Nike is making Marty McFly’s self-lacing shoes.

Forget the Delorean and hoverboard--the Back to the Future franchise featured another futuristic design: self-tying laces. In Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly slips on a pair of Nike high tops that automatically tighten and adjust to his feet. Guess what? Nike is making them. Yes, yes, we know the company released a limited range of McFly's Nike MAGs (with manual laces) in 2011, but these new shoes not only look like the ones in the movie, they will feature an automatic lacing system.

Forget the Delorean and hoverboard–the Back to the Future franchise featured another futuristic design: self-tying laces. In Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly slips on a pair of Nike high tops that automatically tighten and adjust to his feet. Guess what? Nike is making them. Yes, yes, we know the company released a limited range of McFly’s Nike MAGs (with manual laces) in 2011, but these new shoes not only look like the ones in the movie, they will feature an automatic lacing system. And we won’t have to wait too long–Nike Designer Tinker Hatfield has revealed the kicks will hit stores in 2015. 

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