[Adolf Dassler]

   
I just purchased a pair of Adidas 35th Anniversary Top Secret #35 and I need someone to help me out. I paid a pretty penny for them. If they are real, I'm going to be buried in them.

I don't see how it would even be possible to fake a pair of these considering the collectors box and items within, but I could be wrong. Everything looks legit to me. I even ran them through an adidas rep who is well versed in these shoes. He said that my descriptions and the numbers matched an authentic pair, but I still need a second opinion.

What are these shoes worth? How can I tell if they are real for sure? Has anyone ever heard of a fake pair of the #35, cause I can't find anything about knock offs or "replicas" as they like to call them anywhere...

Thanks,
Jay

[pokey27]

Nice pickup what number pair are they and what size???
As for fakes no they havn't been faked like you said it would take alot to fake all the different bits and peices making up 35th secrets.
As for worth????? your guess is as good as mine all depends on the size and who wants a pair and how much someones willing to pay to own them.They were obviously worth X amount to you so you paid that amount.Feel free to tell us how much

[sin`pl]

i've never seen them faked, and the ones on photo are looking good so i'd say they are legit.

[Aric47G]

I just purchased a pair of Adidas 35th Anniversary Top Secret #35 and I need someone to help me out. I paid a pretty penny for them. If they are real, I'm going to be buried in them.

ha, i was just tellin the wifey if i ever get a pair of these first thing i'm gonna do is pay a visit to my lawyer and have my will updated to insure that i am buried in them.

[dj_wildthing]

If they're UK 11 then they're definitely fake and you should give them to me. Otherwise I'm pretty sure they're legit!

[steve-o]

were these the US12's that were recently on ebay usa? if so I was so keen to buy them but couldnt justify the horrid exchange rate converted to aussie dollar.

and yeah, I dont think the fakers are smart enough to copy all that comes with the #35s so you should be in the clear

[King of the Farm]

Let me see if I got this straight.... ?

You say you've purchased them already, now you're questioning whether they are real or not?

Should you NOT have done that BEFORE purchasing them?

by the way, I assume you mean they came up on eBay, you commited to buy them and now you're finally doing your homework to see if they are real so you can pay and get them...

If this is the case, am I the only person that thinks that is a total dick move???

[flyingcod]

I did think that but hey, you pays your money and all that.

It's not as if you can wear the 35th Secrets..or can you? Pokey do you wear yours?

fc

[mr.pure]

As said before, I'd wear 'em, why the fuck not.
You won't be buried in 'em cos in a few years, you'll be strapped for cash and sell 'em on, or you'll get bored of trainers and sell 'em.

Oh, and yeah, they were faked !
And they're worth whatever someone is mad enough to pay for them.
Personally I reckon they're worth no more than £600.

[cracky]

I thought that too king, strange way to go about things, but then who are we to argue with Adolf Dassler?

[Adolf Dassler]

Not a Dick move at all...

I have purchased them. They are resting upon my throne (lazy boy recliner) for all to see. I did do my homework before purchasing these bad boys. Unfortunately, with a name like "Top Secret" what would you expect to find. I probably spent 40 hours researching these shoes, including consulting an adidas representative well versed in these issues. It was not until I stumbled across a blog where they had talked about Fake adidas #35, that any doubt arose in my mind. Hence, I am back on the grind...

And no, they weren't the size 12 on ebay. I would never buy a pair of shoes that I could not wear... They are size 10.5 US. One of the most sought after sizes.

I paid $2000 US for them. A steal I'd say, but still a lot for a pair of shoes. I would never sell them anyway. If I do make it to a nice ripe old age they should be worth 10 times what I paid.

I'm thinking I should be buried in a white tux sporting them for all eternity... LOL

[Minky Starshine]

Don't fret over fake or not..you could go on forever beating yourself up,having doubt's etc..just show 'em off and enjoy..if nothing is clearly fake then stop looking and relax...still alot of dosh tho'

[Adolf Dassler]

Oh yea, here's another thing. Fron what I understand, the shoes are numbered by the combination on the two lock sets on the front of the box. Strange... No markings I can find other than that.

You would figure this is a bad way to number these shoes because the instruction booklet for the locks includes the information needed to reset the combo on the locks. So... Assuming that the locks were never reset, my pair would be #202...

[mr.pure]

There should've been a tag attached to the handle.
If you leave 'em in the box until you're old and grey, when someone takes 'em out to put on your feet, they'll disintegrate !
A lot of shoes from 20 years ago are fucked now.

[flyingcod]

Out of interest what are the "production" numbers for the 35th Secrets?

i.e. - how many created for each size?

fc