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Never seen those... I can see why they didn’t release them lol.
Metallics are plenty great as the black colorway for the 5.
Metallics are plenty great as the black colorway for the 5.
Air Jordan V retro OG - Nike Air - Fire Red/Silver tongue - May 2, 2020
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rainking
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Agreed. I get why people like them now as some kind of unicorn, but from an objective design standpoint, they're disjointed. The final version of the Metallics looks much better.
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These look so good aged like fine wineWish I could find some 00 this fresh I would swap and rock hard!
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Love this pair man I would grab this a restore it then when those go back get another off Ebay and restore it until I own every 2000 fire red in a 11.5 lol.
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I need to get some more wears out of these.
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Both pairs still DS. Might hafta pull a
rainking
and start wearing a pair in the house. 
With the way this pandemic is going and how it's impacted my daily life, my DS shoes will never get worn otherwise.
rainking
and start wearing a pair in the house. With the way this pandemic is going and how it's impacted my daily life, my DS shoes will never get worn otherwise.
rainking
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Both pairs still DS. Might hafta pull a
That's really why I do it. Even in normal times, I have too many freaking shoes to otherwise ever get around to wearing them all.
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That’s what happens when you buy a billion backup pairs.
That's really why I do it. Even in normal times, I have too many freaking shoes to otherwise ever get around to wearing them all.
rainking
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That’s what happens when you buy a billion backup pairs.
Even without the backups, I'd have the same problem. And all in I think I might have 115 pairs of sneakers. Haven't counted lately LOL. I don't know what people with 200, 300 pairs do LOL
So I got my eBay pair and have been wearing it every day. Glad I did it. But yesterday I compared all three, and it's interesting: Three different production-run dates, and some little differences in the shoes themselves. As far as I can tell, the eBay pair is legit, and I know damn well my first two pairs are because I bought them from SNKRS and BSTN. One pair has a slightly larger, skinnier Jumpman and deeper lines around the Jumpman, and all three I can spot very slight differences in the stitching in some spots. One pair has the AIR JORDAN tag inside the tongue placed slightly higher than the other two. They all smelled the same out of the box LOL. It really makes authenticating pairs a challenge when you can see these differences in pairs you know are legit.
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That is very true. It’s very scary that there are so many differences from pair to pair these days. It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between real and fake. Crazy times.
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Just Dont buy off StockX and you’ll be good.
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Damn last two pages looked like a live survey.. Never knew black tongue Fire Reds did nothing for so many. That's solidly my fav FR V..
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Even without the backups, I'd have the same problem. And all in I think I might have 115 pairs of sneakers. Haven't counted lately LOL. I don't know what people with 200, 300 pairs do LOL
So I got my eBay pair and have been wearing it every day. Glad I did it. But yesterday I compared all three, and it's interesting: Three different production-run dates, and some little differences in the shoes themselves. As far as I can tell, the eBay pair is legit, and I know damn well my first two pairs are because they came from SNKRS and BSTN. One pair has a slightly larger, skinnier Jumpman and deeper lines around the Jumpman, and all three I can spot very slight differences in the stitching in some spots. One pair has the AIR JORDAN tag inside the tongue placed slightly higher than the other two. They all smelled the same out of the box LOL. It really makes authenticating pairs a challenge when you can see these differences in pairs you know are legit.
I bet they're legit I have a buddy who buys and reviews fakes on Instagram. So every single pair of fake fire reds out there has a toe box flaw where they have the 2013/2016 big toe box.
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I like Black Tongue FRs and I'll get them when they come out again for sure but I much prefer the Silver Tongues. They just flow better to me and the 3M just hits. That was also the first pair of Jordans I ever wanted as a 6 year old kid so there's that too lol.Damn last two pages looked like a live survey.. Never knew black tongue Fire Reds did nothing for so many. That's solidly my fav FR V..
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I agree with you.
rainking
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Ya my eBay pair has the new slim and sloped toe. I was already pretty certain they were good. Your info is much appreciated, though. So much happier swiping another pair of these than having messed with that disaster called Carmines
rbk93
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Pair I bought off eBay failed authentication somehow. Got a refund so hopefully can find another pair for a good price.
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Ya my eBay pair has the new slim and sloped toe. I was already pretty certain they were good. Your info is much appreciated, though. So much happier swiping another pair of these than having messed with that disaster called Carmines
I figured you already knew the details but just in case lol. Anytime man I love LC sneakers and restoring. Man I love these 5s tho that slim toe needs to be on every model. 1-14
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Does anyone else feel like a lot of the retros fit wide on their feet? Like my TTS is 11.5 but the width on all 3-6 are loose where my foot slides side 2 side. Wish they were slimmer.
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You must have very narrow feet since 3s for example are killing my pinkies in TTS and a lot of people have to half size up in 4s
rainking
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Nah dude, I didn't know that about the obvious "tells" on the fakes, at least the thing about the toes, so thanks again for letting me know. But yeah, this retro is a gem in a recent run of trash (Fire Red IVs, the Carmine disaster). The damn tongue is the only thing wrong with them. Why they had to screw up the one rare thing that was never screwed up prior to the 2016 Metallic V retros, I will never understand. But I love these, regardless.
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No... Not for me.
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rainking
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Rocked em and didn’t stock em. Unds’d over the weekend. Luv these guys.
