Why tots gotta have all the fun?
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)
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’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.
Exists:
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.
I’m very interested in where you are sourcing this list!
I have two children and very few inhibitions.
Police departments should make it part of the uniform. Because when a foot pursuit ensues, they are flashing red & blue on their own heels.
Yes, Heelies too.
They sell adult heelies
But do they sell adult heelys with lights in the sole?
Can we have lights in the wheel too?
Only if we get the built in inline roller skates, too
There are some with illuminated soles.
They just arent blinky.
Oh and they are most likely to be found in specialty shops or online.
I’ve had some that are dogshit and broke
Yes. Full stop.
They do exist. A friend of mine has pairs for his whole family.
Like 12 years ago a guy i knew from the edm scene in socal created exactly that with his company called electric styles and he’s still doing it.
Looks like they’re also on 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
Amazing!
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.
Yea good point. Their domain is abandoned so not sure what deal is any more. Last I heard is they were moving manufacturing from china to Mexico
Do adults buy them in sufficient quantities to justify producing them?
I swear some older folks with demetia had them because their families got it for them. I mean maybe they just fit a large kids size or something.
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.
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
How about dancing
Well, it’s not walking. Dance mode, activate!
Even more fun with knee high stockings, a short skirt, and a bikini top. Better if you identify as cis male
They already do. You can also get Heelys in adult sizes, in case anyone was wondering.
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.
Sure, why not?
