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just pulled the trigger on the citron colorway. photos posted by corporate sold me. got em for 96 shipped. not bad.
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Originally Posted by Sneekaz
feels likes a womens cw to me. now only if they add the keychains...to og retro cw...
Originally Posted by trethousandgt
I'm sorry, I can't co-sign this at all. Your right Nike doesn't have to release the original color ways, theres no law that says they do. But changing the color, and poor color blocking is not a "minor" detail its a major detail. The OG color ways were very well thought out and they work. Its like saying well so what they left the neon green off the air max 95 and just made it gold. Color is VERY significant to the shoe. Like i stated earlier I'm not going to nit pick about the materials or something is 1/8 of an inch off, but not releasing the original color ways for this release, but releasing them as a hybrid is just plain dumb. I like the choices of colors for the retros but the color blocking is very poor and honestly if we were wrong, these things would be selling better than they are. Cool, you have a gf, mortgage, home projects 401k to keep you occupied thats fine, but you do understand your on a website mainly dedicated to sneakers? Also, I don't see the fun in waiting 22 years for a shoe u love as a kid only to see it come out in a bastardized form. I'm not saying its life or death but this is what we love, its the same thing with cars, video games etc. as a brand you should understand that market, you should be very well aware of what people want. Once again, I'm not saying these color ways are completely horrific, but personally if I don't have the OG color ways it makes me LESS inclined to want to own new ones.Originally Posted by DA HEN
WallyHopp,
You make it sound like I'm a uneducated mall customer. I've been a loyal Nike wearer since 1988 and have been waiting for this shoe since the 90s to come out. I always wanted them when i was a kid but my parents couldn't afford them. I'm well aware of the history and significance of this shoe, beautiful design.
At this point in my life, minor shoe details in a retro arent a big deal to me, 5 years ago maybe. I've got a job, gf, mortgage, home projects, 401k, etc... to keep me occupied. Minor shoe details like color changes or material differences arent even on my radar. Boys grow into men, priorities change.
Nike knows what they're doing. Just because they release a retro shoe doesn't mean they have to release the original colorways. If you don't like it, dont buy it, keep moving, sneakers should be fun, not an obsession.
DA HEN
Lows, lows! Please!Originally Posted by Modzzilla
I'd instcop the bottom pair.
i could just have the tongue shortened by a tailor.
Hmmm...
Originally Posted by real vip
This thread always has my head spinning... went back a couple weeks and seen the back and forth banter regarding colorways, materials, etc. and then also trying to get more info from NDC chat reps.
I want to make one thing clear... this being a sneakerhead forum with a TON of resources, the average reader here is going to be more knowledgeable than your chat rep. Keeping in mind that these chat reps are servicing our general NikeStore.com consumer that is NOT a die-hard sneakerhead. The information flow at Nike is not as widespread and transparent as an outsider would think. When people call / email / chat in and ask questions that we don't know, reps gather those blocks of questions (the ones that we receive in high volume) and then we have to get on our own internal grind and source out that information from throughout campus, whether that's through networking with folks in product creation, talking to peeps over in allocation, or even just getting down and dirty and researching stuff on the sneaker blogs and forums.
Not every single person that works at Nike is a sneakerhead (blasphemous, I know), but what they do have is a passion for the brand, and a desire to help the consumer find what they need. Reps can give out style information and maybe sometimes release dates, but never are they guilty of withholding information that is readily made available for them to give out. Also, not every rep is going to know who Bun B is, or be able to discern what model a shoe is even if you give them a picture... sometimes the systems don't even have pictures of shoes so they have to work off of the style name and color code description.
Anyways, just wanted to let that be known... be nice to our reps and if anyone has an issue with something that's being said on there, get at me.
edit: this might have already been clarified a couple pages back but I don't remember (no release date information):
Nike AIR TRAINER SC II QS
456610-100 WHITE/CMNT GREY-NTRL GRY-CTRN
456610-140 WHITE/INDG NAVY-WLF GRY-INFRRD
Originally Posted by real vip
This thread always has my head spinning... went back a couple weeks and seen the back and forth banter regarding colorways, materials, etc. and then also trying to get more info from NDC chat reps.
I want to make one thing clear... this being a sneakerhead forum with a TON of resources, the average reader here is going to be more knowledgeable than your chat rep. Keeping in mind that these chat reps are servicing our general NikeStore.com consumer that is NOT a die-hard sneakerhead. The information flow at Nike is not as widespread and transparent as an outsider would think. When people call / email / chat in and ask questions that we don't know, reps gather those blocks of questions (the ones that we receive in high volume) and then we have to get on our own internal grind and source out that information from throughout campus, whether that's through networking with folks in product creation, talking to peeps over in allocation, or even just getting down and dirty and researching stuff on the sneaker blogs and forums.
Not every single person that works at Nike is a sneakerhead (blasphemous, I know), but what they do have is a passion for the brand, and a desire to help the consumer find what they need. Reps can give out style information and maybe sometimes release dates, but never are they guilty of withholding information that is readily made available for them to give out. Also, not every rep is going to know who Bun B is, or be able to discern what model a shoe is even if you give them a picture... sometimes the systems don't even have pictures of shoes so they have to work off of the style name and color code description.
Anyways, just wanted to let that be known... be nice to our reps and if anyone has an issue with something that's being said on there, get at me.
edit: this might have already been clarified a couple pages back but I don't remember (no release date information):
Nike AIR TRAINER SC II QS
456610-100 WHITE/CMNT GREY-NTRL GRY-CTRN
456610-140 WHITE/INDG NAVY-WLF GRY-INFRRD
Originally Posted by Sneekaz
Nike AIR TRAINER SC II QS
456610-100 WHITE/CMNT GREY-NTRL GRY-CTRN
456610-140 WHITE/INDG NAVY-WLF GRY-INFRRD
looking closer at this pick, the "black" parts do look like a dark navy blue, so they musta been dark navy this whole time and we nvr looked close enough!!!
Originally Posted by real vip
the data maintenance around nike is not up to the par that I would expect it to be based on how big our organization is.
Originally Posted by Buttons McBoomBoom
That purple pair is growing on me, but I know those can be had for low if I just hold on, coulda held on the Citron pair but I really liked those so I jumped at the 30$ discount right off the bat. For what its worth the Citron pair was already marked down in NYC at HYP (Hyperactive) to 89.99 so I'm guessing it wont be long before we see that all over.