Adidas Rolls Out Star Wars Wampa-Fur Shoes

I’ve never felt the need to own any clothing with animal fur, but when fashionable vengeance for Luke Skywalker comes into play, we can make an exception.

Behold, Adidas’ new Star Wars “Wampa Fur” Sneakers, made with actual white fur from the ice cave dwellers of Planet Hoth:

The website admits that it’s actually “faux Wampa fur made from horsehair,” so Adidas didn’t actually slaughter hundreds of fictional ice creatures to accessorize their footwear, but the internet’s blind Star Wars nostalgia doesn’t split (Wampa) hairs. The shoes do cost $150, but really, can you put a price on Star Wars merchandise? You definitely can? Well good.

Coming off the heels (shoe joke!) of the Back To The Future NikeMags, it appears that shoe companies are in a full-on nostalgia arms-race. First one to invent the jumping boots from Super Mario Bros. gets my money!

Doc Brown Is Back From The Future For NikeMag

Shoe and future enthusiasts the world over are getting their hoverboards in a knot over the revelation that Nike is officially releasing the NikeMag, the self-lacing grey hightop sneaker sported by Marty McFly in Back To The Future 2. But no one is more over the clocktower about it then Doc Brown himself, who makes an appearance in this brand new promotion for the Nike Mag starring SNLs Bill Hader (and, of course, Christopher Lloyd as himself).

So just how much are a pair of these babies going to cost you. Well, let’s put it this way: If you’re one of those people who doesn’t want to raise taxes for the rich, you can probably afford a pair. Every day for 10 days, 150 of the 2011 Nike Mag will go up for auction on Ebay, with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson’s Research. Which is the greatest.

So far, the first batch of 150 have been on sale for, oh, about 2 hours. And the prices? A sampling:

From the expected:

To the more expensive:

To the college tuition:

$75,000! And they don’t even self-lace!! BRIGHT SIDE: Free shipping.

Here is a pretty slick promo for the sneaker (if your definition of slick is “trippy Family Circus cartoon,” which mine is):