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The simple design of Converse Chuck Taylors make them timeless. It also makes them a tad plain and boring. Adafruit’s mod will make your Chuck Taylors stand out by making the logo on the shoes light up. It’s not as amazing as having self-lacing shoes, but it’s also way more affordable than Nike’s loot.

The mod makes use of Adafruit’s electroluminescent panel as well as its small inverters. Becky Stern of Adafruit shows a couple of ideas for the mod – a star-shaped panel and a round one. But the black star in the round design is just a vinyl cutout, so you’re free to make your own design. Like a Swoosh or something. Actually don’t do that.

Skate to Adafruit for the full instructions and parts list.

Leading Japanese toy maker, BANDAI, just announced that they will release, in collaboration with Converse, “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” ALL STAR sneakers – “ALL STAR HI/JO” – in December.

They will start accepting orders for the sneakers on May 20.

The ALL STAR “Star” logo is colored like JoJo’s famous star-shaped bruise.

Also, those ordering in advance can get a free “Stone Mask” key chain.

We recently posted another JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure limited edition – it’s SEIKO wristwatch collaboration.

Price: 10,290 yen (including tax)
Period of advanced order: From May 20 to June 20, 2013
Release date: Early December, 2013
Sizes: Men (25.5,26,26.5,27,27.5,28,29cm), Women (22,22.5,23,23.5,24,24.5cm)

The limited edition sneakers can be ordered here.

So last week, we saw how awesome dads could be. First, there was the dad who built his daughter her very own backyard roller coaster. Then there was the dad who turned his kid’s toy car into a real one. But moms can be awesome, too, and today we’ve got an example of one. Now what she did might not be something of epic proportions or mechanical in nature, but it’s a labor of love, just like what those dads did.

Redditor zacch wanted a pair of Batman Converse, but didn’t have the cash. So instead of buying one for him, his mom took one of his old pairs and painted all sorts of cool Batman stuff on them.

Not only do they look awesome, but they’re also one-of-a-kind, considering that his mom customized them and all.

The post on Reddit has amassed a lot of praise, comments, and request, which prompted zacch’s mom to accept requests for customized shoes. If you’re interested in getting a pair of customized kicks, check out his mom’s blog and use the email on that site to send in your requests or inquiries.

[via Boing Boing]