With the threat of an NBA lockout still looming large (if not quite so large as, say, last week) and the Bears' return not slated til Sunday at noon, check out, drool and prepare for the years-in-the-making debut of Nike's Mags. Yes, the shoes Marty McFly rocked in Back To The Future 2 are, seemingly, here for your shoe-fetishing self to covet. Go get 'em, Gollum! --mixed movie metaphor, FTW! In any case, Swoosh is still playing slightly coy with us, the shoe-loving, Hoverboard-rocking, public. When asked for a release date, Nike's PR dynamos made with the polished, verbiage of --take from it what you will:

The Nike Mag is considered the “greatest shoe never made.” Since it was made for Marty McFly in Back to the Future II, it has created great interest and debate. Though we’re nearing 2015, the year the film was to have taken place, there is no new news to report…just yet. Stay tuned.