CHOOSE YOUR ILL SHOES, SON

Nikeskateboarding.org is reporting that Nike SB will be releasing Guns N' Roses Dunk Mids in November. The colorway will be black and grey with a white midsole. The insole will be a picture of a girl in a coffin, just like "November Rain," and it will have a Guns N' Roses-themed tongue.

Odds are the sneakers will hit stores before Chinese Democracy.

LET'S GO VOLTRON FEET...ER, FORCE!

Reebok recently announced the release of a Voltron inspired sneaker collection to be released this coming October. Each pair of shoes have colorways matching that of one of the pieces of Voltron. The shoes to be released are;

Pump Omni Lite: inspired by the colors of the Yellow Lion and its pilot Hunk

Ventilator: inspired by the Blue Lion and Princess Allura

Insta Pump Fury: inspired by the Red Lion and pilot Lance Charles McClain

ERS Racer: inspired by the Green Lion and Pilot Pidge

Court Victory Pump: inspired by the Black Lion and Commander Keith Akira Kogane, leader of the Voltron force!

A different pair of shoes will be released every few weeks, starting with the Pump Omni Lites and the Ventilators (The yellow and blue legs), followed by the Pump Fury's and Ers Racers (The red and green arms) and finally, the Court Victory Pumps (The black body) to complete the collection.

The shoes will also come with the corresponding toy, so to collect all the pieces of Voltron you're going to have to buy every pair.

BLAME IT ON THE FAME

Nike SB, the skateboarding division of Nike, has begun releasing sneakers from its "Fallen Heroes" series. The theme behind "Fallen Heroes" is an homage to pop culture icons who fell from grace. Nike SB Dunks to commemorate pop frauds Milli Vanilli and Nike SB Classics in honor of MC Hammer, have already been released.

Nike SB Lo Dunks a.k.a. Milli Vanilli Dunks
-Custom features: black laces which closely resemble those atrocious hair extensions they were famous for. Well, that and not singing.

Nike SB Classics (MC Hammer)

-Custom features: an insole with a picture of a broke(n) hammer on it. (insert rimshot)

Coming later this year, Nike will release a Nike Hi-Top SB Dunk with a Pee Wee Herman theme and a Nike SB Blazer with a Vanilla Ice motif.

Nike Hi-Top SB Dunk a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman Dunk

-Custom features: grey and red similar to Pee Wee's famous suit and bowtie. Also, the insole features a man wearing a suit sitting in what appears to be a row of movie theater seats. (Some jokes just tell themselves.)

(photo:Rocky_Xu)

Nike SB Blazer (Vanilla Ice)

-Custom features: three blue stars and a blue back tab. Personally, I'd like to see an insole depicting Vanilla Ice being beaten by 3rd Bass a la "Pop Goes The Weasel" or having it simply say "Word To Your Mother."

CLYDE WIZARD

forcesofgood operative Seth X sent in this pretty interesting news piece:

Recently Puma announced plans to immortalize the influential work of Vaughn Bodé. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bodé’s most famous creation the Cheech Wizard, on March 31st Puma will be releasing a limited edition Clyde in a yellow nubuck colorway with glossy red stars adorning the sneaker. There will also be a hoodie available (with a Cheech character zipper pull).






Bodé’s work has been influential and celebrated throughout the art, comic, and graffiti worlds since the creation of his iconic character in the late 50’s.

This release will be extremely limited; only 264 pairs are being released to 6 stores in the US;

Alife, NY, NY
Bodega, Boston, MA
Classic Kicks, NY, NY
Goods, Seattle, WA
Premium Goods, Houston, TX
Undefeated, LA, CA

They will also be available at these 7 European retailers;
Hype DC, Sydney, Australia
Livestock, Vancouver, BC
Wood Wood, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shinzo, Paris, France
Colette, Paris, France
Solebox, Berlin, Germany
Thomas I Punkt, Hamburg, Germany