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KOTCS...are they still Alden's?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:51 pm
by AntonioPastor
Does anybody now?
I guess they are, but not sure.

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:05 pm
by Sergei
Yes, they are Aldens. The last trailer just proved it.

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:21 pm
by TonyRush
Here's a screenshot from the KotCS trailer....

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:22 am
by Satipo
Ouch! They've been through a lot.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:34 am
by Kittlemeier
Looks like they sprayed them with Rustoleum flat camo tan.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:40 am
by Satipo
Reckon they've been sandpapered to within an inch of their lives! And looks like flat laces are the new SA.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:42 am
by Castor Dioscuri
If I didn't know better, I would have thought they were suede!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:45 pm
by DanielJones
Ah, but they still have plenty of sole on them still. I wonder how many they ordered for the filming or are they Harrison's personal pair?

Cheers!

Dan

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:57 pm
by Michaelson
The heels are a dead give away they're Aldens:

http://www.nibenay.com/wp-content/galle ... ndyhd3.jpg

Regard! Michaelson

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:09 pm
by Indiana Max
Oh yes, they are :D

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:11 pm
by Michaelson
For those who don't know, the 's' shape of the front of the heel is a part of the Alden 'Tru-Balance' system, and standard for Alden Tru-Balance shoes and boots.

Regards! Micahelson

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:00 pm
by sneakertinker
It looks like they are to me...

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:05 pm
by whipwarrior
There is also a good pic of the heels here: http://www.theraider.net/showimage.php? ... er_050.jpg

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:17 pm
by whipwarrior
Interesting little mystery. Montello Heel Manufacturing of Brockton, Massachusetts makes Indy's distinctively curved Trubalance Last heels. According to this, http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_cgpmn the company was established in 1981. I wonder where Alden had their boot heels made prior to that?

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:24 pm
by whipwarrior
Sorry for the double post. Keyboard sticking again. Mods please delete this one.

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:32 pm
by Texas Raider
Those socks sure look brown to me.

TR

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:15 am
by Indiana G
i paid close attention to the gear in my second viewing of the movie (which is better than the first btw....i truly recommend it for all the people that felt let down on the first go).

indy's boots are the dark brown boots that you see throughout the trilogy.....these are just very scuffed (maybe not as much as TOD). the scene where indy gets thrown onto the pavement at the beginning of the movie will show the boots distressing quite nicely. all of the light brown stuff is pretty much just scuff marks...now, where did i put my sandpaper :shock: 8)

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:11 am
by Mike
Um…you could check the main site to find out about the boots. :oops: :wink:

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:36 pm
by Risu
Actually, I'm not so sure about them being old stock Aldens. Indoors, current Aldens look brown, but when you put them outdoors they're reddish. Most of the movie, the boots are caked in mud, especially around the toe, but at the end of the movie when they *SPOILER* get out of the city through that tunnel and they're totally soaked *END SPOILER* you can see the Aldens and they're quite red.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:27 pm
by Luke Warmwater
Did you guys notice that Marion is also wearing Aldens?

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:59 pm
by LANDINGPARTY
How are the colors for the Magnoli boots?

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:35 pm
by Indiana G
depends which colour you pick :wink:

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:19 am
by LANDINGPARTY
I think they have a chocolate.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:50 pm
by dennist41
Guys, this is reallllly easy to solve....just go to the first KoTCS trailer (in HD preferably) and push pause on Harrison Ford sitting in the truck with the Russians after he swings backwards from his miscalculated whip swing...his leg is up in the air with the bottom of his shoe clearly visible to the camera...I've owned a pair of Alden 405's the past year and I can tell you that the black heel of that shoe matched my Alden's heel....the HD trailer you can clearly see the divot holes around the edges of the black heel too...my first viewing of the HD trailer back in February I was like, Yup, those are my Aldens!