Moving up to the laces is where the shoe gets interesting – the middle three eyelets are held together by red plastic brackets, which have 3 LEGO “studs”. I also really like the treatment of the three stripes, which has a yellow and black outline that borrow from LEGO’s logo. Now let’s look at some of the details in close-up. It looks kiddy by design, almost like a toy shoe. The silhouette is your classic ZX 8000, which takes inspiration from the retro ZX runners from the 80s. The liberal usage of primary reds, blues, yellows and greens instantly make this a loud and playful shoe, also hearkening to common LEGO brick colours. The first thing that hits you – wow, this sure it a colourful shoe. I really like what Adidas did here, which is to pay homage to the creativity that is fuelled by LEGO, allowing you to transform and customise the shoe to make it truly yours. I accidentally spazzed in my video and called them lace clips, but they’re actually called dubraes. With the laces also come matching-ish (there isn’t a green option) lace dubraes. I love surprises, and nothing surprised me more than discovering that Adidas snuck in not one, not two, not three, not even four but FIVE extra pairs of laces in red, blue, black, green and red.Įxtra laces are quite common when buying sneakers as a little bonus to instantly change up the look of the shoe, but 5 is pretty much unprecedented so this was an incredible surprise. Here’s the shoes peeking out for the first time.
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I think Adidas might’ve been wanting to go for a “blank canvas” look, but for a series celebrating the Adidas ZX, I’d really have liked a shoebox with more personality – this one feels sterile and empty, and didn’t really make unboxing fun. The box is easily the most disappointing aspect of the shoe – it’s a stark white cardboard box, with the A-ZX series logo lockup embossed faintly in several spots. If you don’t like videos, here’s a comprehensive review of the LEGO Adidas ZX 8000 in my usual style. I’ve been experimenting with a lot more video on my Youtube channel, and would love to hear if you’d like to see more video content, or even video set reviews! In the spirit of trying out something new, I decided to also do a video review, where I unbox the shoes, put them on for the first time and show how they look on feet!
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