Nigo’s Bathing Ape troupe is alive and kickin’ (albeit on a smaller, more regionalized scale) and just released a laminated version of their once-popular Roadsta. The laminate detailing is essentially a patent sheen, and it works effectively with the runner’s pastel white/yellow/powder blue/pink schema. The Bape Roadsta “Laminate” is available now at A Bathing Ape flagship stores worldwide.

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The folks over at A Bathing Ape (Bape) have just launched their April 2009 collection which includes five new colorways of their classic Roadsta model. All the styles essentially feature tonal uppers which are composed of suede, premium leathers, and patent leathers. The five new color schemes now available include white, yellow, orange, purple, and red. All five pairs come with white midsoles, white inner linings, and white laces to accent the colored uppers. A Bathing Ape’s April 2009 collection of Roadstas is now available at Bape flagship stores worldwide for a retail price around $175.

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To celebrate sixteen years of bathing apes, Bape has released 6 pairs of Bape Roadstas 16th Anniversary in combinations of pink, yellow, purple, blue, orange, and red colorways aside from the anniversary tee shirts. The Roadsta’s are made entirely of patent leather on the uppers, each with white midsoles with the air bubble. Of course the eclectic selection of colors is what makes these Bapes, but this time, for the sake of a celebration, a fiery text that reads an underlined “16″ is featured on the back heel. These Roadsta’s are definitely great additions to any collector’s army, especially at a price of $180 each. Available now on Bape.

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Now available at all A Bathing Ape stores across the world, Bape has released a few new colorways for the Bape Bapesta 88 Mid’s and Lo’s: red/white/black, green/white/yellow, and blue/white/yellow for the mid’s, and light blue/white/yellow, purple/white/yellow, and cream/white/brown for the lo’s. These Bapesta 88’s use leather material throughout the shoe, in which the main colors feature an all-over speckle print. These Pony-resembling sneakers also feature the Bapesta symbl at the toe and reads “A Bathing Ape” across the white midsoles. These babies run for about $180 for mid’s and $170 for the lo’s.

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On March 6, A Bathing Ape will be releasing two spring colorways of its Roadsta sneaker. The men’s version features light blue accents and logos over a primarily white upper, while the girls’ pair comes in a classic pink. Both colorways feature all-over patent leather in the upper, the Bape shooting star logo, and an exposed air bubble in the midsole. Both pairs will be available on Bape’s web store starting March 6.

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As A Bathing Ape shifts their attention from one season to another, they release the Skullsta in three new colorways. The Skullsta takes cues from adidas’ shell toe sneakers, but includes A Bathing Ape’s modifications as they have done in the past with Nike and Puma sneakers. However, you won’t find the three stripes design as you would on a pair of adidas’. Included in the new drop are pastel based color schemes which include green/yellow, pink/green, orange/white. Each sneaker features a full colored upper except for the star logo which features the secondary color. Lastly, the Skullsta comes with fat laces to complete the throwback look. Now available online at Bape.

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The apocalypse is upon us! Bape recently announced that they’d be opening up an online webstore, where presumably, you can go to purchase the latest from Nigo’s ultra-limited, overdesigned products at exorbitant prices. Bathing Ape pundits add that the independent company might be struggling to stay afloat in these times of economic struggle–what do you think? Is the digital store a calculated move, an attempt at maximizing profits in a time of financial downturn or has the brand finally decided to aid customers looking for product? Either way, I’m still wearing my FAPE “Ape Shall Not Kill Ape” polos I scooped on the ‘net from Taiwan. Via hs.

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