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I believe they are called Moon Boots. My sister got some for her birthday. I have no idea where they got them. Maybe the discovery store in the mall or someplace else.
 
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Kingsly said:
Nope, these are like sneakers with huge fiberglass rods sticking out of the heel... kind of like Dr. Vance's right leg in Half Life 2.
Oh, nope. Then they aren't the things that I was thinking. I tried looking in Discoverys online store and I found nothing that seemed similar to what you are describing. Maybe its only a prototype or a prop or something.

Coolnat2004 said:

^^^Those were what I was thinking of.
 
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iShane said:
Oh, nope. Then they aren't the things that I was thinking. I tried looking in Discoverys online store and I found nothing that seemed similar to what you are describing. Maybe its only a prototype or a prop or something.



^^^Those were what I was thinking of.
Nope, I've seen them for sale before, and seen them on TV (discovery channel I think) on a show. Here are some screens:
 

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Kingsly said:
Nope, I've seen them for sale before, and seen them on TV (discovery channel I think) on a show. Here are some screens:
I've seen something almost identical worn as a prosthetic limb by a guy working as a tow truck driver. He'd lost both legs when a car plowed into his rig while clearing up an earlier accident.
 
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