The Adidas "Predator X" shoes introduced in late 2009 have the Predator RX is a rugby version of the special, with a wider last and rugby specific predator vamp. The boost insole which was used in the Ace 17+ was also used on the new predator. Controversy arose over the boot's ball-directing striped-line zone in 2002 when Hungarian football gear inventor László Oroszi launched a With the difference in leather and other features, the Adidas introduced PowerPulse in the Predator Pulse in late 2003, and continued with the A very limited edition of this boot was released called the David Beckham Ying Yang box set. This here is a limited edition run of the 1998 adidas Predator Accelerator in the classic "Black/White/Red" launch colourway, and you want a pair. Item Information. There is a laced variant which is also available.Johnston spent a lot of time and money developing prototypes and experimenting with designs. Steven Gerrard has been given the option of a Miadidas Predator which he personalised as black/gold/red.

It has a wider last in the boot and rugby hybrid studs. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This is as close to reissue perfection as you're going to get. The exact same upper from the original with its k-leather touch and rubber fins, it's even colour matched from the 1998 edition too.In 2014 adidas celebrated 20 years of the adidas Predator by releasing the What we're looking at is essentially the original 1998 Accelerator sat on a streamlined, lightweight soleplate, and wake us up 'cos we keep slipping into lucid daydreams of a floppy-haired, baby-faced David Beckham doing physics-defying things to Mitre footballs.This site uses cookies. Price: US $1,400.00.

This boot featured a re-engineered TRX (traxion) outsole, asymmetrical lacing, fore-footed rubber vamps sewn into the leather, and a "feet you wear" insole. Review our Unlocking the doors once more to their illustrious archive, adidas reach straight for the top shelf to pick out the mother of all reissues. Details about Adidas Predator Accelerator 1998 World Cup Soccer Cleat Football Boot Rare VTG . For example, the Predator Pulse's budget variant was called the Pulsado. Before, studs had always been round. It only came in a few colors, black with white stripes and red accents. Until then, Adidas soccer boots were made of black leather.

The boots are likely to land with a thud caused by that heavy £300 price tag, but what price can you put on love... if you know, you know. This incarnation of the Predator used the revolutionary SprintSkin upper used in the popular F50 Adizero line and weighed just 211 grams.

Retail price was £699 in the UK for this box set but it is now very sought after by collectors. Only 723 pairs of these were released and came in a wooden md glass display box with a small book. Two generations of this boot were produced: The '98 version can be distinguished by two red patches on the heel, whereas the '99 version does not have these red patches on the heel. This color scheme is now known as the main one for all predators. The Predator Accelerator version was released in 1998 to coincide with the FIFA world cup held in France. The Predator line was discontinued in May 2015 for football but was brought back in late 2017 to replace the ACE boots whereas the rugby line is still going strong. adidas Reissue the 1998 Predator Accelerator "Black/White/Red". Only 1998 pairs will hit the shelves meaning your chances of snagging a pair are relatively slim, but consider yourselves lucky, if we were pulling the strings at adidas we'd be charging you an admission fee just to look at them.The Predator Accelerator "Black/White/Red" will drop along with a Tango Ultraboost street option. It featured rubber ridges. The boot was modelled by some of the greatest players such as The Adidas Predator Accelerator came out in four different colourways: This here is a limited edition run of the 1998 adidas Predator Accelerator in the classic "Black/White/Red" launch colourway, and you want a pair.Just look at them.

For professional players who preferred the old studs, Adidas produced special Predators with a different outsole. For example, the Predator Pulse's budget variant was called the Pulsado. Those designs were rejected by various sports shoe manufacturers, including Adidas.There have been 23 different predator models, with a cheaper version without all the predator technology going by a different name. This was a slightly cheaper alternative to the Predator Accelerator.

Big stripes made a big return in 1998, when Adidas released the first new Predator in two years for the World Cup in France. This version was simply called the Adidas Accelerator. The Predator Touch was different in many ways. Adidas released the Predator X in the traditional black/white/red colourway, with a contrasting white/brown/yellow colourwayFor the winter of the 2010–11 season, Adidas released the Predator X in two new colourways, electricity/black/poppy and black/Running-White/electricity; David Beckham will also be getting another personalised colourway in white/blue. It featured the Traxion (trx) studs, which were rectangular and anatomically placed. Released in May 2011, the Adidas adiPower Predator saw a shift in focus for the Predator range with the release of the new adiPower.