Why tots gotta have all the fun?
Not sure if they still do, but they did at one point. LA Gear “Lights”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUGNeZt63o
Needless to say like any gimmick, they died off fairly quickly.
I remember a few reports of “criminals” having them on and trying to run away from the police. Might have been on “Cops” once or twice, even.
They were in an X-Files episode where someone was robbed/killed for them. S6E10, “Tithonus”. But, yeah, fad didn’t last long because they quickly became a bit of a “what a loser” item, even for us that were kids at the time.
Only if we get the built in inline roller skates, too
Yes. With rechargeable batteries, or some obvious way to change the batteries.
Do be certain to advertise them here, so that I am aware these are even for sale. Or take preorders for my shoe size. (Why in the hell is everything NOT a preorder these days?)
Do adults buy them in sufficient quantities to justify producing them?
If we’re going down this rabbit hole, shoes with lights is pretty far down on the list of child-oriented products that should be made for adults.
Other potential entries include:
- Clothes with dinosaur/unicorn/etc designs
- Bouncy castles
- Bedding and sheets with fun prints
Inflatable dinosaur costumes(we figured this one out already)
Exists:
I’ve been in a bouncy castle with kids and alone. It sucked and I was very tired.
Maybe if there were some full-size humans bouncing they would bounce me around too instead of me launching kids onto the roof.
Bedding and sheets with fun prints
- Technically there’s no one and nothing stopping you from buying Pokemon bedding, for example.
Clothes with dinosaur/unicorn/etc designs
- Also, cute clothes have been trendy since MLP:FiM at the earliest.
Do they sell Pokémon bedding in king?
Haven’t bothered to look, they sell it in full-sized though.
But you can get most of those things already. Shirts can be ordered with custom prints. You can rent (or buy) a bouncy castle and put it in your backyard. Beddings and sheets I get, because you can probably only find them in twin sizes.
Light-up shoes in adult sizes on the other hand are nearly impossible to find, or are pretty expensive if you find one.
I’m very interested in where you are sourcing this list!
I have two children and very few inhibitions.
Snow boots that change color in the cold. I had those as a toddler and they were the coolest things ever.
There was an art show that had a bouncy castle for adults. I think that’s a thing
It is, there used to be a place around me that catered to adults for bouncy inflatable things.
$10 and some mushrooms and it was an amazing time.
Clothes with dinosaur/unicorn/etc designs
What do you mean?
Saw a kids sweater with a fuzzy dinosaur on it recently. Thought it would be amazing as an adult sweater. But of course it would cost $400 if it existed
I think the issue here is an engineering problem, not necessarily a lack of demand. The sole of the shoes would need to be impracticaly/uncomfortably thick to protect the electronics and keep said electronics from digging into the feet.
We figured it out in the last millennium, I think we can figure it out again.
The real reason would probably be that you’d need to make the soles out of rubber again instead of the cheap foam that almost all modern (fast fashion disposable) shoes are made with these days.
No way, LEDs can be tiny. Just look at how many they cram into displays like your phone or TV. The biggest thing is likely to be the battery but those can be made in all kinds of form factors.
Like 12 years ago a guy i knew from the edm scene in socal created that with a company called electric styles and he’s still doing it.
Looks like they’re also in amazon, ebay etc
I was at a music festival about a week ago and there were several dozen people wearing these, they were kick ass
Only $35 is a bargain for those shoes so there must be a catch. For reference, I went to Burger King with my wife for lunch last week and it was $35 for just our two meals.
Amazing!
They already do. You can also get Heelys in adult sizes, in case anyone was wondering.
Even more fun with knee high stockings, a short skirt, and a bikini top. Better if you identify as cis male
I had a pair at some point. You could toggle the lights so they looked like regular sneakers when you needed them to. Wouldn’t wear them now I think but they were pretty sick for raves and such.
I’d kill for some good quality adult heelys though.
Lights, yes.
Blinking or strobing lights, no
If you must have blinky lights, there should be something different than walking that sets off the blinking show.
How about dancing
something different that sets off the blinking show
It would amazing if we had an app that controls the shoe lights. I love needing an app for every single product/device I buy.
However, I can think of some use cases for “smart” RGB shoes
- Color sync for dancers
- Blinkers for scooters/bicycles
Probably easy to modify (for electrical engineers) to manufactured shoes
I’m going with “no”, because it’s a shit product for the environment when you have batteries and electronics fitted into rubber. If the battery runs out, the electronic breaks or the rubber wears out, the entire product is likely to be discarded and burned together.
If you want to attach small lights to your shoes, go ahead. You can then also transfer the lights to your next pair of shoes, change the battery and repair or discard of everything separately.
There is an easy solution to that. The internal pad, where the toe sits on, could be removable. This way, both the battery can be replaceable, and the electronics board.
Another idea, could be to implement wireless charging for the lights, since it’s not easy to fit a charging port on a shoe.
I don’t have light-up shoes, but I have lights for when I go for a run in the dark. They use a floating magnet that creates small electrical charges, strong enough to make a pair of LEDs flash, with every step. Installing those inside shoes would be a good idea.
This could satisfy environmental concerns, but I personally am not sold on the comfort angle of the solution.
I’m pretty sure they do. LMDDGTFU, yes. If you use the search engine on your browser “LED Sneakers Adult”, you will find them. Here’s a review of them: https://worksafetytools.com/light-up-shoes-adults-nike-the-ultimate-guide-to-the-coolest-sneakers-with-led-lights/
Yes. And we should have Heelies and soap shoes, too!
While it has what can be considered a use case, to increase your visibility in the dark. However it’s a terrible solution. Instead wear a high-vis reflective vest, and/or wear some kind of clip-on lights. I’ve got a high-power clip-on flashlight that I put on my belt for when I have to walk into our dark-ass parking lot, or otherwise need to see where I’m going and don’t want to risk getting run over.
