Good Gimmick or Gobstompers Garbage? MSCHF

[@RoseAnvil]

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[@DirtyPlumbus]

I'm not a sneaker head or a skater but this is a pretty cool concept. If they could perfect the design so that it actually functioned before the shoe failed, I'd probably be interested in buying a pair. The idea of shoes with a unique look based on the use of the owner is good.

[@amyx231]

There are Jordan’s that change colors with wear iirc. Purple to red or something. It could definitely be done better. But I mean, would you pay $500 for a pair?

[@DirtyPlumbus]

@@amyx231 ahhh, $500 is a bit much. I might spend $200 but anything more than that and I start comparing it to other things I could be buying that I'd enjoy much more, like synthesizers or RC cars. Lol

[@lilstump5539]

@@amyx231 yea there are also the Travis dunk sb for like $1000 but if I’m paying that much for a shoe I’m not about to skate them lol

[@JarPapa]

I agree, a shoe that changes over time is a sick concept

[@spelledfunny]

Nike has a few pairs that do that. They put out some Air Force 1s about a year ago that do that were only $150ish.

[@pandaonabus]

#1 artistic was definitely the best. I really like the concept of these shoes though. If you wear them for long enough you might start wearing through the layers if you get the surface messed up enough. I feel like the boots I wear every day have taken a significant enough amount of surface wear over the last few years to wear through a weaker material like these are made from. The only problem is that stitching, and if it would actually last the number of years required to collect that much surface wear.

[@SICresinwrks]

They were made for people ro skateboard with them for that very reason

[@TheAaronalden]

The concept is really cool. Maybe gen 2 will be better for durability.

[@mrv-lx9jb]

Yep but it doesnt work

[@samsou7547]

Great idea but could use improvements. Ditch the foam insole and improve the upper build quality and try again.

[@wikkidize]

mschf is a hype brand, they spam their products on ig and go for the next product, they dont care about quality

[@understitchYT]

It would need to be, its a bit ironic making a shoe you can wear down that cant wear down??

[@Tatprincess.79]

2

[@unoriginalhazard]

This is the first time in my life where I actively wanted a pair of shoes purely because of the concept behind them. Glad I found this video to stop me making a stupid purchase, hopefully the 2nd gen have more durability.

[@danigirl1318]

Same and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for gen 2

[@unoriginalhazard]

@@danigirl1318 🤞

[@ms.pirate]

Is gen 2 out yet?

[@cattonova]

@@ms.pirate they have since released two more version a “sour” color way and “ graylag goose”

[@Reeinki]

insane that the shoes seem to fail at the TWO things they’re marketed as: 1. Skate shoes, 2. Wearable to reveal different layers 😔

[@RyTrapp0]

This is the difference between a 'unique idea' and a 'gimmick' - don't call them skate shoes if they have garbage feel and fall apart in a week of skating. Clever idea? Sure. Skate shoes? Hell no.

[@malifor2210]

I actually kind of like #1! My only grip would be the graffiti as it would take away of some of the blending of the colors and then acted like it's too much. I feel like #2 would be so much better if they took advantage of cutting into the blue layer to expose the red in set patterns or styles! But I felt like I like 1 due to the colors of the rubber on the sole.

[@ryanh3635]

Gobstomper.... I thought it was specifically for kicking someone in the teeth. But I guess not everyone is British.

[@AZEOforreal]

A thinner cup sole would make the Board feel amazing, a nice arch and comfy foot soles is nice, then double or triple stitching the leather layers. Also, adding a gobstopper would be cool haha

[@ВладимирЛихнис]

The shoe No. 3 is definitely my favorite. It perfectly shows what this sneakers meant to look. But I also like the 1st style, cause of the topographical map style.

[@Bluebocat]

#2 was the best! After removing the top layer of the upper, the blue blended great with the white outline of the shoe!

[@andreafarst2983]

I decided to try my luck for them. I'm artistic so I can put some cool "wear" on them and use them as normal shoes. I can't skate anymore due to my joints (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome) so, they won't fall apart like shown. So, I'm okay with having them as artist kick around shoes.

[@Collin_J]

EDS is brutal, enjoy the shoes though! They look awesome

[@dannya8300]

A skate shoe with a proper wear-away upper that reveals a colorful leather underneath is the SB Dunk Low “Be True”. Not quite the same since it’s just one layer, but each one is unique and they have a rainbow like palette. I’ve skated these and they’re really comfy since they’re SBs.

