A poor man's humble beginnings... -
Shellshock - 11-11-08
I've been in two minds as to whether I should bother posting this but in for a penny...
So, here's my collection so far. All shoes have been sought and bought from shops, no armchair shopping for me (although that's about to change!) Unfortunately, there's no mad rarities or super-exclusives
The average cost of a shoe in my collection is £22 and none cost above £50. I've grouped them by colour, not by style or shape, for these pictures.
First up, some daily beaters. Some of these are a fair few years old now, especially the white/snakeskin pair. The ones with the camo laces have actually got the Gucci style embossed Trefoils on them but it'c not visible in the pic.
Next is all the black/blue Soops. Since joining this site I've come to realise my Stars Vins are fakes, bloody good ones but I'm sure they're fakes! Got them off a geezer on a market stall in Nottingham in the summer
Oh well, you live and you learn!
Some brown Soops
My colourful Soops
All the Soops together
Soops Anti-Theft Device. Name's Murphy and he's 15 moths old.
I hope I've done it all correctly and you can actually see the pics, I know computers like your mum knows Kung-fu!
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Sweet_Kicks - 11-11-08
Its not all about limited editions and exclusives mate, thats a sweet collection and very well presented!
PS: An excellent security system you have installed
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Sneakerphile - 11-11-08
Dude, my mums a ninja!
This is a fine collection you have mate, nothing to be embarrased about at all. Bad news about thestar vins, but as you say, live and learn!
Nice to see some proper lacing with good fat laces as well.
Keep up the good work.
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pokey27 - 11-11-08
Nice collection m8
nicely laced as well!! ty for taking the time to post em up.
awwwwwwwwwwww @ the bully beef (miss mine
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spitey - 11-11-08
thats a lovely bully.
your collection is not humble at all. its a well laced and fantastik collection. some choice bits in there.
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thehavok - 11-11-08
Vary nice showing there. Not too humble at all. Welcome to the addiction, get your fix regular like and you will be ok.
. The fake stars is a real bummer, but as they say here on the forum "fake it till you make it". Or words to that effect.
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Aric47G - 11-11-08
mad props playboy. that is a pimp collection, you got some choice pieces up there, i'm hella feeling those blunts, still trying to come up on thems.
hella tight too to see another person still keep up there beaters, some sweet lace flips on em.
is that a set of pistols on those pros? those look sick what are they? i've never been a pro model fan myself but i would hella rock those.
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super sk8 - 11-11-08
as the others said, no need to humble at all. you´ve got some real nice kicks in your collection.
i really love a pair of the blunts myself... i missed the boat.
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streak - 11-11-08
Looking good there fella.. got some beauties!!
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Sweet_Kicks - 11-11-08
Aric47G Wrote:is that a set of pistols on those pros? those look sick what are they?
Called Pistol Petes, named after Pete Maravich, NBA legend from the 70's
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Shellshock - 11-11-08
Thanks for all the positive comments guys
Think I'll stick around for a while, this place is pretty cool!
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reid - 11-11-08
Got some real nice kicks there man. Loving the blunts and houstons especially
(you sure the stars are fake and not just off the back of a lorry? Any signs other than the way you bought em?)
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Shellshock - 11-11-08
reid Wrote:(you sure the stars are fake and not just off the back of a lorry? Any signs other than the way you bought em?)
Yeah I'm pretty sure now after reading some of the info on this site. They were my first pair of Vins so I didn't have anything to compare them against. They are absolutely spot on but they do have that little tab on the heel patch and my other real one's don't. Everything else was fine, different serial numbers on each tongue, box label was right, stitching around the toe was correct, came with tags in the right place and the correct rainbow & black laces. The only thing that was suspicious was the price but I just thought he didn't know what they were!
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flyingcod - 11-11-08
Greetings ShellShock,
love the Shells collection but love your Bully Boyeven more, what a handsome boy. I have one myself goes by the name of Neb and he's Red & White and is about the same age. Don't think he'd project my shells though, give em a good chew is what he'd do! Come to think of it he'd prefer the blue boxes as it is his mission in life to destroy every single cardboard item in the world.
Since I am now "between jobs" I'll post a Bully/Superstar related pic.
Welcome to the board, not been around much meself lately however the folks on here are top guys (and gals) and it's saved me a fortune!
fc
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Shellshock - 11-11-08
flyingcod Wrote:Greetings ShellShock,
love the Shells collection but love your Bully Boyeven more, what a handsome boy. I have one myself goes by the name of Neb and he's Red & White and is about the same age. Don't think he'd project my shells though, give em a good chew is what he'd do! Come to think of it he'd prefer the blue boxes as it is his mission in life to destroy every single cardboard item in the world.
Since I am now "between jobs" I'll post a Bully/Superstar related pic.
Welcome to the board, not been around much meself lately however the folks on here are top guys (and gals) and it's saved me a fortune!
fc
Yay, yet another Soop-sportin Bully owner!
Had 3 now and wouldn't consider any other breed, top dogs. Murphy is actually a replacement for my previous Bully, Diesel, who I had to have put to sleep. Like your Neb, he was red/white, lovely dog. He'd been born with some unknown but pretty serious congenital defects which didn't show until he was 10 months old. Having to put a puppy to sleep was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, completely tore me up and a swore I wasn't gonna have another dog but y'know how that goes
Here's a picture of Diesel, he was a typical Bully, a clown in a fur suit. R.I.P Little Man.