and I draw it there. You can disagree with me, whatever, but I don't have anything to do with Nike, Subway or BET. Personally or professionally. I will donate to the Michael J Fox Foundation independently, but not through Nike.

-Shelley

franz bolo

I'm sure there's 6 degrees of separation to more people who others find objectionable! Other than crawling into a hole, there's no way to avoid them.

I think it's great for the foundation! I thought someone was already making a replica of this shoe. It's sad that poor fans won't get any of these but in the big picture, I think it's great Nike did this.

Prop collecting isn't cheap and no one is entitled to get anything unless they can afford it! Plus there are still a bunch of shoes under $2,000.



FB

PropworxOliver

Franz, I can donate to the cause directly, I just don't care to do it through Nike. That is Nike's problem, not mine!