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Last October, to commemorate the day Marty McFly traveled to in the future in Back to the Future, Part II, Nike and Michael J. Fox officially debuted the Air Mag, the self-lacing sneakers promised to us in the film. At the time, Fox had the only functional pair (he showed them off on Jimmy Kimmel Live) and there was a promise that the technology would become publicly available in 2016. Well, it’s 2016, where are our self-lacing sneakers?! Today, Nike debuted a new video of their self-lacing shoes in action, plus some more details.

If the name of Nike’s new ‘Tauntaun’ high-tops sounds only vaguely familiar it’s because you aren’t that big of a ‘Star Wars’ fan. The shoes are inspired by the famed creature that Luke Skywalker rides and Han Solo slices open at the beginning of ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ The Nike Tauntauns are made of wool and suede ...

When ‘Back to the Future 2′ premiered way back in 1989, its vision of 2015 was exciting: Marty McFly got to enjoy inventions like the hoverboard and self-lacing sneakers. The hoverboard has yet to fully materialize, but we can at least be excited that Nike might be manufacturing those shoes of the future someday soon.

Man I love baggin’ on this guy!  Why not? He can wipe his tears away with stacks of money.  Read more after the break.