Nike Auctions 1,500 Michael J. Fox 'Back to the Future II' Nike MAGs

Sorry, no power laces (yet)

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If you've been waiting for 2015 since 1989, this one's for you. After years of speculation, Nike is auctioning off 1,500 pairs of the Nike MAG self-lacing shoe—the same shoe worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II—on eBay to support the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research. (Sorry, the power laces are due in 2015.) They went all out in advertising the charity effort in the detailed, long-ass spot below, starring Kevin Durant, Bill Hader, Christopher Lloyd, Tinker Hatfield and Donald Fullilove.

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