RTFKT Selling 'Auto-Lacing' Cryptokicks Inspired by 'Back to the Future 2'

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RTFKT is selling 19,000 smart sneakers inspired by the Nike Mag shoe from the movie “Back to the Future 2.”

Cryptokicks iRL is a physical and digital NFT that ranges in price from $450 to $1,333 and comes in four styles: Blackout, Stone, Ice, and Space Matter.

Users have two ways to purchase the shoes:

Registration for the public mint drawing starts Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET and closes the same time Dec. 11. To qualify, users will need an RTFKT account, a wallet with at least 0.5 ETH in it, and a U.S. shipping address.
There will also be a private mint for Lace Engine NFT holders Dec. 12 at 10:30 a.m. ET where holders can burn the NFT for a Cryptokicks iRL NFT.

The sneakers include the following futuristic features: “ auto-lacing, enhanced lighting, haptic feedback, gesture control, walk detection, App connectivity, AI/ML algorithms and wireless charging via the RTFKT Powerdeck.”

Prices are as follows (prices will be in ETH and the USD equivalent during mint):

For Lace Engine holders:

Blackout: $450
Stone: $500
Ice Mag: $600
Space Matter: $1,000

Public mint:

Blackout: $580
Stone: $650
Ice Mag: $700
Space Matter: $1,333

Author Bio

TD Marquis

A veteran journalist and editor with more than a decade's worth of experience, TD helped a small community newspaper in Vermont win a New England Newspaper Association Right to Know Award in 2014. TD helped compile five years' worth of invoices to uncover a long-established practice of small-town government officials paying themselves six figures to do small jobs around town. TD discovered NFTs with Top Shot in 2021 and his first NFTs on ETH were saving two Mooncats. He is now the proud owner of Rowhome #61 and 1,300 other NFTs of questionable value. He also sent 4 ETH to a fake Mekaverse site and wants Lucky Trader readers to avoid the same fate.

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