$2,500 Xbox shoes, screaming with class

by Xav de Matos { May 16th 2009 at 3:00PM }

If your bucket list consists of watching $2,500 go up in flames, Sole Junkie has a possible solution in the form of Xbox branded sneakers. The shoes, which are not endorsed by Microsoft or Nike, had been placed on eBay earlier this week, but are (unfortunately?) no longer available for purchase.

In an interview with Yahoo! Games, the California-based artist (with sole canvas) mentioned feedback on the Xbox branded sneakers have been mixed. "The video game community hates the price and the fact I may have taken a beloved iconic gaming system and butchered it," Sole Junkie says, but he is adamant the positive feedback outweighs the negative. At that price, we find that extremely hard to believe.

Tags: pointless, ridiculous, shoes, sole-junkie, xbox-shoes

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BUGz @ May 16th 2009 3:06PM

My friends think im a low life already playing video games all day, this is just icing on the cake.

CH3BURASHKA @ May 16th 2009 3:24PM

Whatever, your friends are stupid. While they drink fine wine, eat cheese, go to operas, read literature and have sex all day, you are playing out your fantasies. Who has it better? I leave it to you to decide.

dylan @ May 16th 2009 3:33PM

Ch3burashka, you just made my day...

Cody @ May 16th 2009 10:51PM

"My friends think im a low life already playing video games all day, this is just icing on the cake."

Typical observations by society regarding Xbox players. Nothing out of the ordinary.

DiGiTAL SiN254 @ May 16th 2009 3:24PM

Glow-in-the-Dark Xbox themed nike ripoffs for 2,500$?

bahahahaha no...

DiGiTAL SiN254 @ May 16th 2009 3:26PM

There high tops too...eww

DiGiTAL SiN254 @ May 16th 2009 7:39PM

lmao oh wow.

VaultICEE @ May 16th 2009 4:02PM

These would have been cool in the 80s.

NeilNaS @ May 16th 2009 4:34PM

It's like they took the xbox original and made it into an non-stylish over-sized shoe..

Baylander @ May 16th 2009 4:55PM

ya these would have gone well with your members only jacket back in the 80's

Animus @ May 17th 2009 6:41AM

80s? I still own and wear these all the time. I'm a collector and have almost every color in my size... still on the lookout for the sage green one though...

Erik @ May 16th 2009 5:06PM

I don't know how he can sell them with the Xbox logo and the Nike logo if it's not endorsed by such.

Otherwise they are just ugly ass shoes.

alienmastermind @ May 16th 2009 5:18PM

Hmm...

It's easy joke time:

The shoes are great for 90 days, then transform into a pair of 2500.00 bricks.

DGautreau86 @ May 16th 2009 6:09PM

that was not a joke, that was stupid.

alienmastermind @ May 16th 2009 6:17PM

You realize, of course, I'm talking about a pair of 2500.00 shoes that glow in the dark.

And, XBOXes, unfortunately, have a high failure rate.

The other joke I had in mind was 'I hope it has little red LEDs to put in after a month or so'.

:)

John Caboose @ May 17th 2009 5:20AM

May I remind you that this is the first Xbox and not the 360 being portrayed as a shoe?

Doug @ May 17th 2009 3:48PM

May I also remind you that you're just not funny at all?

Spike @ May 16th 2009 6:17PM

do they turn red?

Bryan T @ May 16th 2009 10:12PM

I see what you did there.

Slammed I Am @ May 16th 2009 6:31PM

Those are ugly and nice at the same time. I love dunk high tops but all that extra just kills that great shoe

badtarget @ May 16th 2009 7:55PM

wonder who ended up buying these... oh yea soulja boi

onimuusha @ May 16th 2009 8:48PM

For $2500 those shoes better be packed with gold or drugs, i wouldnt pay $250 let alone $2500. id give him 2500 monopoly dollars for them...

Ranger z @ May 16th 2009 11:45PM

they look awesome but....$2,500? its like they were priced by the ppl from apple

to they turn into sandals when they red ring?

Jasmino924 @ May 17th 2009 1:41AM

I love the sneakers (or trainers as they're called over here) but I think that they are way to expensive. Isn't it enough that I fork out hundreds of wads of my hard earned cash just to buy games and consoles but I've gotta shell out $2500 for some shoes!?!?! HELL NOOOO!

http://systemfailnews.blogspot.com/

Steve @ May 17th 2009 7:22AM

I think I'l wait for the crystal ones to come out thanks...

HDpurist @ May 17th 2009 11:01AM

$2500...nothing new. This is standard fair for all Microsoft related products....over priced built junk just like the 360.

HDpurist @ May 17th 2009 11:12AM

$2500...not surprising. This is standard fair for over priced Microsoft products...just like the 360 that doesn't even have built-in wifi and free online play but rather comes with the red ring all for $$$$$$$$$!

Twisted Name @ May 17th 2009 11:34AM

any one who wastes there cash on these horrible horrible things needs a serious talking to. Hell any one who would consider wearing them needs a talking too. They really suck!

fuzzmatang @ May 17th 2009 1:18PM

I prefer JAllard's kicks myself:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/articles/446/j-allard-interview

KFelon @ May 17th 2009 1:24PM

They ended at $4,000 not $2,500.

bvs @ May 17th 2009 6:03PM

they are not riP offs. they are actual nike sb dunks that dude just customized. that Price is crazy but collectors seem to go crazy for a one of a kind Pair of sneakers. the Person who bought em is Probably way more into sneakers then they ever were into vidoe games. i got a Pair of customized xbox live nike sneakers but i got em for free. WIN!!! http://www.twitpic.com/2v6z7