Jordan III REIMAGINED “White Cement” -March 11th 2023

[JRepp23]

We keep buying this crap, this is what they will give us for the next ten years plus. We can kiss the new "crisp" versions we all want good bye.
What the hell is next? A baggy with crumbled midsole from the next "true" playoff 8?

 

[noblekane]

I still remember when nike had all yall fooled about never seeing nike air on an air jordan again and had yall buying that jumpman air **** with the flea market materials

 

[sole searchin]

I still remember the 03 quick strikes.

No news of them dropping at all. Heard some rumors on NT said what the hell and went to the mall on a Saturday morning and there they were. FSR without any lines at all.

One of the, if not the only time I can remember something dropping so quietly without any noise at all.

 

[JRepp23]

I still remember when nike had all yall fooled about never seeing nike air on an air jordan again and had yall buying that jumpman air **** with the flea market materials

At that time that is what a lot of people including myself thought it would be from there on out. I took the Jumpman Air only because thats what was there at the time. In retrospect, a lot would have passed on those releases if we really believed NiKe Air would make its return. They were shoving the Jumpman Air down our mouth so much it was hard to think they would ever put the Nike Air back on them.

 

[noblekane]

At that time that is what a lot of people including myself thought it would be from there on out. I took the Jumpman Air only because thats what was there at the time. In retrospect, a lot would have passed on those releases if we really believed NiKe Air would make its return. They were shoving the Jumpman Air down our mouth so much it was hard to think they would ever put the Nike Air back on them.

it was pretty much a business tactic.

and they really gave people garbage. paint that cracked after a few wears, paper thin plastic leather, and on the retro 4 they even used the fakes style of netting where it went straight up instead of slanted. nike gave no dambs

 

[therealest1]

 

[Zephyr1983]

After the fire red IV fiasco I now know that JB has absolutely no idea what OG specs are, and that this is meaningless marketing nonsense.

This might still be an OK shoe in person, worth a cop but not at resale. But Nike can miss me with the “OG” lies.

 

[AllGrails]

Double up on these and the fire red 3s for me.

 

[Kierris]

I still remember when nike had all yall fooled about never seeing nike air on an air jordan again and had yall buying that jumpman air **** with the flea market materials

 

[rainking]

After the fire red IV fiasco I now know that JB has absolutely no idea what OG specs are, and that this is meaningless marketing nonsense.

This might still be an OK shoe in person, worth a cop but not at resale. But Nike can miss me with the “OG” lies.

They say that ridiculous ish about so many releases
We know it’s never true.

 

[AllGrails]

The 2013s and 2011 3s I have you all would say have trash materials etc… but they have held up and I loved them to death. Still look decent too. For me, it’s about nostalgia, comfort, and do they look good. Premium materials are great on limited releases but on GRs we get what we get. They won’t use premium materials for 1m pairs cuz they know they don’t have to. the 2018 BC3s and the 19 bred 4s I’m wearing right now are some of my fav kicks. Ignorance is bliss I guess lol!

 

[JRepp23]

We know it’s never true.

And so many people still seem to be shocked by it. At this point, seeing how they have never made a true to spec retro AT ALL EVER, it baffles me on how many people get so pissed about it to this day.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

This new gimmick they doing ain't it bruh. I don't want no shoes where soles are already yellow. My True Blues from 2011 don't even look like this. They going overboard with this "vintage" stuff.

 

[Zephyr1983]

They say that ridiculous ish about so many releases
We know it’s never true.

The FR IV was the last straw for me though. The quality of the shoe was meh, which is always the case for IV retros. They could have just left it at that.

But they way they went way extra on the "this is true to the OG" hype, even having the nerve to include comparison shots of the OG on SNKRS was too much for me. If JB can't be bothered to fix the molds, that sucks, but it's their prerogative. But I really can't abide the flagrant lying about it

Just sell us the shoes without the gimmicks. We know what time it is

 

[bestintheworld]

This particular colorway is a grail of mine. I’m here for these White Cement 3s are a pair I would happily buy every time they come back out. They could restock em like white Air Force ones and I would always have two to three pairs on deck.

 

[AllGrails]

This particular colorway is a grail of mine. I’m here for these White Cement 3s are a pair I would happily buy every time they come back out. They could restock em like white Air Force ones and I would always have two to three pairs on deck.

My Free Throw Line 3s are some of my favorite kicks.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

The public eye needs to be on Nike and how they've betrayed their core demographic.

Most of the people who have a big enough voice to speak up just get free shoes seeded to them and that's enough to shut them up.

Nike would have to seed me a minimum of 20-30 pairs, of my choice, a year to shut me up. I know they aren't getting anywhere near that much.

 

[AllGrails]

The core demographic huge. Its the 2m+ people that try and and purchase these GRs OGs retros regardless of shape or materials because they are an Air Jordan retro. And knowing they will sellout almost any crazy color way the last 4 years has made Nike fat and lazy. These red heritages sitting, the brotherhoods, the marinas, The volts…

The consumer has spoken loud and clear. Thank god. The over saturation of the core silhouettes has gotten way out to control. At least these 3s and the fire reds are a step in the right direction. I’m happy to get color ways the Goat played in.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

The core demographic huge. Its the 2m+ people that try and and purchase these GRs OGs retros regardless of shape or materials because they are an Air Jordan retro. And knowing they will sellout almost any crazy color way the last 4 years has made Nike fat and lazy. These red heritages sitting, the brotherhoods, the marinas, The volts…

The consumer has spoken loud and clear. Thank god. The over saturation of the core silhouettes has gotten way out to control. At least these 3s and the fire reds are a step in the right direction. I’m happy to get color ways the Goat played in.

I guess the term I used can be seen as wrong because the core demographic they're aiming for is younger people RIGHT NOW.

I should have said "most loyal customers" which are the people on this board. People who have bought Nikes before the hype and will continue to after it's over.

 

[URHere]

I guess the term I used can be seen as wrong because the core demographic they're aiming for is younger people RIGHT NOW.

I should have said "most loyal customers" which are the people on this board. People who have bought Nikes before the hype and will continue to after it's over.

How would they determine that?

 

[slaughterx]

Purchase history... shoes are big but.only us and resellers but 12+ shoes a year.

 

[Magic33]

If I get them, I get them

I don't stress over sneakers.

I'm cool with my 88's and Jumpman's that don't look aged.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

This new gimmick they doing ain't it bruh. I don't want no shoes where soles are already yellow. My True Blues from 2011 don't even look like this. They going overboard with this "vintage" stuff.

I love Virgil (RIP) but both his “new vintage” and deconstructed aesthetic and design language was honestly TOO influential. Too many brands following these design languages on products that don’t need them. Before this, JB used to only selectively use this in their designs (I.e. 2010 vintage-soled AJKOs, 2015 sail midsole SBB 1.0s, etc.) but this has been ramped up to 1000% in the past few years.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

How would they determine that?

One guy here already answered that but it's not hard to do market research, big companies do it all the time and it's simple.

They know about Niketalk and social media, these places are like free studies were you don't have to pay the participants.

 

[picasso swerve]

I guess the term I used can be seen as wrong because the core demographic they're aiming for is younger people RIGHT NOW.

I should have said "most loyal customers" which are the people on this board. People who have bought Nikes before the hype and will continue to after it's over.

The people on this board? Which account for .0001% of their sales? NT is tiny.