[@BiggestMan]

The parra dunks work really well too

[@dipshittylerbitch]

Vans did something similar with the Wearaway Berle a while ago

[@fishingpro64]

The first ones like that I believe were the lance mountain Jordan 1s in black and in white

[@BiggestMan]

@@fishingpro64 yeah he would spray paint his Jordans in the 80s so they would wear down cool like that when he skated them

[@dmaster5556]

They've apparently since released an edition of these shoes bundled with a full straight up Dremel kit so you can do your own customizing to it.

[@nicksboots]

We need a version of this 😆

[@toogood4631]

Skating boots 👀

[@stmad]

Yeah but would you really split your leather that thin? If you did like 4 layers of your full grain they would start looking like bunny boots!😄

[@the_nondrive_side]

I'd probably paint a set of AF1 or my Les Paul Junior in layers before I bought those... the sole has potential but the leather layers was a pipe dream. I preferred the full art style. Taking liberty to change the laces and write on it opens up the concept.. sand it down. Restitch where required. Paint over where required.. v2 needs to come with some paints

[@amyx231]

Agreed. I’d love shoes that have layered rainbow soles. But the leather…yeah no. Doesn’t look breathable.

[@unavoidablycanadian397]

#2 is the winner! Removing the panels and leaving the stitching looked really great.

[@HapitHoal8787]

#2 won super clean love your content so bloody much and the new leather rating system is awesome can you do jordan 5s next?

[@bouncycastle955]

You did the winning! Pleas sent 4 american mony for redeem you Roast Anvil money bag prize!

[@Khaiman111]

@@bouncycastle955 lol scammer

[@HapitHoal8787]

@@Khaiman111 lol ik so dumb

[@bouncycastle955]

@@Khaiman111 _that's the joke..._

[@Colorado_Native]

I am with you - #2.

[@nBasedAce]

The artistic one is my favorite. It looks so destroyed but still looks good.

[@understitchYT]

Same, I really liked the pen work, noone else thought to ADD something to the shoe and I thought it was clever

[@greasyfingerprints]

How does dragging behind a car equate to normal daily use?

[@Flarexxxx]

Shhhh dont ask questions

[@obeseperson]

Yeah that test really didn’t help much. I tend to wear out the bottoms and sides of my shoes way more than anything else.

[@ashtonwu3224]

I think if they shipped the shoes with some sort of tool that would allow people to artificially "wear and tear" the shoe that'd make it way better

[@divineduckgod6330]

Yess

[@tylerdiehl1]

You’re the #1 KZbinr I have been waiting on to get these. Keep up the A1 content!

[@galvanizedgnome]

Mr beast is better

[@amyx231]

I like the left one. Strategically artsy. The middle one is a math nerd’s wet dream. The left one is a wannabe starving artist’s designer kicks. Very different. (I don’t really do Instagram…)

[@MrRwithanitch]

The best variation of the three choices was #1 it isn’t even a hard choice!!! That one turned out to be FIRE!!! I would buy those ones if they were for sale in a size 10!

[@dwightbaker7066]

I like number 2. I also think this is a great idea. It will be interesting to see if they sell well and what the second generation will be like. Great video as always!

[@ParkourMarkskilz]

Mabey i could use the shoe

[@lenbones7940]

The new rose anvil meme shirt.. you dragging sneakers behind a bronco while there on fire... and the words.. ITS SCIENCE !!!! lol

[@pinneappleonpizza4147]

I missed cuting shoes with just hands. The one and only true asmr

[@carbonstar9091]

Really love the concept of these shoes. Hopefully we see some different versions in the future.

[@JeremyGiese]

#1 the artistic version I like the best. Overall good concept with a way to customize your own sneakers.

[@ashersl9273]

I think 1 definitely won, but all were cool with they're own things.

[@papa_gravel]

Big fan of #1 and the artistic flare. Interest shoe idea in general. Also your channel is great

[@lerippletoe6893]

I agree. What they should look to do in a skate shoe is NOT to try to have layers to reveal themselves in the leather because you have to wear through the stitching first in order to accomplish that, and bits of plastic material skate shoes use to protect the stitching would get in the way. So why not just make your protective outer itself designed to wear away from the griptape? It could be thought of as a sacrificial outer material that is not structural and very highly layered.

[@chrismendes5100]

I think Jimmy Fallon needs to have you on the show now!

[@lim2001burger]

#2 upper, but with #1's midsole - the heatmap look is 🔥

[@radry100]

WTF do people do with their shoes? I have never in my life had a stitch of a shoe break. The first thing that wears out is the sole at the heel from walking or the glue of the sole at the toes breaks.

[@loganfetzer5912]

... skating

[@the_33rd]

It’s a skate shoe, laces can break after a single session depending how you use the board.

