Friday, April 28, 2017

Nike Air Foamposite Pro Asteroids

Here’s my first pair of Nike foamposites Pro’s: nicknamed Asteroids.  I never thought I would own a pair because they retail very expensive at $250 US.  You can blame Gentry Humphrey for the skyrocket price on retail because he took over the Hardaway line in 2012.  But like most of his awful leadership, after milking a sneaker line of terrible ideas and cheap quality, the hype dies and eventually the sneakers hit outlets.  That’s where I came in and was able to scoop this pair up for significantly less.
I’m not terribly in love with this colorway, but it is a foamposite and I figured I might as well see what all the hype is about.  Truthfully I don’t remember this model when it first released; and only became interested in it once I heard others talk about it on forums.  One thing I do like about this sneaker is how it’s built to last and how it molds around your foot over time; that’s pretty impressive for sneaker technology that is over 20 years old.  While (thankfully) Gentry is long gone, and the foamposite line has gotten back on track in prestige I’m still glad I was able to get this pair and experience a classic Nike sneaker firsthand.
Brand: Nike
Name: Nike Air Foamposite Pro PRM “Asteroid”
Year: 2013
Product Code: 616750600
Additional: Foamposite Pro models carries a Swoosh on the side, and lack Hardaway insignias.  This model was supposed to be part of the “Area 72” sneaker line that feature the Nike character RayGun.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

NES Classic Edition Box variation

Here’s something I noticed this week; the final release box of the NES Classic mini is slightly different from the original release.  First, the golden “Official Nintendo Seal” has been moved from the bottom right corner to the left just above the red Nintendo logo.  Second the bottom right corner now has the ESRB rating label.  I’m not a hacker so I’m not sure if this final release NES mini console is different from the first batch.

Nintendo:
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Sunday, April 9, 2017

WWE Replica Toy Belt

When I was a kid, there was nothing better than going to a live WWF wrestling show.  Being able to see the wrestlers up close and buy their fan gear would have been amazing.  Unfortunately I never got to experience those things because my parents never took me.  Not that I ever asked them to, and none of my friends ever went either (that I can recall); but I was just more into baseball at the time, especially with how good the Blue Jays were (1992, 1993).
If I ever went to a show, the item that I would have wanted the most would have been a WWF championship belt.  Flash forward many years, and I’m watching wrestling again and I go to Toys R Us and they had in stock a World Heavyweight Championship belt.  So I bought it (because I’m an adult, lol).  The version I bought is called; WWE Winged Eagle Championship belt.  I like this version because it’s the version I remember the most from my childhood as being popular (something about the blue paint in the middle is nice).  It’s basically made up of gold metallic plastic, some Velcro on the back (which will never fit me) and faux vinyl leather, it’s cheaply made, but I love it.  It represents the boyhood dream that I’m finally able to buy as a grown ass man.

Sunday, April 2, 2017

WrestleMania 33

Congratulations Randy Orton on your 13th time as WWE Champion!