I didn't say the Grape weren't an OG colorway (though it can be implied that it sounded like I did), second, why would JB do the Infrared, Black Infrared, and other original colorway 6s again if they already release about a year of 2 ago, and third you know they're going to do the original colorways first then probably do the lifestyle (Maroon 6s, White Cement 4s, and Black Metallic 5s are a testament they are doing original colorways first).
your point still doesn't make sense. What lifestyle colorways are you talking about? I didn't mention anything about lifestyle in my original post you were responding to. If you are referring to the grape 5ss,they were only labeled lifestyle in 2006 to justify residing the price. If you aren't then what are you talking about?
I was just stating the reason why you probably won't see the True Blue 3s with NA on them for some time (because they're in the vault), The White Infrareds won't have NA for a while (because they just released in 2014), Grape 5s won't have NA for a while (because they released in 2013). Trust me those colorways won't be forgotten but it will be a while before they have NA on them. JB is doing colorways like the Maroon 6s (first time they been released since 1991, an original colorway), Black Metallic 5s (have not been released since 2011, original colorway), and Cement 4s (was released in 2012 but JB is "trying" to give us an "original version" of one of the most popular colorways of the 4).
Biggest troll move ever. Said this in the remastering thread.
they gotta be trolling, og shapes are right in front of their faces and they still give us shot
i think they are already hitting the price ceiling at $220 and these three shoes that are marked $220 will be a test for their future pricing. Nike has all the OG and retro samples etc in their storage/vault at their disposal. if there's added cost for revamping the mold to cut the leather, i'm fine with that and knowing how much shoes they can produce the cost to do the molds is relatively low. The Maroon 6, there should not have been a $30 jump from the $190 let along a $35 jump from the blk/infrared and $50 jump from the wht/infrared. The "jumpman" vs "nike air" on the heel is just a few key stroke on the computer. There is literarly no cost difference between these and the 7s, the 4s, and 10s with leather that came out this "remastered" year. All these after they already said $190 is because we will be remastering the shoes to give you better leather and better construction. The extra $30 is just a slap in the face for the consumer. would i still buy if they are a cw i covet for? maybe and that's a huge maybe. just my 2 cent.
it's even more messed up now that they said something about the Nike air as if it wasn't on the OG 1s and 7s this year. I'm pretty sure if the Cardinals, Olympic 7s, Charcoal 7s, playoff 8s and the OG 10s came out with Nike air, even if it Just the insole, they will be $190 like everything else.
My gut says this won't work.
actually they started using jumpman instead of Nike to build the Jordan Brand image.
other than the retros the Nike Air has been long gone since the introduction of Jordan Brand as separate entity. they've had retro + cw that already features the jumpman by 2002. the decision was made to go all jumpman logo to build the brand and there were more people liking the idea than against it nor was it a big deal to have "nike air" back then because back then the new Air Jordan each year still has more buyer. only in recent years more and more people started complaining and most of them are truthfully ones that never had a chance to buy the original or first retros. all because the OGs or the early retros with "nike air" are all falling apart now.
You pretty much predicted the remastered program.
That goes to show that JB lowered the quality of the products enough that people actually sought after the OGs and early retros more... Pretty bizarre if you think about it.
i think it has a lot to do with a new generation of "sneakerheads". all these raffle & online raffle non-sense only started after the 2009 space jams. i don't think before that release i've ever had problem going up to ndc in the afternoon on release date to get my shoes. it's all down hill after that imo. it was the same time i was like "f it, i am not gonna lose sleep over shoes".
