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Introduce yourself - maybe add a pic of your collection, or favorite kicks!
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Hi all,

I am mattes and I got my first pair of Vans in 1983 when I was a BMXing teenager. I am from Germany but live in New Zealand now.

I specialize in collecting the good old US made Vans. Here are some favourites from my humble collection. Not all of them sparkingly clean. Well, some of them look quite thrashed, but they had a full and meaningful life, worn by me :) All of them pre-1995.

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those are all killers. awesome!
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WoW! Nice vintage stuff you got there. And Welcome.
sz 11
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Great Collection. Welcome.
Sz 12
WANTED:
- Vault Leather & Flannel SK8-Hi (Brown)
- Supreme Checkerboard & Corduroy Authentic (Blue, Green, or Red)
- Syndicate Carhartt WIP Old Skool (Brown, Camo or Black) *Size 11.5
- Syndicate Mister Cartoon Authentic (Any Color)
- Vault Cuerpo LX (Monks Robe)
- Vault x Taka Hayashi x Billy Kirk SK8-Hi
All size 12 DS//VNDS//NDS
$$$$$$$
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that first pair has Rainbow Unicorns, so bad ass.
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Wow, so cool! Welcome to OTWS, where your collection will be gladly admired!
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Awesome. Vans shoes had such a great shape to them back then, where the rubber was a little bit taller. I wish they could make all of them like that now.
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T From SD wrote:Awesome. Vans shoes had such a great shape to them back then, where the rubber was a little bit taller. I wish they could make all of them like that now.
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Simply awesome. Welcome.
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Amazing collection! I respect those that you've
kept. I've lost a few pairs over the last 3 decades.
Slips, Eras, and Auth's...oh my!

Size 9

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Moon Eyes Eras (black or white)
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tmrsn wrote:that first pair has Rainbow Unicorns, so bad ass.
Yep. And teddy bears on the heel. Double bad ass!
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v cool! welcome. i'm digging the sk8 hi colorways. olive pair reminds me of the stussy x vans sk8 hi's
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did you go to school in florida?
wicked collection you were collecting before it was cool.lol
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