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Nike certainly know how to sell and get everyone talking about a new boot. But as the boot community reacts to the launch of the new Mercurial Vapor VIII's, we thought we'd address one of the most important issues - how does the Vapor 8 compare to it's predecessor the Vapor 7...

The Mercurial Vapor VIII is off the mark. For the quickest players on the planet, a new weapon has been added to their arsenal. Designed to make the fast faster, the Nike Vapor 8 delivers explosive pace to help open up opposition defences.

The Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII continues to stake its claim as the world's most talked about football boot with a teasing new video, featuring Nike Tennis star Rafa Nadal and an unrevealed football figure.

We've seen the boots on-pitch in action, had a close-up look at them with exclusive photography and even spoken to the team responsible for designing the new Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII football boots. But now it's time to put them through the new style SoccerBible Play Test and see how they perform...

The Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII has exploded onto the scene. In a pure expression of raw speed, Nike's stripped back Mercurial has been specifically designed to fit around your foot like a second skin while delivering enhanced traction to ensure nothing goes to waste.

Over the years one boot range has been the stand-out performer in the Premier League, and top goalscorer no less than eight times in the last eleven years! Worn by such great players as Thierry Henry, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba, the Nike Mercurial football boots have dominated the scoring charts...

Through the wonders of Twitter, former Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has given the social universe an ahead-of-schedule look at the eye-popping Purple/Silver Mercurial colourway, while becoming the envy of many football fans!

Nike are constantly raising the bar for performance and setting new standards in athletic training, so with the introduction of SPARQ Sensory Performance (SSP), Nike have developed an integrated approach that allows athletes to fine tune their sensory skills and see their sport better

*THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO CAMERON JONES WHO WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM ALL OF OUR FACEBOOK FANS TO WIN THE SIGNED CR7 VAPOR VII NIKE FOOTBALL BOOTS! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE SOCCERBIBLE COMPETITIONS.*

Last weekend saw one of the brightest boots to ever kick a football arrive on our television sets! The unmissable Volt/Purple/Retro Nike Superfly III football boots created a real stir across the online boot community and while they may require some Edgar Davids-like glasses for long-term viewing, Nike's new colourway is already proving to be a huge hit!