I only nitpick these so much because I love them. I was born in 2000 so I never got the honor of seeing these on MJ's feet in '91 as the bulls won their first championship, let alone see them on my own feet or other people's. I just wanted these to be close enough to the original release to make up for that, like with the '18 Concords. I'm in college and I don't have the money nor the time to hunt down a pair of '91s in pristine condition so I can have them sole swapped. These nike air retros are as close as I'll ever get to owning the originals in wearable condition without costing me a fortune. So when JB makes the concords near identical to the '95 release in terms of build and perhaps even quality, it bothers me that they didn't do the same with these. I'll still get a pair for sure because but I had hoped for a little more effort I guess.