A young man was ironic about how difficult it would be to remove them (Screenshot)

The cartoonish red boots unleashed all kinds of memes and reviews on social networks, but there were also people who said they were totally willing to put them on, they would only be discouraged by the price, since they are worth at least 6,000 Mexican pesos.

The memes of "glamor" They didn't wait for wearing them (Screenshot)
The “glamour” memes for wearing them did not wait (Screenshot)

The boots that the company launched MSCHF have a cost of $350, according to its official page. This equated to approx. 6 thousand 574 Mexican pesos. Although the website does not say so, this eccentric and at the same time minimalist shoe would go on sale on February 16, but it is not known if they will ship internationally.

The shoe has a clear similarity to Astroboy (Screenshot/MSCHF)
The shoe has a clear similarity to Astroboy (Screenshot/MSCHF)

The Viral boots are red in color, although if they come in multiple numbers or sizes, it seems they all come in a plus size, plus they don’t have any details other than room for the foot and a long ankle entry that extends to the knee. , resembling the footwear used in 20th century animation. Even the sole has simple lines and grooves without further design.

This shoe seems to have come out of a cartoon, some related it to TOstroboy, from the sixties. It should be remembered that the protagonist of this anime is a boy who wears underwear, his hair has a shiny black tone with a small forelock, his characteristic boots that cover the entire calf.

"She was a 'common boots' girl, he was a 'big red boots' boy" (Screenshot/MSCHF)
“She was a ‘common boots’ girl, he was a ‘big red boots’ boy” (Screenshot/MSCHF)

In addition, it has large eyes, which would have been inspired by American animation. betty boop, the mangaka’s favorite osamu tezukawho created astroboy.

Some people called them "currents" (Screenshot)
Some people called them “ordinary” (Screenshot)

It is important to mention that —in addition to giving style to certain characters—, too many details were avoided in the cartoons to make it easier to animate them, since the technology of that time was not enough to create highly complex moving images, especially in limbs or feet and hands, since it is what requires the most changes.

Boots the monkey came up in the conversation (Screenshot)
Boots the monkey came up in the conversation (Screenshot)

It was precisely this detail that drew attention, since they were also compared with the footwear worn by characters such as Yoshifrom the video game saga of mario bros either Boots from the children’s cartoon Dora the explorer. On Twitter you could read comments like:

“I want Astroboy/Yoshi’s boots”, “That elegance worthy of the Dora the Explorer jumpsuit”, “Now I can live my anime fantasy” and “They said it well, ‘less is more’”.

The boots cost USD 350, that is, more than 6 thousand Mexican pesos (Screenshot/mschf.com/shop/)
The boots cost USD 350, that is, more than 6 thousand Mexican pesos (Screenshot/mschf.com/shop/)

On the other hand, there were some Internet users who considered them ugly because of their size and the apparent inability to combine them with clothes, since almost any tight-fitting pants or garment needs to be put inside the shoes.

Through TikTok, a teenager tried them on in a store and went viral because one of his friends made a great effort to help him take them off, despite his large size, the last is adjusted at the bottom to maintain that caricatured effect.

An Internet user ironized with the common rubber boots, whose function is gardening or housework, for less than 700 Mexican pesos (Screenshot)
An Internet user ironized with the common rubber boots, whose function is gardening or housework, for less than 700 Mexican pesos (Screenshot)

Regarding the price, there were even those who made a comparison with the regular red rubber bootswhose cost does not exceed 700 pesos in self-service stores compared to the more than 6,000 that the recent launch of MSCHF.

Some of the negative comments that could be read were “Enough with those red boots, they don’t look good with anything, they look like clown shoes”, “Those who like them are like the emperor’s suit, because they don’t have beauty, they only pretend” and “Can you explain to me about those horrendous red boots? Feel boomersI’m not up to date with Chaviza?

Another tiktoker, who is apparently a store employee, showed that the popular “Astroboy” boots would not be useful at all, as they would represent a big problem for climbing stairs, walking long distances, and even doing common activities like getting to work or to the school. In another TikTok, a person appeared walking with them on without any difficulty.

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