Comparitively to the real article your's are about 80% - 90% spot on in my opinion. The bluge or the buckle is nothing. And personally I like the stripe. Basically your test shoe has this stripe. My guess is that is is built of a black plastic which is covered with the pink patent. Are you sure you can't fix the heel section? Mabe add some sort of filler so to speak? You have come so far it would be a shame to stop now. Bsteph