When I was a kid, Converse Weapons were the shit. I rocked the black Celtics high tops; all my friends had the Lakers purple and gold. On the school playground where I played pickup ball, it wasn't uncommon to see an entire court full of Weapons with the occasional Adidas Ewings thrown in there, and maybe a Puma, Pony or New Balance. You didn't see a lot of Nikes back in the day.
Then this whole Nike/Jordan thing happened (check out the broken backboard at 2:32).
Converse never really got their momentum back once MJ stepped on the scene. And now Nike owns Converse so there you have it.
But at least Converse is back to making the Weapons again. Here's a limited edition model they put out for the SuperStolens recently. Goes nicely with the tortilla chip logo, don't ya think?
Pictured: "We dare you to follow our steps"
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