I saw these sneakers last week at my local Puma store, and while they do look kind of cool with the race car numbers on the side, the first thing out of my mouth was “How bad do you think Puma regrets making a
Speed Racer themed shoe after the movie completely flopped?” The
Speed Racer x Puma Scattista Lo Sneakers are based on the cartoon/movie’s two central race cars, Speed Racer’s Mach 5 and Racer X’s Number 9 car, the Shooting Star.
To be honest, I don’t even see that much of a similarity between Racer X’s Number 9 car from the movie and the Scattista Lo
Speed Racer X9 sneaker besides the black, white and yellow color scheme. But, I do kind of dig the way the Scattista Lo
Speed Racer M5 has the same M insignia across the top of it that the actual Mach 5 does in the
Speed Racer cartoon and movie. These shoes in theory could have been really popular, but I can’t imagine they are moving many pairs of them now that the
Speed Racer film has bombed in the theaters. I wonder if my opinion of the sneakers would be completely different if the film had turned into the huge blockbuster the Wachowski brothers envisioned it would be.
I saw these sneakers last week at my local Puma store, and while they do look kind of cool with the race car numbers on the side, the first thing out of my mouth was “How bad do you think Puma regrets making a Speed Racer themed shoe after the movie completely flopped?” The Speed Racer x Puma Scattista Lo Sneakers are based on the cartoon/movie’s two central race cars, Speed Racer’s Mach 5 and Racer X’s Number 9 car, the Shooting Star.
To be honest, I don’t even see that much of a similarity between Racer X’s Number 9 car from the movie and the Scattista Lo Speed Racer X9 sneaker besides the black, white and yellow color scheme. But, I do kind of dig the way the Scattista Lo Speed Racer M5 has the same M insignia across the top of it that the actual Mach 5 does in the Speed Racer cartoon and movie. These shoes in theory could have been really popular, but I can’t imagine they are moving many pairs of them now that the Speed Racer film has bombed in the theaters. I wonder if my opinion of the sneakers would be completely different if the film had turned into the huge blockbuster the Wachowski brothers envisioned it would be.
