Well no shit :P

Yeah, just goes to show that human beings are fickle and superficial. Soaps were doomed for a lot of reasons, not least of all by the fact that soaps are inherently goofy in some ways, but I feel like the corporate assholes at HSL had a lot to do with it also. They only wanted the plate patents so they could make their wheely shoes move more units. They could bring soaps back if they wanted to, but it would cost too much up front Via advertising and "Rebranding" to find a viable market. Really, for soaps to take off again we'd need the same sort of teenage "Stokedness" we had in the late 90's. Pop-punk was king and doing stupid goofy shit and "not giving a fuck" was almost a guaranteed way to become popular. Teenagers now are all too self absorbed and tied up with all their "Serious Shit" on facebook to go out and get stoked on something silly and fun. Therefore, yes, soaps will probably stay dead for the foreseeable future.

Spot on, spot on. I could honestly not care less if someone said I was stupid looking while soaping. It's all bout just having fun.

The fact that most of you guys still manage to come around here says something. As long as the memory stays alive, a little part of Soap shoes will as well. Hell, you might even get bored one day and go out wearing a pair, turning the world into your playground like the old days. They're pretty SLICK looking kicks.

I'm in about the same position as you dude.19, but I haven't gotten myself a pair yet. But, I'd like to buy the White Expresses off of you if you have a size around 10? LOL.

Im not selling my SOAPS, sorry. But ya, about not caring what people think. Its true that its a good way to be but its hard to have fun when your being made fun of in my opinion.

Here where I live there is a group of emo kids in a certain part of town that "don't care what people think". Needless to say they actually get egged by people driving by in cars and such. I would not imagine this as fun

theres plenty to buy on ebay

It's been dead a long time. Dead even after it was revived. Just go out and have fun with the pairs you have left and let your friends use your extras if you wanted another person with you for a session or two.

When the Soap shoes are gone, there will always be the Heelys grind shoes.

The company "Soap" has not existed in the way it was awesome for many many years, so the brand loyalty thing is kinda moot at this point.

Just go out and have fun.

You by's inspired me, Im going to try and revive my Soaps. Ill make them look brand new again and see what happens. Ill post up the pics when I get them cleaned up.

Lots of good memories on this forum. I've not posted in like what? 4 or 5 years?

Good kicks, Good guys. I still have all my gear too. Tons of stickers, plates, shoes, different Keys, screws, etc.

Sad that they're just a fad, but that doesn't change how much fun they were to me (and others.)

Anyway, I suppose I'll post again in another 4-5 years :P

---Alex