Magic Shoes

fits

Anyone remember this?

ztoical

o my god I had those shoes - man I feel old now. they had the keys on the bottom - I the ones in the ad and a pair of purple ones as well.

Remember when that add was on - everyone in school was going around going "Magic Shoes?" for ages.

Reku

You had me expecting a "what would you wish for if you had Dorothy's Ruby slippers?" thread.

But, yup, I remember that ad as a kid.

neuro-praxis

God yes! I got those shoes for my communion - they were white, had three straps and golden keys in the soles! Blast from the past, man.

Cathmandooo

yeaah I remember those shoes! And it came up onconversation recently, my mates brought her little sister shoe shopping the other week but couldnt find a nice pair so I said 'why didnt you just bring her to clarks for a pair of magic shoes'

LouOB

I cant see pic - but ooooh i know them
Finally begged mother to get me them for communion too - all my sis had them for theirs too. Jimmy Choo or Gucci should do something like it now- pure magic

Cazlou

I remember every girl in my class getting them for ther communion - except me:(
then the following year when my sis was making her's - SHE got them:mad: *sob*



obviously it still hurts.......:p

fits

Cazlou wrote: »

I remember every girl in my class getting them for ther communion - except me:(
then the following year when my sis was making her's - SHE got them:mad: *sob*



obviously it still hurts.......:p

Well I first posted this in PI!

I dont know what that says about me and my relationship with shoes

Clare Bear

God that brings back memories!! I felt like a little princess with those shoes.

Awww

monkeyfudge

I posted this up recently in a shoe related thread in after hours.

The way she says 'magic shoes' means it's indelibly printed into my brain for the rest of my days.

fits

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I posted this up recently in a shoe related thread in after hours.

The way she says 'magic shoes' means it's indelibly printed into my brain for the rest of my days.

Mine too

I think I used to have lots of dreams where I was the princess in the ad as well.

Ginny

Never had them i was a bit old for them when they came out, sis had them though...:(

Dizzyblonde

I'm laughing at some of you saying the ad makes you feel old - I bought those shoes for my daughters!!

monkeyfudge

GinnyJo wrote: »

Never had them i was a bit old for them when they came out, sis had them though...:(

Yeah... I was too old for them as well...

At least I think that the reason my parents gave me for not letting me have them.

Blush_01

God I wanted a pair of those shoes so badly, but I never got a pair.

jellie

Blush_01 wrote: »

God I wanted a pair of those shoes so badly, but I never got a pair.

me too we were clearly deprived children

undecided

Wow was just talking about those shoes last week! was shopping for my daughters communion clothes with my mother and were thinking back to how many shops we tried for them at my communion!were sold out all over Dublin:(

OH how I dreamt of getting those shoes....

fits

I'm beginning to doubt I ever owned them now if they were as rare and in demand as that...

sar84

sar84 wrote: »

me too we were clearly deprived children

Me three, I was absolutely nuts about that ad.
I never noticed anyone else with them either....what if every did have them and it all flew over my head. That would be even worse than the whole Mr. Frosty debacle. :mad:

star-pants

I think I had a pair too. You got a few stickers and a 'golden key' when you bought them

Silverfish

Moonbaby wrote: »

Me three, I was absolutely nuts about that ad.
I never noticed anyone else with them either....what if every did have them and it all flew over my head. That would be even worse than the whole Mr. Frosty debacle. :mad:

Don't talk to me about the Mr. Frosty debacle.

Or Magna Doodle-gate.


I never got those shoes either. And I wanted them so badly. There were two other girls in my primary school class, and they both had them. AND one of them had a Mr. Frosty. AND the other one had a magna doodle.

fits

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Jesus Wept

I had shoes that had a red light that lit up flashing as you walked, one in the outside of each shoe.

I was ahead of my time, everybody is wearing them nowadays, everybody.

Blush_01

My cousin used to get all the cool stuff and I never did. I was the tall, chubby, awkward, bigfoot cousin, she was small and dainty with blonde curls and blue eyes. We're almost the exact same age so it burned. Although, I did get Magna Doodle for christmas. I remember vividly that I got it and a My Little Pony jigsaw from Santa. There were other things too, but I can't remember them, they were crap by comparison. My Little Pony... and Care Bears! I was never allowed to have Barbie or Shelly or the like though. Hmmm.

cuckoo

star-pants wrote: »

I think I had a pair too. You got a few stickers and a 'golden key' when you bought them

That's right - rub it in. Stickers as well? Humph.

