I really want this power loader to be the best, most realistic, WALKABLE, powerloader to date and sometimes this leads to me getting a little over-obsessed with details. Case and point: The sneakers.
In Aliens Ripley wears these super kick-ass Reeboks. Here’s a shot from the Promo-Poster and from the HotToys 1/6th model:
I did some more research and I thought “Well hot-damn, they actually make these shoes!” And in fact the DO! The Reebok AlienStomper2. Very similar as you can see:
But I ran into a major issue. They only make the shoe in friggin’ BLUE now. Take a looksy:
Sure there were a few authentic ones out there (For nearly $500 and in size US 6.5…i’m a 12 and my budget is about $100 for shoes)
So I started to look at other velco high-tops and none were satisfying. I even played with Convers’ Make-Your-Own shoe thingy-ma-jig and STILL wasn’t happy (even with my own Ripley branding)
Basically the jury is still out on the shoes. No matter what i’ll have to do some modifying when they get here but for now I send it out into the great inter-webs to perhaps get some feedback.
(as you can see it is 2 am -I work at 8- and this has been plaguing me and preventing sleep since around 10)
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