Custom Illuminated Confusion Nikes light up the streets, your life

Personally, we'd prefer slipping our feet into the WiFi-detecting Nike Dunks if given a choice, but it's hard to argue with the smooth factor bundled with the highly customized kicks shown above. Dubbed Illuminated Confusion, the shoes feature a pattern print with "neon green light-up lateral sides that either blink or glow." The lighting on each shoe gets powered by a single AAA cell, and you'll even get a free "custom box" with you order. And considering the $400 price tag and two to three week wait time, we wouldn't expect anything less. Vid after the jump.

[Eric B. @ May 17th 2008 2:06PM]

Now the cops can find you even when your hiding in darkness! SWEET!!

[jonyb @ May 18th 2008 1:13AM]

LOL LA Lights, hahahah i still remember begging my dad to get me that hahaha how sweet was LA lights lol!

[Byzil Mystwing @ May 17th 2008 2:06PM]

wow, they look hideous >< at least to me..

[pgpprotector @ May 17th 2008 3:45PM]

Not just to you

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 18th 2008 1:05AM]

i dont even see why the low-top dunk is so popular because it has to be the most unflattering shoe in existence, its like wearing brick (feels like it too)

[ferg @ May 18th 2008 11:52AM]

i'm not huge on these ones specifically but i love low top dunks, i have two pairs and they are some of my more comfortable sneakers (nothing beats onitsuka tigers though.)

[Shadowise @ May 17th 2008 2:12PM]

surely you could recreate this pretty easily and cheaply with some EL-cable and a little bit pf patience. Surely not worth $400... but then again, I dunno how much these actually retail for as stock.

[Engadgetluvsappl @ May 17th 2008 2:14PM]

If only I could get me some Stan Smiths customised like that...

[Colin Potter @ May 17th 2008 2:20PM]

this reminds me of when i used to put flexible glowsticks in my shoelaces... like, woven between them... for dances in junior high

[swingin' dick hero @ May 17th 2008 2:39PM]

You good at solo dancing?

[Colin Potter @ May 17th 2008 2:40PM]

yes but i dont see what.... oooooh.... oh i get it... touche' sire.

no but seriously... that was grade 8... so the girls probably thought that it was cool

[Abuzar @ May 17th 2008 8:09PM]

Haha, swingin' dick hero! That was hilarious.

lol That's the only thing at engadget that has actually made me laugh. Sure I thought other stuff was funny, but I have never just laughed before.

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 18th 2008 12:59AM]

flaunting your package in 8th grade? sure the pedophiles wouldve enjoyed it but i dont think the girls wouldve been too impressed

[Ace b @ May 18th 2008 11:58AM]

@ugg.tryptophan

They still aren't impressed with it now.

[peshue @ May 17th 2008 2:23PM]

L.A. Lights seem really inadequate now.

[The Dude @ May 17th 2008 3:03PM]

My thoughts as well. They were such big shit back in the day, along with pogs, skip-it, yo-yos etc. Some '90s nostalgia should stay just that...nostalgia--'cause these shoes look awful.

[L @ May 17th 2008 2:39PM]

$400 to look like a silly 12-year-old again? No, thanks....

[Esat Dedezade @ May 17th 2008 2:56PM]

Why they did not illuminate the whole tick is beyond my comprehension.

[electronicat @ May 17th 2008 3:13PM]

You'll be the envy of 6-year-olds everywhere.

[Cybergypsy @ May 17th 2008 3:23PM]

LOL they needa set of 24" wheels to be complete.lol

[austin @ May 17th 2008 3:50PM]

They riced out those shoes. Pretty heinous even in the daytime IMO.

[Alex @ May 17th 2008 4:24PM]

I'm confused..

[naceguy122 @ May 17th 2008 4:26PM]

wow. i remember being to cool for these when i was 6... and that was only 30 bucks

[Kllr Wolf @ May 17th 2008 4:32PM]

Those shoes are hideous before the lighting is turned on, and the lighting does nothing to help that.

[Milla Valkeasuo @ May 17th 2008 4:33PM]

If you have spare money, get them.. heh

[Milla Valkeasuo @ May 17th 2008 4:33PM]

They look nice but are, uh, kind of pricey.

[a @ May 17th 2008 4:43PM]

quite cool, but they should make it run off kinetic energy from walking not batteries.

[Phoenix @ May 17th 2008 5:54PM]

I like the WIFI detecting idea. Throw that in, cut the price by 80%, and make those things black boots and I'd be happy. ^_^ As they stand, they're some of the fugliest things I've seen in years... I've got to wonder what the hell they were smoking when they made those designs because honestly they look like something that a 6YO would color in a coloring book. >_

[Ian @ May 19th 2008 1:03AM]

o come on have you seen "fashion" these days? throw a bunch of random crap on a shirt and BAM you have a hip new shirt that you can see for 40 bucks because its "designer"

[Blaktornado @ May 17th 2008 8:43PM]

I vaguely remember having some shoes similar to this when I was 3 years old...

[ebob9 @ May 17th 2008 8:56PM]

Great, now get working on the Back To The Future II version with the light-up logo!

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 18th 2008 1:28AM]

Back to the Future 2 had nicer shoes http://youtube.com/watch?v=28Wa5L-fkkM&feature=related

[ugg.tryptophan @ May 18th 2008 1:30AM]

make it happen! http://www.mcfly2015.com/

[will @ May 17th 2008 9:33PM]

This thing can play doom, right?

[Eric Leung @ May 18th 2008 2:24AM]

no its a shoe, as if this comment wasnt stupid enough for computers

[Bob @ May 17th 2008 11:46PM]

Why would I pay $400 for something when I could just spend some time modding my own shoes with cheap LED's?

[awesome @ May 18th 2008 1:21AM]

Modding your own shoes with LEDs? biggest. dork. ever.

[Hany Hanna @ May 18th 2008 1:32AM]

They should have at least had Michael Jackson moonwalk in them. That way, at least the dorks would have bought them.

[Lea Hernandez @ May 18th 2008 3:07AM]

I for one, do NOT welcome our fugly Nickelodeon shoe overlords.

[Ben @ May 18th 2008 4:42AM]

You may as well get a carry a big neon sign on ur back that says 'mug me!'

cool tho

[Maverick Saturn @ May 18th 2008 8:35AM]

Lol, isn't this dangerous? They are illegal for cars here cos they distract, so what about walkers? They may bump into each other :S

[Sam @ May 18th 2008 12:15PM]

lol the overlord joke never gets old

[Max @ May 18th 2008 12:46PM]

$400 to display a glowing Nike logo!? They're the ones who should pay people for being living ad displays! (and for their therapies once they loose all their friends)

[Jason @ May 18th 2008 2:07PM]

It wasn't L.A. Lights.. It was L.A. Gear

[Zaf @ May 20th 2008 3:58AM]

the normal thing looks ugly.
The rest is ok.