FLOAT 100 · Sneakers · No. 59

Nike SB Dunk Low 'Medicom / BE@RBRICK'

Covered head to toe in black pony hair so it looks like the bear on its heel, the 2020 Medicom Toy Dunk arrived alongside matching BE@RBRICK figures and brought a Tokyo toy maker's 16-year partnership with Nike SB back to the classic low-top.

Year: 2020
Maker: Nike SB x Medicom Toy
By price in sneakers: 94 of 100

Market asking price, not a sale · Oct 4, 2026$206This is not a sale. It is an asking price, and no transaction is recorded at this figure.

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Official name: Medicom Toy x Nike SB Dunk Low 'BE@RBRICK'; Medicom lists it as the Nike SB Dunk Low OG QS
Style code: CZ5127-001
Colorway: Black/White/Black, per Nike SB
Upper: Black pony hair throughout, with a contrasting heel tab and BE@RBRICK branding on the heel and tongue
Released: August 22, 2020, in Japan; August 25, 2020, worldwide through Nike's SNKRS app and skate shops
Retail price: 13,500 yen before tax in Japan; $125 in the U.S. per Nike's announcement as reported, though some sources say $100
Sizing: Full family sizing: men's, kids' and infants'
Companion toys: Matching BE@RBRICK figures in 1000%, 400% and 100% sizes
Partnership: Medicom Toy and Nike SB have collaborated since 2004; this was Medicom's eighth SB effort
Not to be confused with: The 2017 Zoom Dunk Low Elite 'BE@RBRICK' and the 2018 Zoom Dunk High Elite 'BE@RBRICK'

A toy company in Tokyo

Medicom Toy was founded in Tokyo in 1996 by Tatsuhiko Akashi, who had opened his first business, a cafe-bar in the Nishiazabu nightlife district, in 1983 while still in his late teens. The company makes collectible figures tied to film, music, fashion and contemporary art, and in 2026 it marked 30 years.

Its best-known product is BE@RBRICK, a pot-bellied, blocky bear whose name comes from its being a bear version of Medicom's earlier Kubrick figure. The '@' in place of the 'a' is part of the trademark. The first BE@RBRICK was handed out free to visitors of the World Character Convention 12 in Tokyo on May 27, 2001. The standard figure, called 100%, stands seven centimeters tall; a 400% figure is 28 centimeters and a 1000% figure 70 centimeters. Most are sold in blind boxes, so buyers do not know which design they will get.

Artists and fashion designers from H.R. Giger to Karl Lagerfeld have designed BE@RBRICKs, and limited runs made them designer toys with a secondary market of their own. Nike has worked with BE@RBRICK on the Air Force 1, the Lunar Force 1 and the SB Dunk.

Sixteen years of Medicom Dunks

The partnership with Nike SB began in 2004 with the Dunk Low Pro SB 'Medicom 1,' in white, blue and orange. Nike SB's archive dates it July 2004 and says it was offered only to registered Medicom members and was the first SB Dunk with a double-layered Swoosh. A second and a third Medicom Dunk followed in the mid-2000s, and one history of the line describes the second as a staple of SB collections.

After a long gap the two returned in late 2017 with the Nike SB Zoom Dunk Low Elite 'BE@RBRICK,' released on Black Friday for $115 to celebrate Nike SB's 15th anniversary, using the grey and black denim of the Medicom 2. In May 2018 came the Zoom Dunk High Elite 'BE@RBRICK' in Medicom's original white, blue and orange, at $130. One sneaker publication said both Elite versions 'garnered a lukewarm reception.'

The 2020 shoe went back to the original. Nike SB's archive says it brings the partnership back with the 'fat-tongue OG Dunk.' By one count it was Medicom's eighth SB effort, and the first OG SB Dunk Low from the pair since a Gore-Tex version in 2008.

A bear you can wear

The idea is literal. The entire upper is black pony hair, so the shoe has the shaggy look of an animal, and the BE@RBRICK logo is embroidered on the heel and printed on the tongue tag. Nike SB calls it 'an all-over hairy leather upper,' and one resale marketplace's description says the shoe 'channels a bear in literal terms.'

Below the hair, sources describe a white midsole with black stitching and a grey outsole, with Zoom Air in the heel according to one listing. Both brands' logos appear on the insoles.

The heel tab is where descriptions disagree. Nike SB's archive mentions 'the signature MEDICOM TOY gold heel tab'; release coverage and resale listings describe a white or cream pony-hair heel tab, and an early look before release described it as tan. One marketplace lists the colorway as Black/Vachetta Tan-White-Black rather than Nike's Black/White/Black.