[@the-clank]

Love this concept, have a few shoes with the same thing myself. Love the way you can see how it's been skated

[@skunkz0r]

Similar shoes you mean? From what brand

[@Mike_Jones1980]

@@skunkz0r NikeSB a year or two ago

[@skunkz0r]

@@Mike_Jones1980 nice, which model? i need details bro :D

[@loganfetzer5912]

@@skunkz0r lance mountain Jordan 1's & Jordan 1 lows, Jordan 1 Paris to NYC, handful of blazers from the last couple years. It's gotten to the point where its a tired gimmick from nike but suddenly mschf does it and people lose their minds.

[@ilovegot7754]

At first i only saw the destruction sideof number 3 and thought it looked he worst but after seeing the other side its a very artistic shoe, i love it

[@SwiftPirate]

There’s a pair of Jordan 1’s that start in the LA lakers colorways and rub away to reveal the Chicago Bull colors as you wear/skate them. Way better execution in that shoe in my opinion.

[@galenmaughan7952]

Great test video!! The graffiti marked shoe is definitely the coolest!

[@Firedogmax]

I entered the draw for shits and giggles and ended up winning, kinda expensive all things considered but hopefully i can customize them with a fun wear pattern before they start to fall apart on me.

[@EDDhoot]

wish you'd have sealed the stitches with superglue pre skating them. reckon you'd get through the layers without popping stitches like that, awesome video still all in all

[@glowskater]

There have already been many different skate shoes that have this design idea so it isn’t that new and relatively a copy. The other shows that we’re SPECIFICALLY for skating, they lasted while and the idea worked wonderfully. Examples: Fallen Slash Double Rainbow Nike SB AJ1 by Lance Mountain Nike SB Civilist Dunk

[@lonniestringfellow9854]

#1. I use to write on my Chuck Taylors back in the 80's. These immediately made me think of them!

[@jonniewaniak4494]

Yes I got a comment saying I wanted a couple months ago but I had to pay them $100 for shipping

[@maranell808]

The artistic one- definitely took more advantage of all the layering and had some really cool techniques with exposing them

[@Chestermcfly420]

I actually think there a nicely made shoe

[@jenniphertobar]

I think #2 was the most creative & wearable of the 3

[@astroross]

#1 Creative, #2 Clean, #3 Destruction

[@raze_the_dead5373]

The cleanliness of 2 makes it look better

[@littleloohoo1678]

I know the larger soul is to enhance the effect of it’s a gobstopper so many layers of color. But I feel like they should’ve just gone with a functioning shoe for skating if they were just gonna fill up the entire thing with foam and not more layers of color maybe that’s just me

[@user-ws9di5kp9h]

#1 looks like someone that actually wears shoes to school would wear

[@rajgill7576]

They KNEW the gimmick would sell. Didn't need to bother testing it for durability when they had the golden egg as an idea

[@michealvick4042]

Out side of toes with steel toes behind them i havent actually with my own eyes seen someone wear through leather without wearing through a stitch usually. Im sure it happens but i think the rubber side wall or a layered canvas vans slip on would be cool

[@myownsite]

I think these could work well if you just wear these as usual and then fix blemishes by sanding them off. Redoing stitching is going to be a pain though, unless you just use glue.

[@FLsheepdog1]

A skater shoe should look artistic so #1. Me personally, I would wear #2, the cleaner look.

[@42todo86]

#1 was my favorite

[@k.allen007]

Artistic was definitely my favorite as an artist who loved drawing on their shoes growing up lol

[@westhesoikid]

I just wanna give you credit for being the first I’ve seen to actually skate in these shoes before cutting into them. I’ve seen 4 or 5 other KZbinrs destroy these, never even attempting to destroy them in the way they were meant to be destroyed.

[@RyTrapp0]

In the way that they're *supposedly meant to be destroyed. When the stitching is that poorly placed and it has that big chunky sole that kills feel, it's kinda hard to take them serious as "skate shoes".

[@westhesoikid]

@@RyTrapp0 Haha, very true. I wouldn’t want to skate them.

[@_face773]

I love how you expose shoes ,companies for what they really are...

[@gregburkhart9764]

I like the Artistic Shoe. Number 1.

[@bornoffvic]

#2 is really good, but if he made the white part under the blue upper, a red trim, way more bonkers!!!!

[@NC_18]

9:56 i actually have these and they are the only shoes I really really love and who I wear the most and I customized them too they look like the drawn on shoe who got second and I think they are both

[@sethchapman8001]

#1 artistic for the win. looks like something I would have done in high school.

