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Scottish skate shop Focus has collaborated with New Balance Numeric on a 480 skate shoe featuring unicorn graphics and details inspired by Scotland. Highsnobiety reports the collaboration is available through Focus and other skate shops, with prices ranging from $115 to $150.
Scottish skate shop Focus has turned the New Balance Numeric 480 into a Scotland-inspired collaboration, pairing unicorn graphics with colors and details tied to the country. Highsnobiety reports that the shoes are available through Focus’s website and other skate shops, with a listed retail range of $115 to $150.
The design uses teal blue suede and white pebbled leather, which Highsnobiety describes as a reference to the colors of Scotland’s flag. Trippy unicorn graphics decorate the shoe, drawing on the unicorn’s place as Scotland’s national animal. Orange accents refer to Irn-Bru, the orange soda the report identifies as a second national drink.
The collaboration is built on the Numeric 480, New Balance’s skateboarding version of the 480. Highsnobiety notes that the model began as a basketball shoe and has since taken on different roles. The publication characterizes its current skate-shoe era as particularly successful, but that assessment is editorial opinion rather than a claim from New Balance or Focus.
Highsnobiety says the Focus collaboration is listed on the shop’s website and at other skate retailers. Its reported price range is $115–$150; the source does not give a single price for every retailer or clarify whether the range reflects differences in market, stock, or seller. The article includes an affiliate disclosure stating that Highsnobiety may earn a commission from purchases.
A Local Identity on a Skate Shoe
The release gives a skateboarding shoe a design tied closely to Scottish identity, rather than relying only on a new color combination. The references are visible and specific: flag-inspired tones, unicorn imagery and orange accents associated with Irn-Bru. That makes the collaboration relevant to sneaker buyers interested in regional design as well as to skate shoppers looking at the Numeric 480.
It also adds a shop collaboration to the range of versions of a model that has moved from basketball into skateboarding. For buyers, the practical news is that the pair is reported as available through Focus and other skate shops, with prices varying across a stated range. The source does not report sales figures, production volume or how quickly the shoes are selling, so the release’s commercial reach cannot be determined from the coverage.
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From Basketball Court to Skate Shop
The 480 began as a basketball shoe, according to Highsnobiety, before New Balance developed it as part of its Numeric skateboarding line. The Focus release sits within that skate-shoe phase and follows other general-release colorways and collaborations, which the publication describes positively. The source offers no dates or sales information for those earlier releases, so a more detailed timeline is not available.
Focus is identified in the report as a Scottish skate shop. Its collaboration uses details associated with Scotland to distinguish the shoe: the flag’s colors, the national animal and Irn-Bru. Those cultural references are the report’s explanation of the design; the provided material does not include a statement from Focus explaining how the concepts were chosen or developed.
““Scotland’s Focus skate shop has turned the New Balance Numeric 480 sneaker into a unicorn.””
— Highsnobiety
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Availability and Pricing Details
The source says the shoes are available, but it does not provide a release date, stock counts, sizes, shipping information or a retailer-by-retailer price list. It is also unclear whether every shop named or described as a skate retailer has the collaboration in stock at the same time. The reported $115–$150 range should not be read as one universal price.
No direct comments from Focus or New Balance are included in the supplied report. It does not confirm the production quantity, whether the collaboration will be restocked, or how the design was developed beyond the cultural references described by Highsnobiety.
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Check Retailers for Current Stock
Readers interested in the release can check Focus’s website and other skate shops for current availability, sizing and local pricing. Because the source provides a range rather than a single price and gives no live inventory information, buyers should confirm the details with the retailer before ordering.
The supplied coverage does not identify a later release, restock or follow-up announcement. Further information about stock or future availability would need to come from Focus, New Balance Numeric or participating retailers.
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Key Questions
What is the Focus and New Balance Numeric collaboration?
It is a Scottish skate shop Focus collaboration on the New Balance Numeric 480, featuring unicorn graphics and Scotland-inspired design details.
What do the shoe’s colors and graphics reference?
Highsnobiety says the teal and white nod to Scotland’s flag, the unicorn graphics reference the country’s national animal, and orange accents refer to Irn-Bru.
How much does the shoe cost?
Highsnobiety reports a retail range of $115 to $150. The source does not list prices for individual retailers, so the amount may vary by seller.
Where is the collaboration available?
The report says it is available through Focus’s website and other skate shops. It does not provide current stock information, so availability should be checked directly with retailers.
Was the New Balance 480 originally a skate shoe?
No. Highsnobiety says the 480 started as a basketball shoe and later became part of New Balance Numeric’s skateboarding range.
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