Man, it’s been a great year to be a Back II The Future fan, hasn’t it? Towards the end of 2011, Nike teamed up with Michael J. Fox to release the long-rumored, much-anticipated Nike Air Mag sneaker. And sneakerheads as well as Back II The Future enthusiasts were thrilled that they were finally released. But, believe it or not, the latest story involving Back II The Future has us even more excited than the Air Mags did.

At Toy Fair 2012, toy manufacturer Mattel announced that they will be releasing the hover board that was featured in Back II The Future 2 and Back II The Future 3 later this year. The 1:1 replica of the hover board from the movie will be designed to glide over all types of surfaces (sorry, “water” is not one of them!) and will look and feel exactly like the one used in the movie. Pretty cool, huh?

Of course, there’s one catch. This hover board will apparently be pretty costly. And, as a result, Mattel wants to make sure there’s enough interest in this thing before they start mass-producing the hover boards (as if!). So they’re making them available for pre-order from March 1 to March 20 to gauge interest in them. If enough people pre-order the hover boards, they will produce them and release them to the world in either November or December. And if by some chance they don’t get enough preorders? Well, then stop asking Mattel to make them. They’ll simply shut down the hover board operation and move on.

So, what do you think about the hover board? Do you think enough people will be interested in them to pre-order them? Or, do you think people have had enough of Back II The Future and will ignore the hover board altogether? Guess we’ll see what happens next month.

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