Tony Taylor Jr. “Mr. Boober” Interview
Tony Taylor Jr. Mr. Boober
Tony Taylor Jr. aka Mr. Boober one was of the blessed kids that got to design a sneaker for the 2008 Nike Doernbecher Program. Tony designed the Air Jordan 1 High along with Jason Mayden and Estelle Maranan of Jordan Brand. He took inspiration from his alter ego “Mr. Boober” while designing the AJ1. They released at NikeTowns November 14, 2008, and since then Tony has been soaking up the success, collecting kicks, and he’s now working with Jason on another Nike program. Nick DePaula aka Billy Hoyle of SoleCollector and B.O.P recently interviewed Tony. What did they talk about? The Mr. Boober Air Jordan 1 High of course.
Did you follow at all how much they were selling for on eBay?
It was crazy. I saw one article about a guy in Chicago who had like twenty pairs on eBay and he had a whole bunch. He was selling them for a ton. On some websites, I was checking through all of the comments, and some people said, ‘Oh, these are the best Jordans that ever came out!’ That was great and it just made me excited and proud.
Read the full article: Mr. Boober Reflects On His Doernbecher Jordan 1
Buy a pair: Mr. Boober Doernbecher Air Jordan 1 High
Category: Air Jordan, Interviews
seriously why can’t Nike make these GR to help raise more money for the kids? Great read, and inspiring story!
hose shoes go so hard!!!!good job mr.boober!!!
i agree with 23 edge!!!^^^^
I think it’s time to pull my pair out. They’ve been in the box too long.
LMAO…G-roc is a savage…LMAO!
Damn i aint even kno all that he vicious tho fiyah pair of ones and i dont even like ones cuz they released em so much
agreed if your gonna try and raise money for a good cause make hot shoes that are available. the resale price has skyrocket on these. think about the money nike could have gained with all of this demand
I wonder how old this guy is?
This kid got major talent….Tried to cop that Friday morning, but came up empty handed.
DAMN G-ROC I couldn’t wait that long!!! I’ve rocked my twice since I’ve gotten them… but they were special occasions!!!!
^I just don’t get out much, so I really don’t have many options as to where I should wear them. I’m usually pretty busy sitting in front of my computer doing news all day (lol). I was also waiting on my girl since she has the Mary Jane slip ons, we’re suppose to wear them together for the 1st time. Awwwww aint’ that sweet..lol
I like these shoes alot, and still do. Very intricate and nice design on the that is also different in a very good way. But at the time money was scarce for the other j’s so I had to pass. When I think of it now tho, it doesn’t really bother me that I missed these.
HAhahahHAhahahaahHAh!!!! I FEEL YA!!! On the reals it took me forever to find a shirt that goes hard with the shoes!!!
LOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLO hahaha groc u kill me AND YO CHANGE THE BANNER SO I CAN CLICK ON IT TO GO TO THE MAIN PAGE, I STILL DO IT OUT OF HABBIT, AND SAVE THAT LAST LACELOCK GROC, IM STILL WAITIN FOR THE PAYPAL REQUEST
I love these kicks. I just wish I would have been able to get my size.
THESE WERE THE BEST j”S EVER I HAD TO GOT TO NIKETOWN BEFORE THEY CAME OUT N GET A WRIST BAND WIT A NUMBA ON IT THEN COME THE DAY THEY CAME OUT 2 GET THEM IT WAS SO CRAZY I HAD GOT OFFERS AS HIGH AS 600 FOR THE BUT I JUZ COULDNT DO IT
i still havent even wore mine yet lol.
^So I def not alone. See ya’ll.
THEY KOOL BUT DONT KNOW ANY LOCATIONS OF NIKETOWN OR WHATEVA SO HEY
LOL… I wear them all the time … They are def. Neckbreakers
Good thing Nike let me cop two online
nice story, i tried to cop these was a couple minutes too late, so i copped the af1 lasered doernbecher
neckbreakers is a deff with these kicks on (i do wear mine) i get looks everywhere i go with them on they go perfect with LRG
at the nike website they show the drawings of their design and his looks nothiing like what the shoelooks likE!!!
Why this kid reminds me of gary coleman..
sick kicks tho
This kid looks like he is 25 or something like that.
hey does anyone know what that t-shirt is he is wearing? jordan cartoon…
Tony is 18
My friend who works for nike saw Tony at the Nike headquarters wearing a pair of Creative Recreation shoes.