Shoes, bears and a summer drop

Medicom announced the release on August 14, 2020. The shoe went on sale on Saturday, August 22, at Medicom's own shops and online stores in Japan, priced at 13,500 yen before tax for men's sizes, 9,000 yen for kids and 7,500 yen for infants. Medicom noted it would stop selling when stock ran out.

With the shoes came matching BE@RBRICKs in 1000%, 400% and 100% sizes, finished in glossy black with graphics taken from SB laces and toe boxes and a grey Nike SB mark over the left eye. One report priced the 1000% figure at 58,000 yen, about $542, and the 400% and 100% set at 13,000 yen, about $122.

Nike released the shoe worldwide on August 25 through its SNKRS app and skate shops in full family sizing. Reports of the U.S. retail price differ: one release database gives $125 for men's pairs and another publication says $100; one report gave a range of $75 to $125 across the family sizes.

Where it trades now

Unlike the 2004 Medicom Dunks, the 2020 pair was made in full family sizing and has stayed close to its retail price. On October 1, 2026, one resale marketplace showed a lowest ask of $110 across sizes, which it flagged as below retail, with a most recent sale of $109 and no date or size given.

The same day a resale shop listed new pairs from $206 in men's size 8.5 to $527 in size 13, and another listed a new pair at $145.

The numbers

Style code: CZ5127-001
Japan release: August 22, 2020
Global release: August 25, 2020
Retail price: 13,500 yen before tax (Japan); $125 or $100 in the U.S., depending on the source
Sizing: Men's, kids' and infants'
Production: Not published

Timeline

1983
Tatsuhiko Akashi opens his first business, a cafe-bar in Tokyo's Nishiazabu district.
1996
Akashi founds Medicom Toy in Tokyo.
May 27, 2001
The first BE@RBRICK is given away at the World Character Convention 12 in Tokyo.
Jul 2004
The Dunk Low Pro SB 'Medicom 1' releases, offered only to registered Medicom members.
2008
A Gore-Tex Medicom SB Dunk Low is the last OG SB Dunk Low from the pair until 2020.
Nov 2017
The Zoom Dunk Low Elite 'BE@RBRICK' releases on Black Friday for $115, marking Nike SB's 15th anniversary.
May 5, 2018
The Zoom Dunk High Elite 'BE@RBRICK' releases for $130.
Apr 2020
First images of a black pony-hair Medicom SB Dunk Low appear.
Aug 14, 2020
Medicom announces the shoe, with release set for August 22.
Aug 22, 2020
Release in Japan at Medicom's shops and online stores, with matching BE@RBRICKs.
Aug 25, 2020
Worldwide release through Nike's SNKRS app and skate shops in full family sizing.
Mar 21, 2025
A BE@RBRICK animated series premieres on Apple TV+.
Oct 1, 2026
Pairs are offered from $110 on one marketplace, below the U.S. retail price.

The world in 2020

Jan 15, 2020
Japan confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus.
Mar 24, 2020
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021.
Apr 7, 2020
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures.
Apr 16, 2020
The state of emergency was extended to all 47 prefectures.
Aug 28, 2020
Shinzo Abe announced his intention to resign for health reasons.
Sep 16, 2020
Yoshihide Suga succeeded Abe as prime minister.

Price record

$100$1,000

Date	Price	Kind
Aug 22, 2020	$126	Asking price, not a saleJapanese retail price of 13,500 yen before tax for men's sizes; USD conversion as given by the reporting outlet.
Aug 25, 2020	$125	Asking price, not a saleU.S. retail price per one release database; other sources give $100.
Oct 1, 2026	$110	Asking price, not a saleLowest ask across sizes on a resale marketplace; the most recent sale shown there was $109, with no date or size.
Oct 1, 2026	$145	Asking price, not a saleListed price for a new pair at a resale shop.
Oct 1, 2026	$206	Asking price, not a saleLowest listed price at a second resale shop, men's size 8.5; size 13 was listed at $527.

This is an asking price, not a sale. It is what a seller wanted on the date shown. Asking prices often sit above what buyers pay, but an ask is not a ceiling: a sale can land on either side of it. It is not a value.

By reference price, Nike SB Dunk Low 'Medicom / BE@RBRICK' is number 94 of 100 in the sneakers entries of the FLOAT 100. 22 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (59 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

Did you know

The whole upper is pony hair, so the shoe looks like the bear on its heel.
The first BE@RBRICK was a free giveaway at a Tokyo toy convention in 2001.
The first Medicom SB Dunk, in 2004, was offered only to registered Medicom members.
BE@RBRICK sizes are percentages: a 1000% figure stands 70 centimeters tall.
Matching 1000% bears cost more than four times as much as the shoes in Japan.
BE@RBRICK got its own animated series on Apple TV+ in 2025.

How this page is made

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The story: Researched from published records and checked fact by fact. Updated Oct 1, 2026.
Archive: Oct 5, 2026