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The thin EP at the toe is such a key detail!View attachment 2926784I just want this sooner than later.
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The thin EP at the toe is such a key detail!View attachment 2926784I just want this sooner than later.
Something JB don't do Gentry probably in hereThe thin EP at the toe is such a key detail!
Agree with your quote accept for this ^ . I have only a few pairs of 3s. 07 Fire red, 11 WC and the 18 BC. I also still have my 94 WC as well. Purchasing those to me does not equate to "settling" . Its buying a shoe that I wanted so bad and taking what I got. And yes, still enjoying them for what they are. We dont know when and what JB gonna do next. Trust me I want the OG shape and all that for sure no question. But I did not "settle" for anything more than I took what I could get.Those who don't care about shape, EP height etc., will settle for anything JB puts out as we've seen.
Agree with your quote accept for this ^ . I have only a few pairs of 3s. 07 Fire red, 11 WC and the 18 BC. I also still have my 94 WC as well. Purchasing those to me does not equate to "settling" . Its buying a shoe that I wanted so bad and taking what I got. And yes, still enjoying them for what they are. We dont know when and what JB gonna do next. Trust me I want the OG shape and all that for sure no question. But I did not "settle" for anything more than I took what I could get.
I mean...according to what you wrote...you did settle.
Thank you for being reasonable and considering the point some of us have made.Fair.
And no one still gonna be happy at the end of the day.
The thing is....if Nike made them as close to the originals as possible, everybody would be happy. Both those who don't care about the shape, as well as OG purists.
Those who don't care about shape, EP height etc., will settle for anything JB puts out as we've seen.
I’m cool with the shape, I just want slim EP. The high crap ruined these for me, even with that clear bottom that I’m not that fond of
This is even before the newest mold and these still look great.
The LATEST III mold is pretty darn decent. The back and forth and moaning from some of us was about the most recent BC and other OG colorway retros. At least that’s what I was talking about. As of today we still haven’t seen a good OG colorway retro in forever. Hopefully Fire Reds change that.Ehhhh tell that to the people that complain about the XI shape after they finally fixed it and it looks great. After 2 decades of looking like knockoffs. It’s a generation of kids that only know the thick EP lines just like they only knew the low PL height. You can’t please everyone no matter what you do. It is what it is. With that said I hope they continue to improve the mold.
Yeah lol. But I like what I got though. I guess the way I think of settling in this regard is *****ing about the release a month leading up to, still getting a pair. Anything I have purchased I have actually liked over all . If I don't and still buy, then I just settled.I mean...according to what you wrote...you did settle.
I passed on the 2018 retro and don’t regret it one bit. They are the true definition of a butchered retro. I am happy for the folks that like them. I know some copped because of Nike Air but even that could not convince me to buy a pair. JB needs to put hoopfr3sh in charge of designing the 3’s. He obviously gets it and his work is amazing.
Thats pretty much how they looked back in 88 when being mass produced. I doubt the factory technology has gone in reverse mode the past 35 years..but the will and greed certainly has.You’re comparing a 1 guy doing a 1 off, to a factory in China making 1,000,000 pairs of shoes per week for multiple companies. Be thankful of the craftsmanship we get at this point
Mass produced in 1988 was probably around 80,000 pairs of shoes. More likely less. Today it’s over 1 million.Thats pretty much how they looked back in 88 when being mass produced. I doubt the factory technology has gone in reverse mode the past 35 years..but the will and greed certainly has.
I also noticed in the pic above that the NA is off center like everyone complained on the BC4s from '19. I think people forgot that NA was never centered ;-).
I passed on the 2018 retro and don’t regret it one bit. They are the true definition of a butchered retro. I am happy for the folks that like them. I know some copped because of Nike Air but even that could not convince me to buy a pair. JB needs to put hoopfr3sh in charge of designing the 3’s. He obviously gets it and his work is amazing.
It’s centered though. In the picture above and on all 3s. The 4s are off, not the 3s.It's because he used the heel tab from a pair of 2018's.
OG's were pretty centered or at least proportional. Look at the IG post a ways up of the White/Cement OG's.
Still mass produced. Start the production earlier if its in their interest to make a good shoe, which unfortunatily is not the case.Mass produced in 1988 was probably around 80,000 pairs of shoes. More likely less. Today it’s over 1 million.