[@Richardlizhu]

You should do a teardown of Heelys, I remember wearing those as a kid

[@MrBoost96]

These are meant to reveal themselves while skating and the stitching breaks after a week of skating? I thought they did a nice work looking at the photos and especially the price, thanks as usual for your content weston

[@amyx231]

My nice leather dress shoes had stitches pop after a month or two of wear. At the bend point of the balls of the feet. Both shoes. Bleh.

[@MrBoost96]

@@amyx231 sad man, where did you get them?

[@amyx231]

@@MrBoost96 DSW. They’re Borns.

[@clintcarpentier2424]

Should've just stitched the first two layers, and glued the top two on.

[@Josiah.vs.nature]

I like all of them but 2 and 1 is more wearable, I like 1 the most but 2 is still really nice.

[@kryptichands968]

A belt sander shouldve been your first choice after skating not working, cool concept though.

[@lenbones7940]

To be honest I think the gobstompers deff have a gimmick and a look and there hasn't been a legit fun shoe since Kroc s lol.. I wonder how they'd preform in winter just cuz how thick they are... and congrats on ur boot run those turned out gnarly they remind me of the boots my dad used to wear when he had to climb telephone poles in the 80s

[@memedealer9417]

#2 a good mid-ground between artistry and wearability

[@dyskilz]

Not gonna lie, when those are burnt they kinda look dope, like a burnt marshmallow type thing

[@kamivandijk3801]

Great video man and you should cut in half nike air utempo

[@stephenlamley541]

I'm 43 i had never heard of superman ice cream, I'll elaborate I'm English not everything makes it across the pond all the bad stuff does. I can almost guarantee that there will be a English version I've never heard of as I'm writing this.

[@TheBlackstarrt]

I mean, it looks like you can take them to a cobbler and get them re stitched.

[@edwardcarreon3144]

Try the Emericas Leo Romero or the Omen Hi stay cold edition. On the description they say they're full grain leather. They're on sale at the moment 👍👌

[@jasangrey6729]

look get it that you are a professional but if you had any idea how much anxiety I get from watching you cut the shoe in half with that crazy blade, you'd be shocked. every time you drag that blade towards yourself I have images of it veering off and slicing your forearm wide and bloody open . I, for one, LOVE THE FREAKIN BANDSAW.

[@EdwinHernandez-ox5hp]

I like the Artistic-Looks a lot better-Like a Moma collection!

[@ThePipeiper]

Do the Naglev Unico. They are AMAZING hikers! Pricey but worth every dime! They’re made of Kevlar man. DO THEM!

[@Thelongmanable]

*_The shoes I found for sale were $950 to $1600 dollars.._*

[@QueenMean944]

I love all three but the 3rd is my winner.

[@ritual64]

I'd choose Number 2, love the clean look but I would have the sole from number 1 on it.

[@cesarg.2067]

I like the clean look of #2

[@jakedenault3355]

Ernie’s made some real cool shoes similar to this idea way back in the 2010’s, Aaron ross’ keyboard shoes

[@5un5hine73]

#2 but add the sole from #3

[@Pawcio2115]

Imo the idea was great, really unique sneakers. They just need improvements.

[@seanmcmillan472]

Soon as I saw Jimmy Fallon pushing these on his show I thought about requesting u to take a look at em .

[@flipster7746]

Love the half / half (destroyed) shoe nr.1- the Beauty and the beast - they are fire 🔥

[@hemingway8989]

Why didn’t you use a sand blaster? Would have cleanly revealed the layers

[@tortillaspapas100]

# 3 won for me.... that half n half distressed look great!

[@JordAnakin]

This would be a good Heelys shoe collab

[@r3drum-official167]

I sucked on them, they taste like disappointment, sadness, and colored rubber with a hint of Lavendar. Overall, 8/10 shoe. Would recommend for consumers worldwide accept for people over 86. Just make sure you have silverware

[@pielucas439]

2 is the one I would still wear

[@willfredtk]

2 I'd my favorite but the midsole on 1 is great

[@arian_5.085]

You should cut a open a pair of Yeezy qntms. Might be pretty interesting

[@animox6303]

There is actually a nike airforce 1 who pulls this off the best „nike 1 airforce tear away“ is its name

[@kaorunootaku]

I feel like they should have used a material that can fray easily. That top material looks too sturdy.

[@ilovegot7754]

The second shoe should have been how the shoe was advrtised, after the first layer i worn out you can remove it to change th colour of he shoe.

[@cameronturner7475]

I think #1 is more in line with the concept. It looks like something a skater kid would do to his shoes.

[@TheLucasJames04]

#3 was my favorite!