Heelys shoe hates your eyes, loves your Xbox 360
By Paul Miller 
posted Oct 19th 2007 6:10PM
posted Oct 19th 2007 6:10PM
[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
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What would be cool is if they actually worked as controllers!
atfirst, I thought it was a controller
Wait, it's not a controller???
What's this about it not being a controller?
wow really? MAYBE if it had some functionality, but i can't imagine it does - even then i wouldn't want to be tracking dirt and god knows what all over my controller all day - boo urns on this idea even if just for the look
If you step into a big, steaming pile of monkey pokey- does "Peter Jackson's King Kong" start?
No......Donkey Kong via Emulator
How about curbing the kid who buys these with his own shoe...UBERPWNAGE.
the website looks nice :D
my main problem with heelys is the whole gym shoe look. I have nothing against gym shoes at all, but i would love a pair of heelys in a nice patent leather dress shoe. About a month back when i actually WROTE heelys and asked them about a dress shoe, they said they had some new gym shoes appealing to the hardcore gamer coming... be on the lookout.
in all seriousness though, this has GOT TO BE the worst kind of cross marketing ever.
unless on course they tie back in with burger king and the king starts wearin these.
Let's just hope that they don't decide to do Apple next. :0
@Riggs
You talking about the PS3?
@ Dave ^ ^
I think you know he's talking about the XBox360.......lol
You are both idiots.
where is the Heely wheel?
you don't need wheels, because you'll be running so fast to hide from all the people that are pointing and laughing at you for wasting so much money on such a dumbass shoe.
only one analog stick? this is the x-box shoe, not the PSP.
I like those. Sure, it's flashy and pointless but I bet it would make a great gift for a kid that owns XBOX360.
I also love the robot on their marketing site: http://www.heelysgamer.com/
There's only this design defect, the entire "controller" visuals are on the bottom, so I suppose after few days of walking it starts getting dirty, and wear off, it loses its appeal.
A kid won't wear any type of shoes forever anyway, though.
^ Well said. Within a few days the bottom will turn black and everything will be scuffed to hell. I'd be afraid to wear them outside.
Ok ok ok kid...these Heelys you can wear in McDonalds.
It comes w/ a plug and play kit right?
These are fugly and that stupid flash page takes forever to load Asimo/Robbie to press the power button after I did? Money well spent. All of it.
I had no problem with the flash on the page... but you're right, this was a perfect example of not listening to someone when they say "don't spend it all in one place" AND "use your head".. they didn't do either.
I hope these shoes inspire more kids to get out more and exercise. As a child, nothing was better than getting my toy guns then playing my own (imaginative version) of DOOM, UT3, or Halo in between the neighbors yards.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/heelys-put-to-good-use-energy-harvesting/
"UT3, or Halo"
...how long ago was this?
It was UT3 like before we had UT3 or DOOM.
I'm SOOOO sick of kids scooting around my store in Heelys. I'm going to start installing little bump-strips all over the place just so I can watch one of these smug, spoiled Heely-wearing yuppiespawn fall flat on his little obnoxious face.
Oh god...the bottom of the shoe looks better than the top.
RRoD
You're a tard, couldn't you have at least been a GOOD troll and make a joke about the RRoD? Hang your head and go back to your corner.
All Heely wearers must have their feet cut off. To date they are the most annoying shit on the planet. In the last 3 months I've had some kid run into me at the grocery store twice. The last time I held my ground and braced for impact. The little brat fell flat on his fact and started balling. Yes I’m a cold SOAB. Especially when some kid is flying around corners and not paying attention to where they are going with these damn things.
Mom came over and apologized. Unfortunately I didn't have the nerve to tell her to give her kid some real shoes and let him run around. He may still run into someone but at least he won't skate into them going mach 1.
Commence the comments how our founding fathers intended to give us life, liberty and the freedom of shoes.
I would agree with you there. Heelys are just a fancy form of a roller-skate that is built into the shoe.
I was reading not only they are dangerous to other people, but they are also dangerous to the wearer as they cause problems to the balls of the feet and the ankle bones as you put pressure on the heel of the foot rather on the balls and front part of foot together. Think of it like stilettos that women wore in the late '80s an the feet problems it made.
I, for one, welcome our... nevermind, get this disaaster out of here.
So this isn't a new form of dance mat then?
How do you hook that to you 360? jk
wireless silly
whoever whears heelys can rot in a sack
They missed a great market gap. Ie embedded inside the shoe is a remote control, with start and stop and play. All the parents would lap that up for Christmas.
April fools?
Keep in mind that these shoes are probably for kids.