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News yesterday that Nike filed a patent for a lighting and fastening system on a shoe turned the blogosphere upside down with the prospect of a Nike Mag release. Rocked by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II, the Nike Mag “McFly” has never released to the public but its likeness has inspired many great Nike makeups. The space age sneaker’s grey and speckled blue colorway has been carried over to some of Nike’s top models creating a buzz everytime. In the spirit of the good news we take a look back at the best Nike’s inspired by the McFly.
Nike Hyperdunk “2015”
The first sneaker to sport the Air Mag colorway was the famed Nike Hyperdunk. McFly inspiration touched the already futuristic model with Universal Studios allowing Nike to use the grey colorway and teal speckled midsole. A glow in the dark outsole and ‘2015’ tagging on the tongue added nostalgia to the design.
Kobe Bryant arriving at the UNDFTD release event in the DeLorean car from the movie provided bonus recall for the big screen sneaker.
Nike SB Zoom Tre AD “McFly”
Capitalizing off the success of the Hyperdunk, the Nike SB Zoom Tre AD “Marty McFly” released shortly after. While some may have preferred to see the colorway lent to another high top hoop shoe, Nike SB brought the McFly inspiration back to its roots as Marty wore the Air Mag on his skateboard inspired hover-board. Much like the Hyperdunk, the Zoom Tre featured glow in the dark accents, this time on the Swoosh. The shoe was a successful release and was far more available than its predecessor.
Nike Hypermax “Marty McFly”
Fans rejoiced when Nike unveiled the big man evolution of the Hyperdunk in an Air Mag inspired colorway. The Nike Hypermax “McFly” borrowed the look from its Flight camp brother and took it to another level adding straps, hot pink lining, and dropping the Flywire. Unfortunately the Flywire wasn’t the only thing dropped as Nike ultimately cancelled the colorway in the US with only accounts in Asia and Australia receiving the shoe. While it was speculated that this makeup resembled the Air Mag “too closely” an official reason was never disclosed by Nike or Universal Studios for the lack of US distribution.
Nike Hyperdunk Low “Marty McFly”
Lower, simpler, and cheaper, the Nike Hyperdunk Low “Marty McFly” was supposed to fill the void for those that could not find or afford its midtop counterpart. The shoe featured the exact same colorway minus the 2015 branding. While low top performance basketball shoes rarely have casual cross over appeal fans were eager to scoop the new McFly pair at a reasonable $90. Similar to the Hypermax, the shoe was eventually scrapped and thus unreleased.
Womens Nike Lunaracer “McFly” Sample
Along the lines of the Hyperdunk Low and the Hypermax, the Nike LunarRacer “McFly” too went unreleased. Though the LunarRacer had enough success of its own with out McFly co-signing, this colorway marked one of the best. Ladies were not?forgotten?in the Back to the Future craze as this model was a women’s LunarRacer. An all grey mesh upper was complimented by teal and pink Flywire atop a silver Lunar Foam midsole. Samples have hit eBay but this pair was never put into production.
Could it be? With images from a Nike patent floating around with Tinker Hatfield‘s name attached it appears an actual Nike Air Mag “Marty McFly” release may be upon us. It’s hard to believe Nike would go through the trouble of patenting this footwear system and drawing it on the same silhouette with out the intentions of releasing that very model. Were past McFly inspired sneakers scrapped in anticipation of the real thing? We’ll keep our fingers crossed, but there’s a good chance 2015 will be a very good year.
