Everyone loves a rare or unusual boot spot! Whether it’s a never-before-seen colourway or something entirely new. Seasoned spotters know that one of the best places to look is Japan, Korea and Malaysia, with a host of unusual boots available in Asia that we’ll never see in European stores.
Today, we’re going to look at some of our favourite releases – let us know if there’s any you’d like to see included, next time! [hhog_bookmarks]
Puma PowerCat J – White / Purple
Power meets tradition on the Japanese PowerCat! We’re huge fans of the puprle-on-white colourway, and we’ve heard nothing but good things about the leather used for the upper on these rare football boots.
Mizuno Estrela Neo
Possibly the best ‘takedown’ model, ever? We think so! Washable K-Leather Vamp, 190g and under £100? Where do we sign up! We’d love to see Mizuno expand the Morelia Neo range with the Estrela, but we’re not sure we’ll see it happen any time soon.
adidas Pathique X Synthetic – Pink
Didn’t we tell you 2012 was the Year of the Pink boot? adidas knock it out the park with this synthetic version of their popular adiPure-esque traditional boot. Designed specifically for Japanese feet, you’ll occasionally see them on the feet of Japanese player in Serie A and the Bundesliga, but we’re confident we’d have spotted these if they’d shown up yet!
Puma Para Mexico – White / Red / Blue
Like the King Finale, the Para Mexico is heavily inspired by the Puma 86’s – but they didn’t come in colours like this 25 years ago! We’d love to see Puma adopt this light blue / red scheme on some of their European models.
Umbro Turbine
Completely contradictory to their ‘Tailored by…’ stylings in the US & Europe, Umbro are known in Asia for their tech-heavy designs, and the Turbine is certainly no disappointment!
Featuring a Predator-style vamp through the forefoot and instep, we wonder whether some of this technology might make it’s way onto the next version of the Geometra?
Asics Lethal Sniper – Orange / Black
Whilst we’re no strangers to the Asics stable here on Footy-Boots.com, we were certainly surprised to see them in colours like this!
Weighing only 242g, the Lethal Sniper is for the sort of player who likes to make an impression; and in this decedent Orange print synthetic model, we’d anticipate they’d have no problems doing just that!
the umbros are interesting…
they seem to like plastic round studs..weird.
most of them are hard ground soleplates because the ground are so hard over there
do they get the same boots as us as well?? why don’t we get these? I’m not really that bothered though because they all seem pretty hideous!!
i need those asics in my life
Sorry, but the pink Adidas “Pathique” could possibly be called the “Pathetique” instead. Â However, the Umbros are pretty class. Â The instep reminds me a bit of the original Predator Mania.Â
Well if you want more pumas with the Para Mexico colors you are about to be in luck. Evospeed, King SL, and Powercats will all roll out in white /red/blue colorways soon. Â
i was expecting adidas’s attempt to make a new coppa mundial to result in an outstanding boot………………..but nooooooo they totally F**KED IT UP there for resulting in a pathetically pink pathique X witch makes me want to kill my self.
Any idea on how to get those mizuno estrela neo to the US?
saw a few on ebay, but fairly expensive.Â
any idea how to get that Puma pama mexico?