Hey all, about 5 years ago I bought some kind of Superstars. I have no idea what kind, but they were the best shoes I ever bought. They lasted 4 years of everyday wear and tear, even though I treated them poorly. I recently bought new Superstar 2's Black w/ white stripes and I gotta say the quality of my old pair were way better, but I can't find another like them.

They were White w/ Blue stripes that had Adidas logo reflected in the stripes and heal area. They also had proper eyelets instead of just holes punched in the leather.

I've included a pic of them, as they currently reside on my bedroom wall. If anyone can help me put a name to them I'd really appreciate it.

Cheers,
Jimmy Friday

PS The insole of my new Supes came out a few weeks after purchase
and I now use a really lame storebought insole that slides around frequently. This plus the eyelets is why I'm not too crazy about my new ones, but I still like them more than any other shoes I've tried.

Sorry the pics are blurry, I'm not very talented with my camera.

.. from the front page of the forum..

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Well Jimmy, they're standard superstar 2's (metal's as some ot the ones with eyelets are called). Most of us on the forum aren't a fan of the old eyelets.. you can still pick them up I'm prettey sure.. Someone will come along with a link soon...

Is it just a style thing you don't like about the eyelets or something else?

There is that.. and also a lot of us don't tie our laces and so they slip through the eyelets to easily .

I tied my laces on me 1st pair of supes
be4 i become a member on this forum .

Yeah I was noticing this in most of the pictures. I asked in my intro thread, but I'll ask here too, do you simply tuck the ends into your shoes at the top or what? It looks a lot better anyway.

- Jimmy

Yep, mostly just tuck them in... if the innersole is loose enough you can tuck them under there.

I tie mine behind the tongue, if the laces are long enough that is!

i second cracky

I'll have to try this.

It's the new black fella.

An I tuck mine in as well ..

If they're long enough, I lace 'em to the top and then poke them back through the opposite hole backwards.

Sounds good that Pure..
I will have a go at that 1 ..

JF, take a look at this link you might find the model/code of the ones you are looking for.

Clicky!

good luck, part of the addiction searching for that "elusive"* pair.

fc

*Elusive means superstar after superstar after superstar...it never ends!