For Back To The Future-obsessed children of the 1980s, the future meant one thing: hoverboards. And a world where roads were not needed. And a nightmarish dystopia where Biff Tannen used the ill-gotten gains from his gambling empire to consolidate power and torment the poor McFlys. And really ugly, tacky light-up Nike shoes with Velcro straps and lights. So, actually, the future meant a whole bunch of different things.

I don’t need to tell you that the future has thus far been a terrible disappointment. We live in a world devoid of hoverboards and where roads are sadly still needed. (Thanks a lot, Obama.) But things are looking up, as nostalgia-crazed Back To The Future fans can now purchase a pair of officially licensed light-up Velcro sneakers designed to look like Marty McFly’s shoes from Back To The Future II.

The shoes were previously available in an extremely expensive limited edition benefitting the Michael J. Fox foundation, but now they are available for just under $100 on halloweencostume.com, though they are currently out of stock. The retro-futuristic sneakers also come with a USB cord, so nerds and Poindexters alike can charge their sneaker-lights on the go and repel members of the opposite sex in the process. I am no fashionista, but I would describe these shoes as “ugly as fuck,” and I write that as someone who would probably include Back To The Future in a list of my 10 favorite movies.

The product page for the shoes list among its features “Shoe Box with Back To The Future Logo,” so if you are looking for the single saddest piece of Back To The Future merchandise in existence, the shoe box with the Back To The Future logo just might be it. I am, however, delusional enough to think that the unveiling of this shoe brings us one step closer to the universal dream of hover boards for everyone.

h/t Filmdrunk