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Seven League Boots
Vantage writes: "Quite possibly the coolest toy ever for the athletic Geek.
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allow an energetic Geek to jump over 6 feet in the air. These things are the coolest things I have ever played with."
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I've heard of these boots before, but have not seen them available for sale. Prototypes existed and were demonstrated in Berlin last year IIRC. ;^)
The boots are so expensive because only the latest composite materials are strong enough to withstand the great strain on the material. Makes me wonder what strain your bones and joints have to withstand if you use those boots
The movies on the web site seem pretty darned convincing, if it is a fake, it is a good one.
-josh
I'm a geek who is 6'1" and 200 pounds. (down from 225)
I'm not athletic, but in better shape than the average guy my age.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
God damn I want a pair. I used to blade to get around (and I dont know why I still dont) but recently I got handed a bike. I hate biking, with a passion, so much so that I will gladly walk instead of ride a bike. These things look cool, and I guess my days are numbered before I just give in and buy a freakin' car.
How we know is more important than what we know.
which coast? Every "geek" I have run into here on the west coast is a fitness freak.. hell, I'm even tempted to go running at lunch time.
How we know is more important than what we know.
they do say "performing artists" on the page.
How we know is more important than what we know.
See for yourself, it ain't no April Fool's Joke. They are selling them on ThinkGeek.
I'm going to pick up a pair, along with that new Caffeinated meatloaf they are selling. It is about time they sold some REAL food!
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These things look retarded.
-Ryan
Nope. Some fashion designer actually had a model wearing a set of these (styled better!) along with a cheetah-type outfit. Walking slowly, it does convert your gait into that "stalking" movement that big cats have, and running seemed to have the same kind of big-cat look to it.
The film of the model doing it is an advert over here in the UK, and has been around for a year or so.
The amount of force you'd put on it is definitely quite large, but it's a known quantity. So you can get your spring steel made up to right specifications, and you're OK. Incidentally, if you watch the film, the curved struts at the back do actually bend quite considerably on impact.
What it doesn't discuss is what happens if a strut breaks from metal fatigue. I imagine some serious body protection would be a good idea.
Grab.
Why not just go straight to the manufacturer? http://www.powerskip.de/
If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
Personally I would reword that advertisement...
This incredible German made product will send you visiting your local hospital in no time. Yes YOU TOO can now break your ankles, hit your head on traffic lights, rupture your hamstrings, and look mightly stupid on these banana colored geek toys for retards with little sense of safety.
As the east coast distributors for POWERSHIT, we would like to thank the doctors in our area for paying us to release this product as greater revenue for us, means bigger bucks for them. While I am tempted to tell you the truth, I won't because I simply won't make any money from idiots like yourself. So buy now think later when your on a hospital bed with multiple injuries!!!
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