Shoestring Budget

Shoestring Budget
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Basic Information
Worn by:	Soldier
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Feet
Released:	Very Scary Halloween Special
Availability:	Purchase or Haunted Halloween Gift (expired)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
Unique Haunted
Loadout Stats
Shoestring Budget 1 - 100 Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon This is a special Halloween 2011 item

“

Ich bin I just kicked your ass! Click to listen — The Soldier, explaining what he has done to his enemies

”

The Shoestring Budget is a miscellaneous item for the Soldier. They are a pair of team-colored shoeboxes fashioned into a pair of robot shoes.

This item can only be worn around Halloween or during a Full Moon; at other times of the year, it does not appear in gameplay, unless the server has Halloween mode enabled. However, it can be equipped at any time and can still be viewed on the loadout screen even when it is not visible during games.

Item set

See also: Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Tin Soldier
	Idiot Box Steel Pipes Shoestring Budget
Effect	Enables additional voice responses Allows the Soldier to perform the Robot Dance taunt.

Update history

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• The Shoestring Budget was added to the game.

Notes

• This item cannot be worn with the Gunboats or Mantreads, as they occupy the same equip region.

Trivia

• The name is a reference to low budget independent horror films.
• The Rocket jumping logo on the boxes are a parody of Template:W Template:W shoes logo.
  • The boxes list the shoes as size 11 Rocket Air Gunboats.