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Okay, hands up if you ever had a pair of WAYFINDERS MOONSHOT shoes back in the late '60s or early '70s. I did, and it's amazing just how excited one can get over seeing one's footprints in the mud. If anything, kids walked in mud more often, just to see the imprint of their shoes in it. The good things about these shoes (apart from the undersides) were the free LETRASET transfers and the lunar space capsule with a magnet on the back, enabling you to make it glide above the moon's surface on a backdrop printed inside the box. I wish they still made these shoes today, 'cos I for one would definitely buy a pair.
Do you remember these shoes, readers? If so, reminisce away to your hearts' content in our scintillating comments section.
Nice to see the full advert for these again, I always wanted the "Moon shoes" as a kid but I got the ones with the animal tracks and compass ( I think they came out first)- Great days
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I had a similar pair with a compass hidden in the heel, or is my memory playing up?
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I think I had a pair of them as well, PM, 'cos I remember the compass. Yeah, I think they came out first. The Moonshot shoes probably came out near the time of the lunar landings.
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No, T, your memory isn't playing tricks, as PM's comment testifies. As PM says, great days, eh?
Posted at the same time! Yes had forgotten all about those. Slightly off subject but It has just reminded me of my Loafer shoes and hammering metal pieces into the leather heel, which when walking sounded like tap dancers walking down the road!
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'Segs' they were called in Britain. Used to have them myself from time to time. Not on my Doc Martins, obviously.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember the Space Shoes but I had a pair of the shoes with the compass in the heel.
ReplyDeleteOn the soles of the shoes were prints of animal paws.
If I recall correctly they were called Pathfinders.
Oh happy days
Yup, S, that's what they were called. The comic strip adverts for them are on the blog somewhere. Type Clarks Commandos into the search box and they should pop up.
ReplyDeleteSuperb post Kid! I enjoyed looking for it but I had to keep stopping at Babes of the Day! Seeing the moonscape on the soles of the shoes brought it all back. What a fantastic gimmick. I'd forgotten about the free space age gifts. What a cool way of selling shoes! As for the little flip-up hatch inside the inner heal, well that's just the biz. Magnet or compass it was all us Sixties kids wanted! I wonder if anything else could slot in there? A half pence? A spangle? Well, maybe not a spangle. You'd end up with melted spangle socks!
ReplyDeleteAnd as everybody knows, Woodsy, Spangle socks and toe jam is just not a good combination. Glad you enjoyed the post (and the babes) and having your memory prompted.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic Kid... and wonderfully illustrated with the vintage adverts. All the best, Tony K :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, TK, glad you enjoyed seeing the ads again.
ReplyDeleteI have a vintage moonshot shoe box is it worth anything.please .
ReplyDeleteI'm unaware of an established value for such a box, but everything is worth something to somebody, though obviously its value is dependent on condition and completeness. You could try listing it on eBay, perhaps with a starting price of a tenner and see who bites. Or list it with a fixed price to the value of what you'd like for it.
ReplyDeleteYea I remember these shoes. They had a flap in the heel that when lifter it showed a compass. The second generation showed a magnet under the flap. Also they had striped laces. Liked eeer far out man they were so groovy. I lent mine to one of the poor kids in my class( Peter woods) who wore wellies all year round. The shoes were never the same because my feet were always itchy af yet that ! Good times for those who remember circa 1971. Keith W Stockton -on Tees.
ReplyDeleteWe never really forget our childhood, do we? Or the many things that contributed to making it so memorable.
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