cavx
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Didn't these have only a 4 month warranty? Oops indeed.
NIKE MAG Knockoffs
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Didn't these have only a 4 month warranty? Oops indeed.
Yep...
It's tempting to buy them and repair the NIKE light but I wouldn't pay $2900 for them. Maybe $1700-$2000.
If I had the free cash, you don't know how much I'd love to do that.
Maybe GeneralFrosty will let us tear his apart...that's likely, right? :lol
On another note, I'm tempted to buy some of this stuff ( Everything Plastic Canvas - Ultra Stiff Canvas 7 Mesh 12" x 18" ) and try gluing it to styrene and making a mold of it to cast flat, CLEAR sheets from...with the proper inverted pattern for the sole inserts.
Any thoughts? I've been trying to think outside the box lately to try to find solutions to some of the issues with the K-Mags and Mark Poons, and this is what I've come up with so far.
-Nick
cavx
Master Member
Nick, would you not just wear them (US8.5)?
Not sure if this link will work, but HERE is what I mentioned a while back. It is Pet Resistant screen door.
Rather than cut away the existing insert, I think you guys might be better off building it up. If you look at the real shoe (both the film shoes and the 2011 MAG), the clear part of the sole extends out from the shoe, not flush with the shoe. Maybe it is possible to light this with cutting into the sole too much.
Where's the fun in that if I can't spread the love around to my fellow nerds?
Clear insert over yellow still makes for a yellow piece on the sole. In my mind, if you're going to go so far as to custom cast a clear insert, you might as well pull out the old one.
As for building it up...I have some ideas I will be playing around with.
There really will be nothing left of the original shoes if I have my way. :lol
-Nick
EDIT: After some quick scaling, I think I'm going to go with the 5-Count mesh. (Every square inch is 5 holes by 5 holes) The real deal inserts appear to be right around 4 "holes" per inch, but they don't make that for plastic canvas, so unless there's something with the same profile as plastic canvas, but with 4 holes per square inch, I think I'm stuck with the 5 count.
Great minds, think alike.
I want to grab some plastic canvas to play with. My main question: how heat-formable is it?
My thought is this:
1) Pull off the yellow inserts.
2) Cover the sole in plastic wrap*
3) Use Apoxy Sculpt to create the new insert shape (Extending out)
4) Once the Apoxy Sculpt is hardened, pull the sculpt away from the plastic wrap, heat the canvas and shape the plastic over the sculpt, gluing it down as you go.
5) Seal, smooth, mold, and cast a [hopefully] perfect new clear sole!
That's why I want to see just what I can do with this stuff. If you have any of it, please feel free to experiment and report back, I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to go on a supply run next.
-Nick
*That's me desperately trying not to have to make a waste cast to sculpt onto, but I could also just mold the original shape, sculpt over it, etc.
cavx
Master Member
OK. When I typed that I had my white with black MAGs in view. What about painting or colouring the area around the EL tape black? Would that not help make it stand out even more?
I know next to nothing on mold making. Done a heap of research and did some resin casting a few back, but that is about it. Those molds were single molds that just needed filling. After much $$$ and frustration, I did learn to mix and pour casting resin without bubbles
but not after buying a vacuum pump and building a vacuum chamber. What a waste of time and money that was as the resin boils under vacuum and creates even more bubbles than the vacuum will pull. What is an inverted copy?
lukebrynycz
Sr Member
Email him Brad. He's clearly deperate! I reckon he would take $1500 for them. If anyone can repair them it's you. It's only a 5mm el tape going through the strap, you can see it very clearly close up. He's CLEARLY pulled the strap tight when wearing them like a div and it's torn. I don't think it would be difficult to peel open the strap and put a thin layer of solder in there to complete the connection.
I may be wrong, but worth a punt if you offer him the above..? :thumbsup
cavx
Master Member
OK, I'll bite. What is a "div"?
lukebrynycz
Sr Member
lol. :lol Careless/numpty/lapsy daisy/possibly lapse of concentration for a moment.
You know, Low Res, Tranq, Scuzball, Bojo. :lol
cavx
Master Member
:thumbsup :cool
Has Markpoon ever considered making more accurate ones to sell?
Yes and his shoe maker won't/can't do it.
cavx
Master Member
When I bought mine in 2010, I was under the impression that he was selling off the stock of the batch and that no more would be made. Mine looked like they had been in storage for some time as there was dust and even some sort of stain on the tongue. It all cleaned up OK though.
