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I missed the original release but I picked up a pair at a recycled clothing shop here in Japan in 2008ish. Paid an equivalent of $50 for them. They were definitely used but well taken care of. They weren't my size either so I ended up giving them to my brother.anyone have a cool story about the UNKLES?
curious to know how that release was.
What's your best Nike dunk/sb steal aside buying for retail at a skate shop.
for me
DS Dooms w/o box for $50.
DS Skate Or Die's w/o box for $50. Both from the same person.
For me it was getting DS Unkles for $200 shipped in 2013 from the Fiender App. Anyone remember that app by John Martin from Nike SB?What's your best Nike dunk/sb steal aside buying for retail at a skate shop.
for me
DS Dooms w/o box for $50.
DS Skate Or Die's w/o box for $50. Both from the same person.
Guy i sold some kicks to a few years back has 50 pairs of the chunky dunks comin in. Not sure what type of bot he uses with his group of people but the last couple of years, he always hits and for many pairs
I got the same. I wouldn’t worry about it, same happened with my boy and his Fire Red V’s and I had gotten the same with some AF1’s I had bought. If they do cancel our s#i+ though? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we in this togetherJust got the dreaded “your order might be delayed” email about the Brazil’s. Hope they don’t cancel it.
For me it was getting DS Unkles for $200 shipped in 2013 from the Fiender App. Anyone remember that app by John Martin from Nike SB?
i prefer highs...lows always get the nice colorways...Maaan, why couldn't these be Lows?
SNS re-drawing?
SNS re-drawing?
anyone have a cool story about the UNKLES?
curious to know how that release was.
*raises hand*
Lol being one of the older heads in here and being in the middle of things back then I can tell you quite a bit on it...
So technically there wasn’t a “release” per say
back then sb showed up at random and went on sale when they came in the door wasn’t a release date or anytbing
Just delivered to shop put one on display and if you missed you missed if you got it you got it
Ironically with the unkles I first seen them in Brooklyn around dekalb which use to be a HUGE sneaker area as far as mom and pop stores with early drops etc... back then
dude had it in a display case and this was early no shops had this yet in the city(only manhattan at this time had sb account stores)
he was selling for $250 which was considered absurd then for nearly any shoe
That shoe originally people liked the artwork but a lot didn’t like the fact it was pink that was a big thing back then everyone was like why pink?
It turned a lot of heads off
it really wasn’t till a few months later when the Nike Air Force 180 unions dropped that people started to mess with pink on shoes this was like end of 04 early 05 because that spring 05 unions was like the uniform hypebeast shoe lol
but anyway...
unkles did have an event for the release at nort/recon that got a lot of attention mainly for open bar lol
that’s where I got my pair if I recall they charged $120 for the shoes
few days later supreme put theirs out and whoever got it got it
blades also
then clientele had a couple pairs
I don’t recall DQM having them BUT a year or so later they did have a few pairs they put out for $250 which took like a month to sell as that was so much for a shoe back then and as “hyped” sb was it wasn’t really an accepted brand
most skaters felt Nike was being a culture vulture with the sb line so a lot of shops refused to even carry the line at the time
at this time Jordan and air forces are THE go to shoes sb fans like myself were very niche granted we didn’t know it at the time lol
we were the ones buying sb and court forces etc.. and no one else was
hell supreme use to have a warehouse sale for unsold product for like 3 days around June/July that was sold at a discount and we was like mehh lol
but to be fair someone had to hook you up with the address to go to that back then wasn’t a promoted thing at all
Sold NDS Nike SB Black Supreme Lows, Jedis, Homers. (From trades from NT around 2006)
for OW Chicago Jordans.
question is how do y’all feel about having an expensive grail compared to something more usable?
I could’ve used the cash I received from the SBs for other kicks on my list(Parra AM1s, Sacai Waffle Racers, etc...) but I went all in on 1 pair.
In a way I compare it to cars. Would you drive a Ferrari to its fullest potential knowing it’s value compared to a less expensive option/car? Or does the Ferrari sit in the garage. Just curious to see what how the community feels about it.
anyone have a cool story about the UNKLES?
curious to know how that release was.