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2M
Sep 5, 2024 1:31 PM
PS. I get a lot of questions on IG about the lenses being interchangeable with the Romeo. The simple answer is “no”. The lenses actually follows the same path and is a near match height-wise, but the Plantaris lenses are longer.
2M
Sep 4, 2024 8:19 PM
2M
Sep 4, 2024 7:58 PM
2M
Sep 4, 2024 5:02 PM
I think there was a question about when the Plantaris will be released. They should be stock in stores now (both dealer and O Stores). Some are even selling it right now. Not sure when the official street date is.
2M
Sep 3, 2024 3:23 PM
I acknowledge this thing is one of the items that is difficult to price out by its components, but the premium it carries from a consumer standpoint is obviously high. How much is a Flex Scape at retail? $375 each? How much would we figure the hood would be? In simplistic terms, the differential between them is the premium you pay for the limited edition-ness and the cache of the marketing. Even at Oakley’s highest pricing on previous products, I can find some defense in their pricing structure, no matter how thin the reason may be. But this is as egregious a gouging expedition as they’ve ever done.
2M
Sep 3, 2024 2:49 PM
Unfortunately it was always gonna sell out with only 100 units and good marketing. The real test is what it does from here.
2M
Sep 3, 2024 1:54 PM
3M
Aug 5, 2024 7:44 PM
3M
Jul 28, 2024 9:50 PM
Yep, it’s a polished black Fives Squared, squared logo and all.
3M
Jul 26, 2024 5:24 PM
In other angles. I see a Fives Squared ::shrug::
3M
Jul 26, 2024 12:40 PM
3M
Jul 26, 2024 12:38 PM
If you are seeing the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” movie this weekend, let us know if Oakley appears in it. I haven’t seen it on the big screen or in HD yet, so I couldn’t tell if it was a Oakley for one specific character. - Oak
Those were Os. - obsession
Thanks, OB. Do you know which ones they were? I thought it was the current Valve or Canteen but couldn’t see the finer details.
3M
Jul 25, 2024 1:26 PM
3M
Jul 25, 2024 12:59 PM
If you are seeing the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” movie this weekend, let us know if Oakley appears in it. I haven’t seen it on the big screen or in HD yet, so I couldn’t tell if it was a Oakley for one specific character.
3M
Jul 24, 2024 7:09 PM
I just tried looking for it. I think it's sold out.
EDIT: NVM, it's still available on SNKRS.
3M
Jul 23, 2024 7:44 PM
I didn't think it was to be too limited. At least I didn't read they were limited to a certain number or available only to a certain stockist.
I missed on out getting the Nike Wing collab with Zeiss years back, and I regret that. At one point you could get a great condition one for $500 but I passed, which is why I'm considering these, though they will likely be a lot more plentiful.
3M
Jul 23, 2024 6:36 PM
I'm tempted. Still deciding if I actually want it in my eyewear collection even if I do think it's cool, but I am very tempted.
3M
Jul 23, 2024 3:19 PM
Credit to Oak for the heads-up. Looks like a display head of some kind is included in the package…
- yelkao
You can also see the unboxing of the product here, which includes the numbered print at the bottom of the box:
Unboxing Video 4M
Jun 27, 2024 2:27 PM
I don't see how someone could recreate a whole Valve themselves, and only make one. Someone testing their machining skills is already doubtful given how close it is in detail to a manufactured piece. But he/she would also have to be recreating something similar to O-matter and creating a Valve the exact way Oakley did. Casting marks are proof of that to me. Here's close-ups of the tips of the ear stem and its differences to a manufactured piece. Both are close in design. But there are slight but noticeable differences in the shape of both. Just like the piece that holds the nose rubber is similar in design. But that is also slightly different. To me it looks like a rough draft Valve.
- Lopaka KaMars
I was about to say that you don't need to replicate the whole thing, just the metal lug. The rest can be either reused parts or customized versions of them. But now that I take a closer look at the pics you re-posted, the fonts used, the nosebomb mounting, the finer details of cast marks vs. Oakley's, etc. look odd. Not that Oakley doesn't have many variations of fonts, nosebomb mountings or casting marks on any given model (I even made a post a while back about OTT "CE" and "Made in the U.S.A" markings), but I'm not sure I'd give the opinion that your Valve is authentic given its consistencies. But like I said, my opinion (any anyone else's for that matter) is useless without strong provonence from Oakley. Good luck on your quest to uncover your mystery.
4M
Jun 23, 2024 3:45 PM
Cool find. I would lean toward it being one of the thousand iterations of true product development prototypes for any given model, but without proper provenance from the development team or someone of notoriety within Oakley (no, someone from customer support or telesales does not count), my opinion is rather meaningless.
That said, during that time period, Oakley did test metal in their O Matter models. There is a Splice with the metal upper orbital and pin holding the arms in that was verified and validated by Peter Yee, so perhaps this was in the same lineage of product development.
Or it could be just someone who wanted to test their machining skills and tools and created metal lugs for a Valve he had on hand. Like how Trevor Hirschi replicated and machined the complex Rogue DZN Revolver ring to test his skills before he started Titan Ring Designs.
Cool stuff, either way.
4M
Jun 21, 2024 8:22 PM
I don't buy new or monthly physical comics anymore. I just can't connect with modern comics...with the exception of the current Transformers book by Daniel Warren Johnson, which is fantastic. I read that online.
When I did buy physical copies monthly, I bought locally. Depending on how much or what I bought, I typically get 30-50% off on new stuff and more-or-less the same on back issues. That's typically better than online sites offer. Not sure if any current stores do that kinda deal anymore (I was with my stores for nearly 30 years).
5M
Jun 3, 2024 6:15 PM
For the omnibus lover, you may want to pick up the upcoming DC vs. Marvel and Amalgam omnibii. These inter-company things are always limited in time or printings by virtue of their contracts, so pick them up while you can:
DC vs. Marvel: Amalgam
DC vs. Marvel
I recently picked up the
Monster-Sized Hellboy. 1,500 pages of glorious story at the size of a DC Absolute (the biggest size that can fit into a standard shelf without doing modifications):
5M
May 24, 2024 1:08 PM
We all will be very, very disappointed. At least in the short term. This thing is more like a vehicle for concepts, ideas, and the “potential” rather than actual products. That’s not to say there aren’t cool products coming down the pipe. It just means you won’t see everything realized from the videos.
9M
Jan 31, 2024 6:38 AM
4 colourways for the new SZs. They will have new SKUs.
4 new Eyeshades coming as well, but I’m not sure if it’s coming the first half of the year or the latter half. Listed as a MUZM release, but we’ll see if that’s ultimately the case. One collab pair with the LA84 Foundation..
9M
Jan 27, 2024 3:45 AM
Oakley does a lot of cool stuff for the athletes and influencers. If only they put in half the thought for their consumer products as they do for their athletes. Imagine getting a cool product like some of the more colourful M Kato prototype versions instead of the dull ass 13.11.
One of the cooler cases Oakley has done is the following Future Genesis tube. Not sure if this was released with something for the athletes yet or something for them in the future (like the upcoming wave of Muzm Sub Zero coming out in a few months):
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