I bought this pair for my daughter's birthday.  This is her third pair of Heelys.  They look like regular shoes, not boxy and bulky like regular Heelys.  We bought the purple pair for my daughter and a couple months before bought a black pair for my son.  They wear them almost every day.  The plugs are different, but interchangeable with the old style.  My kids get complements on them everywhere they go.