My 4 year old loves everything Captain America and these made him very happy.  These shoes look great and although they have a lot of detail they are not over the top visually - the colors are not loud and nothing is shiny.  They appear to be well made and are very light weight. The tongue is attached to the shoe so it takes a little more effort getting into, but my 4 year old can do it with the extra effort. The velcro strap is easy for little hands to handle.  The Amazon size chart indicated a size I thought was too large. I printed out the size chart from Stride Rite and the measurements I got also indicated a size I thought was too large, including width. I decided on wide and sized down a half size from what the chart indicated but still one size larger than normal based on reviewers who stated the shoe ran small. I agree the reviewers who said the shoe runs narrow. The wide width is a good fit on my son (we normally get regular width) but not too tight.  My son wears a 12.5 & I ordered a 13.5.  The shoe is about an inch too long, so we needed at least a half size smaller. Without comparing sizes side by side I cannot say for sure, but my experience suggests that the shoe runs closer to being true to size, maybe slighty on the small side, but definitely narrow. While the shoes are a little long, I decided to keep them because they are a snug fit in width and his heels do not slip and we have room to grow into the length.