Update, October 14: Out now. The Cryoshot Mercurial Chrome ’02 OG released on SNKRS on Tuesday, October 13, and Nike’s listing still showed it available at $200 on October 14.
The Cryoshot Mercurial Chrome ’02 OG in Chrome and Hot Lime, style code IQ8161-001, went on sale on Nike’s SNKRS on Tuesday, October 13. It costs $200.
A football boot you can wear on concrete
The upper is the 2002 Mercurial almost line for line: liquid-silver synthetic leather with the raised ripples across the forefoot, a black Swoosh and a volt lining around the collar. A volt band sweeps down the heel. Sneaker press tie the original to the Mercurial Vapor Ronaldo Nazário wore at the 2002 World Cup, the silver-and-volt boot most UK readers will still picture from that summer.
The Cryoshot part is underneath. Nike sits the upper on a drop-in midsole with a Zoom Air unit in the heel, then keeps the stud plate but seals it inside a clear rubber outsole. You can see every stud through the sole, but none of them touch the ground. Nike’s own line is that the cleats are “encased” for “a soccer-right look that can go anywhere”.
Some outlets call it the Cryoshot Mercurial Vapor 1 OG. It is the same shoe and the same code; Nike’s listing uses Mercurial Chrome ’02 OG.
Price and where to buy
- US: released Tuesday, October 13 on Nike’s SNKRS listing, $200. Press reports added select Nike Sportswear retailers.
- UK: still not on SNKRS GB as of October 14; no UK date or £ price announced.
- Sizing: sizes vary, so check the listing for yours.
Who it’s for
This is a nostalgia buy first. If you grew up with the 2002 World Cup, the colours alone will sell it; if not, $200 is a lot for a lifestyle shoe built on a football boot’s last, which runs narrow and low to the ground.
It isn’t numbered or limited as far as anyone has reported, and resale data is thin, so our hype score is an estimate. More from the brand on our Nike page.
Can you still get a pair?
At retail, for now: Nike’s SNKRS listing showed it available at $200 on October 14. Sizes vary, so look there first, and treat any resale price as a markup on that $200.
