Yeah I'm going to grab a pair. I can look past them not being marked and hopefully since they are official they are better quality than the imports. If not then being out $100 is better than being out over $200.
They are the exact same knockoffs that have been available since 2012. They are actually worse than the normal knockoffs slightly.
The differences are as follows:
No Nike Mag lettering moulded on the heel.
No Nike swoosh.
Plain white strap with no nike logo and visible stitching.
Visible white stitching around the lace area (unlike the existing knockoffs which are better in this regard)
a circular hole instead of triangular hole in the collars.
The actual white puffy piece of the collars shape has been slightly changed, its now more puffy, and less straight, seems the shape has been distorted on purpose.
Other than that, they are identical to the existing knockoffs, as they are made by the same factory.
I'm not even sure they are "officially licensed" by Universal Studios or Need to be for that matter, as they have no Nike branding anywhere on them, so therefore its got nothing to do with Nike or Universal studios .
Why would Universal Studios license a modified Fake knockoff? I don't get that reasoning to be honest.
They are not better quality, they are slightly worse and thats the fact. They are still ok though, as they are half the price at $98 and while you won't have the nike mag letters on the back of the heel, the swoosh can be added very easily as can a custom nike logo strap. You can still make a good modified replica out of it.
You will just have no nike mag on the heel, and some more visible stitching, and slightly puffy collars, otherwise essentially you can make a cheap modified replica.