"my name is cuckoo and i never had a pair of magic shoes"
group: "hello, cuckoo."

I did however have many pairs of luminous shoelaces, which i'd wear with luminous socks over navy tights to school. And, i thought i looked fan-f'ing-tastic.

Crumble Froo

i have absolutely no idea what anyone here is talking about.

am i old or young or just plain ignorant?

fits

Maybe this thread did belong in PI after all

Reku

Crumble Froo wrote: »

i have absolutely no idea what anyone here is talking about.

am i old or young or just plain ignorant?

Perhaps the bitterness of never getting a pair has made you repress all memory of them even existing?;)

Crumble Froo

i only ever wanted a pair of nikes.

anyway, about the age these seemed to have been popular, i had pocohontas (well, the male indian guy from pocohontas) ankle boots. :cool:

takola

Crumble Froo wrote: »

i have absolutely no idea what anyone here is talking about.

am i old or young or just plain ignorant?

Seconded.

whatsgoinon

my sister got the magic shoes for her communion, i didn't cos magic shoes weren't invented when i made my communion. I was livid i wanted a pair so badly. I think to keep the peace mam bought me a pair of purple shoes with illuminous green laces with some class of get the ball to the centre of the maze game on the bottoms of them. sisters shoes were dyed navy straight after communion, much more practical then.

i wanted LA gear boot runners SOOOOOOO badly, never got them or any runner actually till i had to get them for pe in secondary

Silverfish

Silverfish wrote: »

Don't talk to me about the Mr. Frosty debacle.

Or Magna Doodle-gate.


I never got those shoes either. And I wanted them so badly. There were two other girls in my primary school class, and they both had them. AND one of them had a Mr. Frosty. AND the other one had a magna doodle.

i wanted a mr frosty!!

i think i got the shoes with the key in them but it wouldnt fit properly. *shrug*

Dudess

Yeah, the way she says "magic shoes?" is delightfully forced over-acting

I wanted the shoes but I was particularly interested in the key. Think the ad was on in the late 80s, which is strange because I stopped being girlie in 1989 and started getting all rawk chick (well, as "rawk chick" as an 11-year-old could manage). Still wanted those shoes though...

Dudess

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I'm laughing at some of you saying the ad makes you feel old - I bought those shoes for my daughters!!

I know. One day I'll be 45 years of age and I'll hear all these 25-year-olds saying they feel old - I'm gonna have to do some major lip-biting

Selkies

This reminds me, I need more shoes

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

I know. One day I'll be 45 years of age and I'll hear all these 25-year-olds saying they feel old - I'm gonna have to do some major lip-biting

Gawwwd, I feel so old.


>.>

Dudess

If you're as old as the person you feel, then I'm nearly 42...

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

If you're as old as the person you feel, then I'm nearly 42...

Your bf is 42? ;o

Dudess

Yeah, I've always preferred older fellas. My first kiss - I was five and he was seven (no tongues though...)

How did we get from magic shoes to this...?!

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, I've always preferred older fellas. My first kiss - I was five and he was seven (no tongues though...)

How did we get from magic shoes to this...?!

The topic of old people
Not that I can really call 42 old, sure I'm only a youngun

so yeah
shoes
http://kokochi.com/blogpost/default/2004-10-16_150957_27219_1.jpg

Dudess

Aw wow, Disco Stu has a pair of them!

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

Aw wow, Disco Stu has a pair of them!

thats what i was looking for
i guess disco stu dont advertise...

Gauge

Those stupid shoes broke my 6 year old heart... I wanted plain slip ons (they looked grown-up!) but I got the ugly magic step sandal-type shoes because the ads promised that there was 'treasure' in the soles. I begged and begged my mother to let me use the key to get the 'treasure' and she eventually let me do it a few days before my first communion... we inserted the key and turned it, and all that happened was a little glittery plastic circle rotated in the sole! I was devastated- I'm not sure what I thought would happen, I think I believed the key would 'open' the sole and inside would be jewellery or something... talk about a disappointment! I had to wear the ugly things then

At least I got LA Lights out of my communion money... they didn't disappoint me

Dudess

bluewolf wrote: »

thats what i was looking for
i guess disco stu dont advertise...

Think his fish are dead too.