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it is a real, legitimate source of sadness in my life that my feet are too big for heelys
i’m kind of insecure about the size of my feet anyway but on top of that, it legitimately brings my mood down specifically when i remember that i’ll never be able to wear heelys
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@monorail hmm, what's your size?
tbh sometimes it's worth looking a aliexpress for Totally Not Heely's Men's Roller Skate Sneaker, but i will admit that chinese sellers don't do much by way of larger foot sizes.
there are some things i've seen people mention that are like heely wheels but able to slip on over existing shoes? i'm not sure if they go past size 15 tho
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@monorail fug
...honestly makes me wonder about DIY shoe-cobbling tho
i mean the bits that fit over existing shoes seem exploitable, even if they only go up to men's 12, on account of straps and shit. that could be a base i think... 🤔 or if you found a pair of size 12 heeleys and then used those soles as a base...
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@monorail extremely bougie solution: save up a stupid amount of money, present Son of Sandlar https://www.sonofsandlar.com/ bootmakers with this problem, ????, cruise through every renfair with your fucken sweet heelie boots that will be passed down in the family for the next 5 generations
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@monorail srsly tho, if you wanted a base to DIY off of, aliexpress has some knockoff heeleys with LED lights that are still... substantial, but not totally bank-breaking - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2019-New-Kids-Roller-Skate-Shoes-Children-Light-up-Shoes-Glowing-Girls-Boys-Sneakers-with-Wheels/32993953010.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.154.146a72e2wS8aGt&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10130_10068_10890_10547_319_10546_317_10548_10545_10696_453_10084_454_10083_10618_10307_537_536_10059_10884_10887_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_52,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=0a1496d3-ffb7-4e26-8767-15c4664be63a-20&algo_pvid=0a1496d3-ffb7-4e26-8767-15c4664be63a
i don't know if you could preserve the LED lights - but the key functionality is the heely, well, heel, right? perhaps that mechanism could be transplanted onto other shoes? 🤔
(note: i've never owned heelies, so idk, i've got crap balance lol)
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@wigglytuffitout fuckin 17 mens