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Submitted by Laura B, gravity-defying kangaroo
That is one funk-ah bass line. I never actually used these — are they as fun/dangerous as they look? I don’t think I could trust the creators of Squiggle Wiggle Rider and Squiggle Ball, whatever the hell those are.
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I love that they claim they “defy gravity” – while watching those kids jump I was thinking that they were only jumping as high as kids can normally jump.
When I saw “Moon Shoes” on the headline I thought, “No, no, it’s Moon BOOTS.” I guess we never had Moon Shoes when I was a kid, back in the day (we were lucky to have the wheel). But we did have Moon Boots! Kept you warm and dry in the winter and they were stylish on top of that.
This is not an epic win, moon shoes sucked
I loved Moon Shoes! My little sister got a pair for Christmas one year and I used to run around the basement in them when she wasn’t using them. They were more fun to run in than just jumping up and down.
yea running was a lot more fun than jumping but i think the running was more fun because you knew you were gunna eat it super hard when you tried to stop
I almost broke my ankle wearing these once and I remember that the sides would always scrape my legs as I jumped. They blew… HARD!
Those things were a safety hazard if I ever saw one, I fell down and cracked my head on the frame of a lawn chair while wearing these.
Pretty overrated item. I enjoyed the pogo stick more.
I totally had them, loved ‘em but only played with them every once in awhile. Looking back, I’m not sure what made them so great though. It was really easy to trip and you needed a completely even grassy surface. One rock or chunk of grass clippings would send you flying. And they were HEAVY. I had the version that I think is seen here — with the rubber bands. But my brother got a later version that were one solid thing with a squishy bottom. Those weren’t nearly as cool.
I think they’re still in my dad’s attic. Maybe I’ll have to find them and see if they’re as awesome as I remember.
I had an occupational therapist to help improve my motor skills and coordination and she had a pair of moonshoes that I would love to play with when I was six. Awesome indeed! We took a walk around the hospital with me wearing my moonshoes.
Sorry, for double post, didn’t get through…
I had some moonshoes my occupational therapist did actually during the time when I was in occupational therapy to improve my coordination because I was extremely klutzy compared to most kids and I could not hold my pencil properly (still can’t) and one day my therapist decided to walk around the hospital wearing moon shoes since it was a beautiful day, though it was extremely hard going downhill, I almost fell if it wasn’t for her beside me, though I loved bouncing around.
Oh man, I remember when my little twin cousins each got a pair of those for their birthday a few years ago.
man the real fun thing with those was after you took them off, you could barely walk. it was kind of like that walk after a long car ride feeling.
Maybe a vibrating ball?
Didn’t those guys also invent the “Nimbus 2000″?
these were the noisiest footwear ever! i loved mine but would run about on the pavement with them on – i would compare the noise to running with buckets on your feet!
I loved these shoes. If they made them for adults I’d get some. Sucked when the bands popped, though.
Squiggle Wiggle Writer was AWESOME!
And not just because I used it for perverted things when I was a kid, either.
hahahaha you weren’t the only one!
yeah, totally
Seriously. Squiggle Writer helped me discover… Well it was a lot like that vibrating Harry Potter wand that got ripped off the shelves a few years back. Bastards.
Oh man, I remember my grandmother got those for me when i was about 7. First time i got on them, I jumped, landed on my ankle and got to make a nice trip to the ER. To this day my ankle still randomly hurts from that.
I hate those things.
I wanted these so bad but never got them. I did have a pogo ball though. Has that been featured here?
POGOBALL!
Same, although I LOVED my Pogoball.
Oh man, pogoball was AWESOME! Much better than Moon Shoes.
Mannnn i remember getting these and the bands (at the time i felt like there were hundreds) were SO hard to get on, and like many of you, first trip to the pavement down i went, broke my wrist. EFF U MOONSHOES!
my friends and i were having a sleep over once and the second the friend who lived there went upstairs me and my other friend grabbed the moonshoes that were in the room, I fell over and hit my tailbone on the edge of the fireplace stupid moonshoes. potential for child injury: very much.
My roommate and i recently bought a pair of these at a thrift store. and then proceeded to take turns bouncing around our college campus. once you the hang of it, it’s really fun. it’s not so much that you’re jumping higher; it just feels bouncier. oh and it’s way fun to wear them while playing guitar hero.
“It like breaking your ankle on the moon!!!!”
Boo Moon Shoes! I was the kid who had a size 12 shoe at the age of 12, so when all my friends were taking turns with the one pair of Moon Shoes among us, I never got to try them. Of course, they sucked anyway…I could jump higher than everyone in my regular shoes!
I used to have those,a month later i was using them and my feet nearly snapped off!.
I had a pair of these. I think it was cooler to say “I have moon shoes” then to actually use them. It was a lot of work to jump up and down with them. I can still remember the smell of the rubber bands….ick.
I don’t really know if this could be considered a win, considering they’re still being sold, albeit under a different name (Moon Shoes = Pogo Moon Hopper). Never had one, though I wouldn’t mind buying one now, since its well made now.
I totally had these….and i concur with the statement of how loud they were when you ran on the pavement with them on. i guess i was a little too hasty with them because the foot part would always hit the ground when i was running.
For some reason, my Special Ed teacher had a pair of them. No, I’m not retarded- Special Ed at our school was for people who had Dyslexia or Math disabilties, my affliction being the latter.
OMFG!!! i got these one Christmas, and when i tried to assemble them (really wtf, assembling?) the straps were like lubricated. EW! …i re-gifted them to my sister.
never tried them on.
BTW im sure kids have broken there ankles on them.
just a get a pogo stick.
This was, hands down, the biggest christmas disappointment I ever had. I was sooooo excited to get Moon Shoes and defy gravity like the kids in the commercial, and then when I tried them, they were really heavy, so I think I was jumping much less high than usual, and i fell flat on my face and twisted my ankle within 5 minutes. I never used them again.
I got a pair of these for Christmas about 13 years ago. I was so excited at the time, but I quickly learned they weren’t all they were cracked up to be. I never seriously injured myself like so many others did, but I definitely ate it quite a few times. I got sick of my Moon Shoes after the rubber bands kept breaking constantly. I agree that the idea of them was much more awesome than the reality.
They sucked, they stunk, and… the scam lives on. I saw them at Kids R Us the other day while Christmas shopping.
They got boring after about 2 minutes.