Hi All, new to the forum, and thought I would post these with a few questions. I have some other various vintage Oakley stuff that I'll be posting later.
This was my very first pair of Oakleys, and the only Frogskins I ever had. To set the stage, I got these in the early 90's at an Oakley dealer in Osage Beach, MO when on a short weekend trip with my parents, I was about 13 or 14. I originally wanted a pair of the dark crystal framed Frogskins, with the blue iridium lenses, but Mom was having none of it as those were a little more expensive than this pair. I think these were around $35-40 and the pair I wanted was about $50. She couldn't justify spending too much on sunglasses.
These are the Rootbeer frames with Bronze Mirror / Iridium. They are the darkest tinted glasses I've ever seen, like really dark.
Just found out about the O-Review website and found these there. These have the same SKU number (03-059) for both Gen 1 (1985-1990) and Gen 2 (1990-1996).
Could anyone tell me more about these? They are Japanese made, with the metal hinges, so would that make them the Gen 1 or Gen 2?
Are these a more rare combination? I no longer have the box, but as best as I can remember, it was a clear plastic box. (like a dummy, I threw away other Oakley boxes too, but still have some)
Thanks!!
This was my very first pair of Oakleys, and the only Frogskins I ever had. To set the stage, I got these in the early 90's at an Oakley dealer in Osage Beach, MO when on a short weekend trip with my parents, I was about 13 or 14. I originally wanted a pair of the dark crystal framed Frogskins, with the blue iridium lenses, but Mom was having none of it as those were a little more expensive than this pair. I think these were around $35-40 and the pair I wanted was about $50. She couldn't justify spending too much on sunglasses.
These are the Rootbeer frames with Bronze Mirror / Iridium. They are the darkest tinted glasses I've ever seen, like really dark.
Just found out about the O-Review website and found these there. These have the same SKU number (03-059) for both Gen 1 (1985-1990) and Gen 2 (1990-1996).
Could anyone tell me more about these? They are Japanese made, with the metal hinges, so would that make them the Gen 1 or Gen 2?
Are these a more rare combination? I no longer have the box, but as best as I can remember, it was a clear plastic box. (like a dummy, I threw away other Oakley boxes too, but still have some)
Thanks!!
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). The quick way to tell is they have metal hinges. When the Gen 2 model was released, Oakley went to plastic hinges. I know there's a thread here that shows side by side comparisons of Gen 1 through Gen 4 hinges, which is the primary difference you'll see between different generation frogs. The original plastic frames are brittle, so use caution if trying to remove/replace the lenses.
