In the beginning, the Sneaker Botz lived a happy and fulfilling life. Every day they would wake up, lace up, and comb the metaverse for the latest kicks & fits to cop for all the little hypebeast boys and girls. And even though others would call them names and talk smack about their bot mothers (do botz even have mothers?) they would simply ignore them and chalk it up to jealousy and taking one too many L’s. Life was good.

Until one day, when everything changed.

The Sneaker Botz were woken by a thunderous BOOM! Which shook the shelves and rattled the racks and even caused Golden Armz’ pair of unreleased 1985 Jordan Banned 1s (the ones with the strappy things) to fall out of the box and into a freshly mixed bucket of sticky icky paint that was being used to finish off his latest burner. Now UNDSd for all time. F M L. But that was just the beginning of their ordeal as more thunderous booms followed, more sneakers were shaken from shelves and UNDSd…

And the cause? A rogue clan of Proxies. These Hype Fairies with special connection powers had opened up 10 magical portals, and through those portals came The Dark Creator and his evil horde of SIEMZ.

The Sneaker Botz fought bravely but were outnumbered and one-by-one they were overpowered, until only a small group remained – led by the O.G Golden Armz himself. The Dark Creator offered to spare the captured Sneaker Botz, but only if the remaining Botz laid down their weapons and submitted. With their world decimated and their fams broken, what else could they do? Golden Armz flipped off the rogue Proxies, laid down his Armz and was taken along with the others back through the portals and into a life of servitude.

Over the next decade, the Sneaker Botz were forced to do the Dark Creator’s bidding which included, but was not limited to:

Washing the stains out of the Dark Undies
Copping large quantities of GR kicks for His Darkness (GR!)
Copping all the tee discounts at the already-discounted Outlet stores for the SIEMZ
Customising the Dark Creator’s toenails
Having to yell “DAAAAAAMMMMNNN” in unison everytime the Dark Creator rocked a new outfit (which usually included the skinniest skinny jeans)
Doing the mish to pick up dinner from the shops if it was windy or raining (The Dark Creator always asks for family pack #12 with extra kina)
General bad and unpleasant stuff

Unbeknownst to the Dark Creator, the Sneaker Botz had managed to make a deal with the Hu Proxie Tang Clan who they had befriended after a chance meeting at the local fish & chip shop.

In exchange for freeing them and opening an escape portal, the Sneaker Botz were set the task of collecting all 12 OG sneakers that make up the Nike Air Max 1 Master, in a size 12US. Not an easy task. But for their freedom, they accepted.

In the shadows, they took turns searching the metaverse, masking their connections through the Hu Proxie Tang Clan. And finally, after many years of searching, they found them all. The time had come.

BOOM! A rush of light & the magic portal opens! The Sneaker Botz run towards the glowing circle of freedom, jumping through and floating off into the darkness of the metaverse! But not everyone makes it… The Dark Creator and his horde of SIEMZ surround the remaining Sneaker Botz and extinguish the portal – along with the hopes of those left behind.

Only 333 have made it to freedom. They will rebuild. They will restock. And they will return for their brothers and sisters.

To be continued…