Got my Nike pair in...waiting for my Eastbay.
I have a defect on the patent leather. At first I thought it was a piece of dust or white paint that i could just wipe away. But it's raised and sticking out.
And there's the color blue bleeding into the mid sole that doesn't want to go away.
And something just seems off about the patent leather. In the light it almost looks like it was the victim of a bad paint job.
The legend blues and these georgetowns are my first xi purchases since the first run of XI retros in the early 2000's (got them all but the lows and had the entire mid 90s OG run too). I've bought a bunch of 3's and 4's since then that have been quality. The Oreo IV's from a few weeks ago rarely ever leave my feet and are built really well.
I'm mostly in this for the nostalgia. But if this is the quality that Nike is spitting out with their guaranteed money maker XI's I'm kind of disappointed. But then again I don't see many people complaining so I guess I'm just an unlucky one. The xi legend blues I bought a few weeks ago sit unopened so I can't speak to their quality.