- Mar 29, 2001
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What makes them look cheap?
The craftsmanship for one.
The acne.
Even how they painted the carbon fiber.
The craftsmanship for one.
The acne.
Even how they painted the carbon fiber.
Air Penny 2 RD & Pics: 9/27/08 White/Royal/Black, 11/08, & 01/09
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- Dec 3, 2013
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I thought they used real cf 
- Mar 29, 2001
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Mine looks painted unless I’m trippin
- Nov 18, 2000
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the sole isnt translucent?! smh these might be going back
- Apr 16, 2019
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I'm looking at pics of OG pairs on eBay and the CB is looking very similar to me. I could be wrong though
My only issues with this release is the tongue seems lower than usual and not getting the bigger OG bubble. Neither are deal breakers for me though.
- May 10, 2013
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I’d like the soles to be translucent as well, but when they’re on foot, no one sees it lol.
- Mar 29, 2001
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Vs this
If that’s similar to you, I digress
I don’t expect much from Nike basketball retros either, but lazy is lazy
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Vs this
If that’s similar to you, I digress
I don’t expect much from Nike basketball retros either, but lazy is lazy
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This is one of those "only us" things where outsiders would think we were crazy for discussing such details 
. Full disclosure, I went through multiple pairs of fire red and white cement 3s looking for the best EP I could find. So I get it. (My 2023 pair below, which looks a bit different unless it's lighting 
). Not stellar by far but not worth sending back, to me at least. But overall, yes I agree that for the price we should get better retros but that's pretty much all retros. 
- Sep 17, 2016
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I paid $60 for my OG pair back in the day, then $50 for a retro pair years ago. Can't pay $170 for these now.
- Dec 25, 2006
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$150 and no ragrets. Will wear them soon and with a double insole (I bet they aren’t very comfortable). I’m not balling in these so the CF is whatever.
- Sep 27, 2005
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I have about 3 pairs of new 2 releases and they’re all comfortable
I doubt you need all that but everyone has their own standards
- Jun 15, 2014
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Copped off Hibbett for $150
- May 10, 2013
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- Dec 25, 2006
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Once you wear something super comfortable, all Nike retros feel like they need more padding all around. I like zoom, so I add a full length zoom insole and it helps make them nice to walk in. I go a half size up to make room for the insole, as well.
- Jul 29, 2005
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Mine came in earlier this morning. My first impression (in comparison to the 09 retro)
- The leather is pretty much the same, slightly more stiff, but it doesn't jump out at me
- They swapped the 1 Cent logo/Nike branding on the ankle padding/heel (a detail the NT community once complained
about and they fixed to match the OG)
- Outsole is solid and not translucent like the 09 (not a big deal IMO)
- The laces definitely feel cheaper than on the 09. My laces were frayed in some spots. I will likely swap them out for a
different set of laces
- The tongue height is definitely lower than the 09
- Carbon fiber plate is actually the same as the 09
A few thoughts....
I'm sick and tired of Nike/Jordan Brand not getting the tongue height right on shoes. In 1 or 2 cases, ok, I can let it slide, but this seems to be across the board. When I was looking at these, I immediately was able to think of 2-3 other shoes off top that have the same issue...
As far as some comments about the carbon fiber plate being painted on...On this pair, it feels exactly like the 08/09 pairs, for this model, it just has a very thin CF plate. I'm in the (very slow) process of repairing my Orlando's from 08, and the CF plate started to come up at the top on the outer edges. It feels cheap, but it's very much sturdy, it is just thinner than what we see on the Penny foam or even the XII's, but believe me it's not painted on at all.
3M is nice as usual, just would have liked to have it on the Penny 1 (thanks a lot Nike), and please Nike, don't pull some bs and retro the Penny 1 next year with 3M on it like you invented something new, y'all can EAD for doing stuff like that.
Overall, I'm satisfied with this retro. It's nice to have an updated pair for this model, which is what I wanted. I'm starting to feel the sun set on buying for me at this point.
- The leather is pretty much the same, slightly more stiff, but it doesn't jump out at me
- They swapped the 1 Cent logo/Nike branding on the ankle padding/heel (a detail the NT community once complained
about and they fixed to match the OG)
- Outsole is solid and not translucent like the 09 (not a big deal IMO)
- The laces definitely feel cheaper than on the 09. My laces were frayed in some spots. I will likely swap them out for a
different set of laces
- The tongue height is definitely lower than the 09
- Carbon fiber plate is actually the same as the 09
A few thoughts....
I'm sick and tired of Nike/Jordan Brand not getting the tongue height right on shoes. In 1 or 2 cases, ok, I can let it slide, but this seems to be across the board. When I was looking at these, I immediately was able to think of 2-3 other shoes off top that have the same issue...
As far as some comments about the carbon fiber plate being painted on...On this pair, it feels exactly like the 08/09 pairs, for this model, it just has a very thin CF plate. I'm in the (very slow) process of repairing my Orlando's from 08, and the CF plate started to come up at the top on the outer edges. It feels cheap, but it's very much sturdy, it is just thinner than what we see on the Penny foam or even the XII's, but believe me it's not painted on at all.
3M is nice as usual, just would have liked to have it on the Penny 1 (thanks a lot Nike), and please Nike, don't pull some bs and retro the Penny 1 next year with 3M on it like you invented something new, y'all can EAD for doing stuff like that.
Overall, I'm satisfied with this retro. It's nice to have an updated pair for this model, which is what I wanted. I'm starting to feel the sun set on buying for me at this point.
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- Jul 20, 2002
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Definitely how I'm feeling going in to 2024. It's been a great run, but things are beginning to feel redundant and becoming hard to justify these prices as well.
- Sep 27, 2005
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won’t lie I’m not a stickler like most nt’ers on shoes but this new pair of atlantics looks a bit dingy
all my recent pairs of 2s have been collabs so the difference is pretty significant
this is my 4th pair of 2s recently so it’s not a fluke but it’s not enough to take em back
edit- I was able to get it off but for whatever reason there was alotta dust on the blue uppers of the shoe, still is a major drop off in the feel of em compared to the collabs tho
all my recent pairs of 2s have been collabs so the difference is pretty significant
this is my 4th pair of 2s recently so it’s not a fluke but it’s not enough to take em back
edit- I was able to get it off but for whatever reason there was alotta dust on the blue uppers of the shoe, still is a major drop off in the feel of em compared to the collabs tho
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- Feb 16, 2011
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Solid outsole looks funky
not worth the $200
not worth the $200
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How was sizing for you?
- Jul 29, 2005
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Perfect. I pretty much buy the same size for everything and it works for me. My 09s, I have an 11 ( I actually bought them off a co worker at the time), and those fit me fine. It feels good to finally have my true size in this cw.
Edit: I'm a true 11.5
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- Aug 31, 2012
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Thanks hibbett for the $50 off, these will sell out at $200 on Nike
- Feb 29, 2000
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off topic but does anyone know why a part of a white midsole would turn green? not yellow not pink but green??
- Jul 29, 2005
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'Cause money be green
- Jul 29, 2005
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Seriously though, I've never heard of the midsole turning green. That's a new one to me. I did however find something interesting. I'll post the pics in a bit.
- Jul 29, 2005
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I bought a blacklight flashlight recently and just happened to try it on these and this what I found...a terrible glue job. I posted the AJ 8 for comparison. Now, I'm not the super nitpicky detail guy and this won't change my mind about these, I still like them, I just happened to find this out and thought it was interesting.
