Man maybe it really is the movie coming out like someone said but I also finally bit the bullet just now and paid resale on stockx. Yes yes, I know it's stockx but I've only had good experiences with them, plus the price was around what I was willing to spend. Ended up paying $485 after fees/shipping. I wanted to pay between $450-475 but I didn't want to lose the opportunity over $10.
This is my second pair but I paid retail for my first so at least it softened the blow a little paying resale on the second. I hesitated since RD on getting the second pair even though deep down I knew it would happen anyway. I thought nah, prices will hit $400 when they were going for $450. It never came down and it's been slowly climbing to $500. If you can get it for <$500, and you know you will buy a pair down the road, trust me, do it now. I made this mistake with the 2015 Chicagos and won't do that again. I gotta say though, I don't remember the last time paying this much resale on a pair of sneakers...probably around the pink box SB days.
Both pairs are going to be lifers in my collection. One will be rocked until they look like OG's and the other will be taken out of the box to be admired from time to time. My favorite shoe in my collection right now, I am stoked!
Edit: there's been like 10 people that just paid resale in the last 24 hours (myself included) but before that this thread saw maybe 5 posts per day. It's definitely the movie.