Medicom Toy and Nike SB Serve Up a Shaggy SB Blazer Low
The two’s latest collaborative project boasts a full pony hair upper and BE@RBRICK branding.
After releasing a SB Dunk Low collaboration in August and crafting silk-covered BE@RBRICKs to accompany CLOT’s Air Force 1 releases in June and July, Medicom Toy and Nike are finalizing a busy year with a new SB Blazer Low. Although the Japanese toy company and Nike SB have a rich collaborative history dating back to 2004, this marks the two’s first go-around on any SB Blazer silhouette.
The trim basketball-turned skateboarding sneaker features a sail-colored upper made up of shaggy pony hair. Swooshes are kept tonal while heel tabs are done up in black with a white Nike spellout for contrast. Medicom Toy branding is present on the lateral heel and exposed foam tongue alike — the former features an embroidered BE@RBRICK badge while the latter adds a white/black BE@RBRICK tag.
Interestingly enough, there’s no real indication that this model is a SB Blazer instead of a Nike Sportswear model, save for a single Nike SB hit on the insoles. These insoles also feature an all-over BE@RBRICK outlined print plus a text graphic, and the look is rounded off with a trim white midsole and traditional gum outsole.
Medicom Toy’s Nike SB Blazer Low will release via Nike SNKRS and The Berrics Canteen on December 26, priced at a more-than-palatable $80 USD.
For more from the world of footwear, check out the latest edition of HYPEBEAST‘s Sole Mates series, in which artist and designer Steven Harrington discusses his lifelong love of the Nike Air Force 1.
