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Mega Man Sneakers Are Mega Blue

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:30:00 +0000

More. Video game. Sneakers. Little different this time around, though, because they’re not Nikes. Not covered in any obvious logos or colour schemes, either. Then again, they don’t need to be.

You can tell long before you read Puma’s desperate product description that these are Mega Man sneakers. That kind of electric blue isn’t going to be dug up for Gears of War. And if you can’t, read Puma’s desperate product description, which goes a little something like this:

A fantastic material and colour update inspired by Mega Man, a video game first released by Capcom in 1987. Whether you’re familiar with the character or not, this synthetic leather material looks and feels like vinyl, giving the upper a shiny, retro-futuristic look. The addition of the perforated underlays, painted eyelets, & video game inspired pixelated emboss on the toe bumper complete this awesome look.

Almost entirely undone by the fact they’re also offered in black, which isn’t very Mega Man at all.

Puma Mega Man Shoes [Go Nintendo]

The Horror II: Revenge of Tetris Shoes!

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:33 +0000

The Year of the Video Game Shoe continues, this time courtesy of Puma who have inflicted two additional Tetris themed kicks on the footwear buying public. While these two are certainly not as horrendous as the Disc Blaze re-issues already released—if only for the fact that that particular shoe is an eyesore by design—the RS100 and First Round EX entries in the Tetris pack are going to more than likely attract the wrong kind of attention.

I’ll stick my Nike SB 720s thank you very much, Mr. Puma! In fact, I’m off to Brooklyn Projects to acquire! Have a good weekend.

Puma S/S ‘08 Tetris Pack [High Snobiety]

The Horror: Puma Tetris Shoes

Luke Plunkett — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:00:00 +0000

I spend far too much of my reasonably-hard-earned money on two things. One of them is games. The other, sneakers. Combinations of the two should be a sure thing for me, then, but in this case, no, no it is not. Puma are re-releasing two versions of their old Disc Blaze sneaks in the Spring, only this time, with a Tetris theme. Not, as you’d be forgiven for thinking, an “opening credits of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme.
Puma Disc Blaze 1990s Tetris Pack [Kicksonfire]