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Skater in a box

I don’t know which former powerhouse brand has fallen further from grace. Nash, Variflex, Vision or now Kryptonics. If this concept had come from World Industries in the 90’s I would have praised it as the pinnacle of satire. Instead, the aptly named Skater in a Box is toy store/sporting goods fodder without irony. Still, I might need to get one of these:

Skateboarding is an image; no one wants to be or look like a poser. That’s why the Kryptonics Skater In a Box has everything you need to fit the part of a real skateboarder… …Add in your Kryptonics skull beanie, chain wallet, and wristband and you’ll have everything you need to hit the skatepark or the streets.

The board graphic is quite clever, actually. All of these items can be yours for about 60 bucks, so you know the quality is not an issue.

Discussion

16 thoughts on “Skater in a box

  1. but I wouldn’t want to crail grab that thing.

  2. Holy crap that is amazing.

  3. How do you get dogshit outta graphics?

  4. who’s the marketing genius behind this POS? seriously man….

  5. I don’t know how I would have ever made it with my beanie and wristband.

  6. Yeah, you wouldn’t want to be or look like a poser, so after your cool Aunt Suzie buys you this kit, put on everything for the first day of 5th grade and let everyone at school know that you’re NOT A POSER! “Dude, what’s Kryptonics?” Poor kid.

    Well, at least they didn’t put the trucks on backwards… not that it would matter.

  7. Danimal on May 30, 2009 - Reply

    Grover needs to get this and sport it at the trifecta this year, that would be mad style

  8. The wallet will always be empty

  9. oh noooo…then the kid comes into his local shop with Mommy my wheels wont spin, it won’t turn, can you fix it????

  10. bailgun on June 1, 2009 - Reply

    at least when the kid comes into the shop to have you fix it, he’ll be rocking the sweatband, hat, and chain wallet so nobody will think he’s a poser, right?

  11. They used some of the shitty new All-Stars to make that graphic. They aren’t even all rubber on the soles anymore. The rubber is only on the heel and the ball of the foot. The rest is some sort of weird masonite material. Lame.

  12. click on the link and read the reviews…the first one is hilarious.

  13. it says its 9 ply !
    gnarly.

  14. At least you get abec 5’s LOL

  15. Maybe there is irony….maybe this was both joke and marketing ploy…..sigh….look at me trying to be optimistic. Hey, I think I had better quickly come out with “Old man skater in a box”. If I wasn’t so tired I would add what would be in that box….I’ll leave it to the next commenter.

  16. Kryptonics is dead.
    Long live old wheels.

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