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That happened in 2005 at Oakley HQ and their 'sidewalk sale'. A whole heap of box-less Oakley Leather Mars out on the table for USD $50 each.

They showed unreleased footage of Jordan celebrating the '98 championship up on stage when he was wearing the leather Mars. The sunglasses aren't talked about in the documentary but the footage was shot on film and scanned for the doco at 4K, so it's the first time footage of Jordan wearing the...

@gpstar thanks for the detailed reply. Great information. Can you also explain what you mean by 'squared arms' vs 'rounded-edge arms'?

Is there any way we could see a side-by-side of this? How differently shaped are the orbitals on 4-dig Romeo v 6-dig?

Is now a good time to mention the Mars Leather (like new, no box) I bought on eBay in 2005?

The fit shouldn't be any different, with the three point fit only the ear socks and nosebombs should be touching your head. The earsocks are still in the same position on hammers and straights, the hammers just bend out more from the temple hinge. But yes way too pricey for hammerstems...

Any chance madscientista wants to post his side of the story? Romeos are well known to have the stress crack issue, and the second photo sent showed this pair as having that quite accurately. In my opinion when buying used Romeos you have to expect a small amount of stress cracks, and pay a...

Great collection CarGuy, a collector after my own heart. I notice you've really focused on the 'original four' X Metals, only one X Squared and no Romeo II, Half X or Penny. I'm the same, I feel the original four have a great connection with the design and interchangeable arms, and the rest of...

Yeah he used to come in and just lay down some pictures of his rare one-offs, his pin stripe Monster Dogs were a big hit at the time. I think he was close with Jim Jannard if I remember correctly.

Haha yeah I'm sure they look familiar to people who know the 'Huge score from CL' thread. They are the most recent additions to the collection and I love 'em. Can't believe it's taken me so long to add another Mars to the collection. Thanks for the kind words guys.

Hi, thought I'd post some pictures of some of my Oakley collection. I'm mainly an X-Metal fan, the Plasma/Ice Juliet was the second ever pair of Oakleys I owned, bought back in January 2001. I traded the original lenses away a long time ago (around 2004) and only just recently got some Ice back...

Romeo. It's a bona fide classic, is part of cinematic history and is the most breath taking design of all three. Plus, Jim Jannard name checks and showcases it on his personal website:

Those Polished Black/Ruby look great - look like something Scott Summers would truly wear! PS - Those numbers aren't the SKU, they're the measurements Lens: 59mm Nosebridge: 16mm Arm: 128mm

Whoa, what? The O Review lists all of these: Polished/Blue Iridium Polished/Emerald Slate Iridium Polished/Fire Iridium Polished/Fire Iridium Polarized Polished/G30 Iridium Polished/Slate Iridium Polished/Titanium Clear Polished/VR28 Black Iridium Polished/VR28 Black Iridium Polarized

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